Sonya Barlow

Sonya Barlow is an award-winning BBC Presenter, Author, Tech Entrepreneur and TEDxSpeaker who specialises in technology, AI, personal branding, gender equality, neurodiversity, future of work, mental health, diversity and inclusion.

She is the CEO of the Like Minded Females (LMF) Network, an inclusion consultancy and social networking platform redesigning workplace policies and professional careers to encourage diversity and inclusion.

Sonya has won multiple awards, including Europe’s Top 50 Women in Tech, Marie Claire’s Future Shaper, UK Entrepreneur of the Year and Asian Women of Achievement. In addition to writing her book, “Unprepared to Entrepreneur”, Sonya has her own talk show, ‘The Sonya Barlow Show’, has been named a LinkedIn Top Voice for Gender Diversity and her BBC show, The Everyday Hustle, was The Best Radio Show in the UK.

Her energetic and captivating personality has seen her invited to Keynote at The House of Commons on gender diversity and deliver global keynotes on business, technology and inclusion in Germany, Lithuania, Romania, Kenya, Pakistan, Amsterdam, France, the UK, Portugal and Mauritius, to name a few.

Sonya’s background in technology, business and travel provides her with the unique ability to understand technical terms, share innovative solutions and advocate allyship. She has a great sense of cultural communication and is often told that her power is summarising large bits of information into notable smaller action steps that the audience can easily takeaway.

She has worked with household brands such as Lloyds banking group and Capital One on their technology podcast, led campaigns for Loreal, HP, Rolls Royce, Fiverr, Logitech and Linkedin and delivered talks to high-profile stakeholders across industries such as Fintech, Technology, Finance, Hospitality, Public Sector, Higher Education, Government, Fashion, Retail and Corporate.

Sonya is a neurodivergent British Pakistani woman with chronic migraines, ADHD and mental health conditions. Diversity, resilience, and neurodiversity are topics close to her heart. She is able to deliver workshops and keynotes about her own experiences of ADHD, with advice on coping mechanisms and how your neurodiversity can be an asset if channelled in the right way.

Outside of her day-to-day, Sonya is a highly accomplished Moderator and Event MC, with official hosting duties for London Tech Week, WebSummit, Cogx Festival and Amsterdam Fintech Week. She is also a writer for Metro UK, Telegraph, HelloMag, Lonely Planet and TripAdvisor and is often asked to lecture for Coventry University, Bayes Business School, Oxford Brookes, University of the Arts London and Kings College.

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