Pride in STEM & Monzo Present Out Thinkers

Being out and proud in the world of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Maths continues to be challenging for a large proportion of LGBTQ+ people. The Out Thinkers events have been created to shine a light on these issues and provide a platform to showcase the work of these people. Pride in STEM, the leading UK LGBT+ in STEM organisation, has now produced over two dozen Out Thinkers events in the last three years with incredible speakers from a huge variety of under-represented backgrounds and disciplines.

For this incredible evening of tech, maths, and science, we will kick off the night with pizzas and drinks before hearing from the following speakers:

Dr Krishnaa Mahbubani - Research Associate at the Cambridge Biorepository for Translational Medicine, - Thinking OUTside the box

Krishnaa was born and brought up in Hong Kong before moving to Sheffield. She is currently the Senior Study Manager for the Cambridge Biorepository for Translational Medicine. She is also applying her engineering expertise to develop methods to extract tissue resident lymphocytes and to understand cryopreservation, with a focus on understanding the effects of nucleation on cell viability. Outside of the lab, Krishnaa can either be found in the gym, giving in to the demands of her fussy cat or at an airport waiting for the next plane somewhere.

Jordan Shwide - Business Banking at Monzo

Jordan currently leads the Business Banking team at Monzo. Since joining Monzo in 2018, he's worked on international expansion (to the US) and Business Banking.

Tom Crawford - Institute of Physics Early Career Physics Communicator Awards - Equations Stripped

Tom is a tutor at St Hugh’s College, St Edmund Hall and St John’s College at the University of Oxford where he teaches maths to the first and second year undergraduates. He also runs an award-winning website and associated social media profiles on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Youtube @tomrocksmaths.

Meri Williams - Monzo CTO - Journey and career within STEM

Meri Williams is an experienced technology leader, with an impressive track record in building and scaling technology organisations within a range of sectors. She is currently CTO at mobile-first bank Monzo, previous holding a CTO position at MOO for two years.

Jordan currently leads the Business Banking team at Monzo. Since joining Monzo in 2018, he's worked on international expansion (to the US) and Business Banking.

Order for the night:

6.30pm - Arrival

6.45pm - Introduction from Pride in STEM and Monzo

7.00pm - Speakers begin: Dr Krishnaa, Jordan, Tom, Meri

7.50pm - Break

8.00pm - Panel Q&A

8.15pm - Networking

9.00pm - Close

We will end with the opportunity to network before closing.

The event will take place at Monzo HQ in Finsbury Square.

Pride in STEM is an award-nominated British Charitable Trust. Its goal is to showcase and support LGBTQ+ people in STEM and to do this it has collaborated with many organisations such as the Science Museum, the Francis Crick Institute, Stonewall, The British Science Association, the University of Cambridge, The Royal Maritime Museum, and the European Space Agency. Since 2017, it has been spearheaded LGBTSTEM Day the international day for LGBTQ+ people in STEM.

We can't wait to see you there!