Meet our 2023 Speakers
Natalie Tillett - YZen AI
Financier turned D.E.I.B Consultant & Tech Founder following a career shattering bias and barriers: from teenage mum to structured finance director, at Siemens, ABN, Barclays, and RBS often as the only woman or person of colour on the M&A deal team. 2 months after her 2nd baby arrived, at the height of the 2008 credit crunch, she co-founded, bootstrapped the UK's first private dental group in Sainsburys and Tesco , banking a 7-figure exit to BUPA within 4 years.
She’s made a lasting impact as a D.E.I.B Consultant working with GCQH, Salford Council, Institute of Coding, and various universities to develop and launch Data & Tech MSc Bootcamps, Fellowships, and Apprenticeships programs educating & empowering over 1200 diverse individuals into early-stage tech careers. As a co-author of Amazon best-selling books such as "Legacy Sustainable Development Goals in Action” "A Woman's Work" & "The Future of Women at Work - a widening digital divide .whitepaper,"
Currently fund raising for Yzen.ai . a pre-seed stage B2B SaaS D.E.I tech – inclusive writing software and behavioural analytics tool that gets rid of the worry of finding right words in real time. YZen utilises AI & machine learning to work wherever you do to detect bias or harm, suggest inclusive, culturally sensitive language, and promote accessibility, accountability and belonging by integrating DEIB into individuals’ daily communication workflow, saving time and money on expensive, forgettable EDI training or compliance that no one reads.
Financier turned D.E.I.B Consultant & Tech Founder following a career shattering bias and barriers: from teenage mum to structured finance director, at Siemens, ABN, Barclays, and RBS often as the only woman or person of colour on the M&A deal team. 2 months after her 2nd baby arrived, at the height of the 2008 credit crunch, she co-founded, bootstrapped the UK's first private dental group in Sainsburys and Tesco , banking a 7-figure exit to BUPA within 4 years.
She’s made a lasting impact as a D.E.I.B Consultant working with GCQH, Salford Council, Institute of Coding, and various universities to develop and launch Data & Tech MSc Bootcamps, Fellowships, and Apprenticeships programs educating & empowering over 1200 diverse individuals into early-stage tech careers. As a co-author of Amazon best-selling books such as "Legacy Sustainable Development Goals in Action” "A Woman's Work" & "The Future of Women at Work - a widening digital divide .whitepaper,"
Currently fund raising for Yzen.ai . a pre-seed stage B2B SaaS D.E.I tech – inclusive writing software and behavioural analytics tool that gets rid of the worry of finding right words in real time. YZen utilises AI & machine learning to work wherever you do to detect bias or harm, suggest inclusive, culturally sensitive language, and promote accessibility, accountability and belonging by integrating DEIB into individuals’ daily communication workflow, saving time and money on expensive, forgettable EDI training or compliance that no one reads.