L2S E35: Sheila Flavell, COO of the FDM Group

<p>Lead to Soar! is a production of A Career that Soars!</p> <p>In this episode of L2S!, leadership and gender equality expert, Michelle Redfern, sits down for an interview with the one and only Sheila Flavell. Sheila is an extraordinary leader (by our full ACtS! definition!) in the truest sense. She has created exceptional outcomes for business and women in the Tech industry. She continues leading today and has a curiosity and energy to keep learning and pushing herself into new territory. We were so inspired by this episode and hope you are too!</p> <p>Learn more about Lead to Soar! and A Career that Soars! by visiting LeadToSoar.com</p> <p>~</p> <p><strong>Bio for Guest, Sheila Flavell</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.fdmgroup.com/fdm-coo-sheila-flavell-awarded-a-cbe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sheila Flavell</a> has over 30 years experience in the global tech sector. She played an integral role in FDM’s flotation on AIM in 2005 and was a key instigator of the management buy-out of the Group in 2010 and the subsequent listing onto the main FTSE Market in 2014. Sheila’s knowledge of the sector has been crucial in driving FDM’s global expansion programme, taking them into the FTSE250. She spearheads the ‘Global Women in Tech’ campaign and created FDM’s hugely successful Returners Programme. Sheila is Deputy President of TechUK and chairs the Institute of Coding’s Industry Advisory Board. One of her proudest moments in business was when FDM achieved a zero gender pay gap. <br /> <br /> She has won numerous awards during her career for services to the tech industry and was recognised in the 2020 New Year’s Honours list with ‘Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire’ for her services to gender equality in IT and the employment of graduates and returners. She is also listed in Computer Weekly’s ‘Most Influential Women in UK Tech, Hall of Fame.’</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Bio for Michelle Redfern</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.michelleredfern.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Michelle</a> is the f