Jacqui's guest lecture will start at 6pm (registration opens at 5.30pm), there will be a Q&A session and a drinks reception following the main lecture.

Jacqui Ferguson is an experienced CEO from the technology industry. Jacqui is the former CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services UK, Ireland, Middle East Mediterranean and Africa, a $3bn P&L and 10,000 people business serving large corporate and mid-sized companies with transformational digital, technology and business process solutions.

Jacqui has extensive global experience including living and working in Silicon Valley, California for three years with Meg Whitman, Chairman and CEO Hewlett Packard as Chief of Staff focused on a new company strategy and transformation. Prior to Hewlett Packard she worked for Electronic Data Systems, acquired by HP in 2008 and KPMG.

Jacqui is Non-Executive Director Wood PLC, Tesco Bank and Croda PLC. In 2018 she was nominated for and won the ‘NED to watch award’ in honour of Dame Helen Alexander in the Sunday Times NED Awards.

Jacqui is a Trustee of Engineering UK, a not for profit organisation focussed on driving more engineering and technology skills in the UK and a member of the Scottish First Minister’s Advisory Council for Women and Girls aimed at tackling gender inequality. Jacqui is passionate about what technology can enable, getting young people interested in STEM and advancing more women into executive careers.

Jacqui chaired the public services strategy board for the Confederation of Business and Industry and was a member of the Tech Partnership, the industry body aimed at UK technology skills.

About the Leading Forward 2019 Series:

Working in partnership with the Royal Bank of Scotland, Dr Lena Wilson, Non-executive Director of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group and Visiting Professor at Strathclyde Business School, has curated an engaging platform for current, aspiring and future business leaders over a series of evening events in 2019.

The speakers are all leaders in their field with a strong voice and contribution. The first series’ speakers all happen to be women – still an unusual phenomenon. This is however not a “women’s series” – it’s for absolutely everyone.

Technology in our Changing World