<p>🎙️ EPISODE OVERVIEW</p><p>In this inspiring conversation, Bryony sits down with Angie Vaux - British entrepreneur, executive coach, angel investor and founder of Women in Tech Forum and Women Leaders Forum - to explore what it really takes to build a career, a community and a movement in one of the most male-dominated industries in the world.</p><p></p><p>With over 25 years in senior leadership at global tech companies including SAP, TripAdvisor and Mimecast, Angie didn't set out to become an entrepreneur. But when she started noticing how differently women showed up in interviews - downplaying their experience, underselling their worth - she felt a calling she couldn't ignore. What began as a passion project in 2018 has grown into a global community of over 20,000 members, a powerful platform for career acceleration, and now, a pioneering Career Returners Initiative.</p><p></p><p>This episode is rich with practical wisdom, honest reflection and the kind of strategic thinking that Angie has become known for.</p><p></p><p>🔑 KEY THEMES COVERED:</p><ul><li>How a pattern Angie spotted in senior hiring interviews sparked the entire Women in Tech Forum</li><li>Why the Boys' Club in tech is still very much alive - and what women can do about it</li><li>The power of your Personal Career Board and how to build one intentionally</li><li>Rules of engagement: how to structure board relationships so they're effective and reciprocal</li><li>How Angie balances running two global communities with four children, yoga, and yes, paper-based to-do lists</li><li>The geopolitical shift around DEI language and how Women in Tech Forum is evolving</li><li>The Career Returners Initiative - partnering with Workday to bring economically inactive talent back into the workforce globally<p></p></li></ul><p>💬 STANDOUT QUOTES:</p><p><i>"Setting up my businesses was almost a happy accident - but I felt the calling to create a platform to support other women and help them overcome the visible and invisible barriers in the tech industry."</i></p><p><i>"Your personal career board is almost a group of independent career advisors who each bring different skills and different perspectives to help you move forward."</i></p><p><i>"All of us need to take collective action to drive change. It's not the responsibility of a CEO or HR department or government. Each of us can take action - and it's the small steps we take every day that really drive change over the long term."</i></p><p><i>"If it takes me longer to write the task down than to actually do the task, I'll just do it in the moment."</i></p><p><i>"Make sure you build a diverse board. You don't want lots of people who look and think like you - because you won't get the diversity of perspective you need."</i></p><p></p><p>🔗 CONNECT WITH ANGIE:</p><ul><li>Website: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://womenintechforum.co.uk" target="_blank">womenintechforum.co.uk</a></li><li>Women Leaders Forum: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://womenleadersforum.com" target="_blank">womenleadersforum.com</a></li><li>LinkedIn: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/angie-vaux-28561914/?originalSubdomain=uk" target="_blank">Angie Vaux</a></li></ul>