Naheed Afzal is bringing women and minorities to the forefront of technology.

She is a diversity advocate and co-founder of Contracts IT Recruitment Consulting, a specialist technology recruitment agency that partners with businesses around the globe to promote best practice recruitment within their talent acquisition programs and promote inclusive recruitment.

Fairness and social innovation has always been very important to her, amazingly she found a way to extend her values into her business. She qualified as a solicitor in the early 90’s, practiced in human and civil rights, worked for a premier search and selection Company, PSD International before cofounding Contracts IT in 1999.

Her business powers innovation through tech diversity, linking excellent technologists with some of the most innovative companies in the world.

Making a difference in technology recruitment, driving innovation by encouraging diversity of thought and considering measures that will help sustain the tech diversity pipeline in business and among young people are all important goals for her in her business.

London Regional group) and her speaking appointments at the National Maritime Museum – Formal Learning Programmes for young people.