Ms Joysy John MBE

Joysy John is a software engineer, Edtech entrepreneur and global speaker. Joysy is in the Financial Times Top 100 Most Influential BAME leaders in UK Tech. She was appointed by the Department of Education to the Edtech Leadership Group and by the Welsh Government to the expert panel on Schooling Reimagined. She left her banking career in 2012 to change education after spending a decade working across Singapore, US and UK. She is the former CEO of 01 Founders, tuition-free coding schools with a job-guarantee to improve diversity in tech. Joysy is passionate about education, entrepreneurship and women's empowerment. Previously she was the Director of Education at Nesta, UK's innovation foundation and Chief Industry Officer of Ada, the National College for Digital Skills. She holds a Computer Engineering (Honours) degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and an MBA with Distinction from London Business School.