Plenary sessions / Speakers / Prof Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE
Day one plenary speaker
Professor Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE
Speaker, author and leader
Day
Day one
Monday 1 March
Where
Main Auditorium
LEX, Liverpool
Session
Keynote
Main stage
The session
Day one keynote
Anne-Marie takes to the main stage on day one of ATC 2027, drawing on her work in technology, STEM and the future of work to explore how we open up opportunity for the next generation.
Biography
About Anne-Marie
Professor Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a pioneering British computer scientist, mathematician, and social entrepreneur.
A recognised prodigy, Anne-Marie passed A-level computing at age 11 and earned a Master’s degree from Oxford University at 20. After roles at Goldman Sachs, Hewlett-Packard, and Deutsche Bank, she co-founded Stemettes in 2013, an award-winning initiative that has since inspired over 65,000 young people, especially girls, to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Her first book, She’s In CTRL (2022), empowers women to reclaim their place in technology.
Anne-Marie is Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University and chairs the Institute for the Future of Work. She served as President of the British Science Association (2022–2023), was awarded an MBE in 2017, and holds eight honorary doctorates. A familiar media presence, she was the Arithmetician on Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, appeared on the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, hosted the Women Tech Charge podcast, and has interviewed high-profile figures including Sir Lewis Hamilton and Jack Dorsey. She was the co-chair of the Institute for the Future of Work, and in 2025 she became the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s Women in Tech Envoy, co-chairing a Taskforce with the Secretary of State.
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Join leaders from across apprenticeships and skills at ATC 2027, 1–2 March, LEX Liverpool.