Tech London Advocates · Women Leading Tech

Community.
Connection.
Action.

A peer community for women across the UK tech ecosystem — founders, entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and everyone navigating a world where technology touches everything — and the allies who want to build a better industry alongside them.

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Women Leading DeepTech
Wednesday 20 May 2026  ·  5:30–8pm  ·  Vorboss, London
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About us

A community with
purpose at its core.

TLA WomenLeadingTech is a working group of Tech London Advocates — one of the UK's most influential private-sector tech communities. We bring together women across the full UK tech ecosystem and the allies who champion them.

We're volunteer-led, deliberately focused, and honest about what we are: a community where real conversations happen, real connections are made, and real opportunities flow between members.

Every event, conversation and connection is designed to be genuinely useful — leaving members with something concrete, whether that's a new contact, a fresh perspective, or an opportunity they wouldn't have found elsewhere.

Recognition that's long overdue
We give a platform to women who are building businesses, leading organisations and shaping industries — making their achievements visible so the next generation knows what's possible.
Knowledge that moves you forward
From investment and funding to emerging tech and career strategy, we share practical insights that help our members make better decisions and seize real opportunities.
A community that has your back
Honest conversations, genuine connections, and peer support from women who get it. We're here for the journey — not just the highlight reel.
Where support becomes opportunity
Business referrals, collaborations, introductions, insights — the real value of this community comes from what flows between its members.
Who it's for

Open to
the whole ecosystem.

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Founders & Entrepreneurs
Women building and scaling businesses in and around tech — at every stage, from early venture to established growth.
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Professionals & Leaders
Women growing their careers and influence across tech, financial services, legal, government, supply chain and every sector technology touches.
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Allies & Champions
Leaders of any background who want to understand how to attract, retain and promote women — and who are ready to play an active part in making that happen.
The people behind it

Led by women who
live this world.

Built on strong foundations. TLA WomenLeadingTech grew from TLA Women in Tech, co-founded by Sarah Luxford and Nikki Watkins — a leading executive coach and facilitator — who together launched the original movement to champion gender balance across the UK tech industry. TLA WomenLeadingTech carries that founding spirit forward with fresh focus and renewed energy.
Sarah Luxford
Sarah Luxford
Founder & Lead

Sarah has always believed that when you get the right people in the room, something remarkable happens. A natural convener with a network built across two decades and the breadth of the UK tech ecosystem, she co-founded Croydon Tech City — one of the UK's fastest growing tech clusters of its time — and has built and scaled businesses across the UK and internationally. Today, as an executive headhunter specialising in Digital, Data and Technology leadership at GatenbySanderson, she places senior leaders across some of the country's most influential public and private sector organisations — and sees first-hand where diverse talent is being missed and why. A trusted voice on EDI strategy for private and public sector organisations alike, she has been named in Computer Weekly's UK Hall of Tech Fame and sits on the GTA & TLA Advisory Boards alongside Suki.

Suki Fuller
Suki Fuller
Co-Lead

An international award-winning intelligence advisor and Founder of Miribure, Suki is a leading authority on strategic competitive intelligence and the geopolitical impact of technology. An international keynote speaker and Fellow of the Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows, she brings global perspective and strategic depth to everything TLA WomenLeadingTech does.

TLA WomenLeadingTech is a working group of Tech London Advocates — one of the UK's most influential private-sector tech networks, connecting over 17,000 leaders, founders and innovators.

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what's next.

Events, insights, funding opportunities and the connections that matter. Join TLA WomenLeadingTech and we'll keep you in the loop.

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