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Janet Coyle CBE

Janet is Managing Director Business Growth at London & Partners, the business growth and destination agency for London. She leads the teams in London and internationally (in China, India, North America and Europe) to generate economic growth, which is resilient, sustainable and inclusive. This includes promoting London as a hub of diversity and a great place to innovate, invest and scale businesses. Janet was in the Computer Weekly Top 20 list of most influential women in tech in 2020 and named as one of the UK's 50 Leading Lights in Kindness in Leadership in 2019. Previously, Janet was a diplomat for the UK Government, serving in several posts including San Francisco, Capetown, Mumbai and Prague and ran London's business hosting programme during the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012. Earlier this year, Janet was awarded a CBE, the highest ranking Order of the British Empire award, for services to the Economy in the prestigious Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Honours list.

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Undervalued no more: London’s tech growth opportunity

The UK’s technology sector is no longer ‘an emerging tech ecosystem’, but a thriving part of our economy, drawing strength from our rich tradition of cultivating innovation and invention, as well as our magnetism as a centre for finance and investment.

The UK has joined Silicon Valley on the global stage, what next?

Silicon Valley has been the jewel in the crown of the global technology ecosystem for decades, pioneering innovation and creating some of the world’s most successful companies. Yet, in recent years, we’ve seen a small number of tech hubs join Silicon Valley at the top table. With Europe’s largest tech economy – the UK has firmly cemented itself as a leading place to set up and grow an international tech company.