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Sarah Wood is a digital entrepreneur, diversity advocate, and speaker, driving innovation and transforming business culture for the better. She co-founded Unruly, the international video advertising marketplace, acquired by NewsCorp for £114 million in 2015.

Unruly grew from an idea charting the popularity of viral videos to a global online advertising business, built on the power of content to tell a story, working with brands that want to move people not just reach them, bringing emotional intelligence to digital advertising.

Sarah Wood is Senior Independent Director on the board of Tech Nation, the growth platform for ambitious British tech entrepreneurs. She is an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust Women supporting Women Programme, on the advisory boards for AccelerateHer and City Ventures (University of London) and invests in UK tech startups and scaleups.

Drawing on her experience as CEO of Unruly, Sarah wrote the must-read career handbook ‘Stepping Up: How to Accelerate Your Leadership Potential’ which calls for more diverse, digital and empathetic business leaders.

Sarah Wood has been a judge for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world. She is in demand as a commentator on the technology industry, and business as a whole. When speaking, Sarah Wood can cover topics from the future of technology to women in business, as well as telling her own remarkable business story.

Recognised for her work in the tech industry and for her entrepreneurship, Sarah Wood has been named Veuve Clicquot’s Businesswoman of the Year, City AM’s Entrepreneur of the Year, and awarded an OBE for services to technology and innovation.

Speaking Topics

Sarah Wood can speak on the following topics –

  • realising and accelerating your leadership potential
  • transforming business culture for the better
  • women and inclusivity in business
  • the extraordinary story behind Unruly
  • the future of technology

Topics

Diversity & Inclusion
Entrepreneurs
Innovation
Leadership
Technology/Digital/Al
Women in Business

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