The 50 most influential women in UK IT 2016

Claire Cockerton, a serial entrepreneur and industry leader in financial services, is co-founder and ambassador of Innovate Finance, a City of London and Canary Wharf Group-backed group promoting fintech startups. She is founder and chairwoman of Entiq, a firm delivering innovation strategy and product development programmes for large corporates. She also set the strategy and co-led the implementation of Level39, Europe’s largest technology accelerator dedicated to fintech, retail and smart city technologies. Cockerton is an active member of Women in Tech, Tech London Advocates and Women Shift Digital, and is a member of Boris Johnson’s London Tech Ambassador Group.