Fiona Scott Lazareff Explained

Fiona Scott Lazareff is an activist and has created various campaigns to support social justice and women's entrepreneurship in technology.

Career

Lazareff began her career working as an economist for Carr Sebag where she launched “International Strategy” a monthly newsletter on international asset management in 1980.[1] In 1981 she moved to Hong Kong to work for WI Carr and Hoare Govett as a financial analyst and in 1982 she moved to New York to work for Samuel Montagu.

She then moved to Paris where she raised €650,000 (3,2MF) from financial institutions to create Mediatime France SA, and to launch several publications including, in 1990, the English-language lifestyle magazine Boulevard.[2] She also co-founded the Crillon Debutantes Ball, a fashion show in which young aristocratic women appeared.[2] [3]

Lazareff is currently editor-in-chief and majority shareholder of Divento, a website devoted to European culture launched by Vivendi Universal in 2001.[4]

Notable Campaigns

Right2Justice.co.uk

Lazareff started campaigning in 2019 to reform the legal system in England and Wales. Having had first-hand experience in the courts as a litigant in person, she launched Right2Justice to expose the problems that LIPs face and to propose ways of equalising the playing field.[5] [6]

FCO Campaign

In December 2016 Lazareff lost her son, Nicolas in Moscow when he was drugged and robbed and dumped in a remote suburb of the city. It was -15° and he died of hypothermia.[7] The Lazareff family claimed they were offered no help form the British Embassy in Moscow or in London in their search for Nicolas.[8] [9]

Lazareff also started a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of the IMEI on mobile devices, both from the point of view of finding people who go missing and wiping out crime associated with the theft of mobile devices.[10]

Techpreneurs Awards For Women

Lazareff was on the Committee of the University Women's Club, and in March 2014 she launched their Techpreneurs Awards[11] to encourage women to found internet or tech-related start ups, as well as to recognise the work of women who have already made a career in technology.[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] The first groups of awards was in 2014,[17] and subsequent ones in 2015,[18] 2018,[19] and 2019.[20] [21] [22]

Notes and References

  1. Roberts. Peter. June 1980. International Strategy. Carr Sebag.
  2. News: Lowry . Suzanne . Coming out ... In confusion . The Daily Telegraph . 42388 . October 4, 1991 . London, England . 13.
  3. News: Lowry . Suzanne . Glitz all round as the season splits in two . The Daily Telegraph . 43342 . October 27, 1994 . London, England . 15.
  4. News: Vivendi Universal lance le portail culturel Divento.com . 2001-06-28. Clubic. 2018-05-31. fr-fr.
  5. News: Make courts easier to navigate without lawyers, judges told. The Times. 2019-07-10.
  6. Web site: Entrepreneur launches campaign to help litigants in person. Legal Futures. 12 December 2018. 2019-07-10.
  7. Web site: Manchester graduate dies of hypothermia in Russia. Qureshi. Yakub. 2016-12-19. men. 2019-07-11.
  8. News: Frozen body of British graduate found in Russia after he is 'drugged and robbed' on night out. Reporters. Telegraph. 2016-12-19. The Telegraph. 2019-07-11. en-GB. 0307-1235.
  9. Web site: Frozen body of young British man found in Russia. 2016-12-19. Evening Standard. en. 2019-07-11.
  10. News: Warning to parents after son dies in Moscow snow. Woolcock. Nicola. 2017-01-30. The Times. 2019-07-11. en. 0140-0460.
  11. News: Techpreneur Of The Year Awards launched to celebrate women in technology. 2014-03-04. Business Matters. 2018-05-31. en-GB.
  12. Web site: Ellexus boss breezes to inaugural techpreneur award Business Weekly Technology News Business news Cambridge and the East of England. www.businessweekly.co.uk. en. 2018-05-31.
  13. News: Women in tech celebrated at Techpreneur of the Year Awards - UKTN (UK Tech News). 2014-07-01. UKTN (UK Tech News). 2018-05-31. en-GB.
  14. News: Woman Techpreneur of the Year Awards: Applications Open!. 2014-04-24. DevelopHer UK. 2018-05-31. en-US.
  15. News: Enter the Techpreneur Awards! - BritMums. 2014-04-16. BritMums. 2018-05-31. en-US.
  16. News: 5 small business awards you can enter right now. 2014-04-14. Enterprise Nation Portal. 2018-05-31. en-US.
  17. News: Techpreneur of the Year Awards launched for women in tech startups. ComputerWeekly.com. 2018-05-31. en-GB.
  18. Web site: Press – The Techpreneurs Awards for Women 2018. techpreneurs.co.uk. en-GB. 2018-05-31.
  19. News: Techpreneurs Awards for Women 2018 - UKTN (UK Tech News). UKTN (UK Tech News). 2018-06-01. en-GB.
  20. Web site: How female entrepreneurs can be the techpreneurs of the future - Elite Business Magazine. elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk. 7 March 2019 . 2019-07-11.
  21. Web site: Daniela judges tech women!. Cynation. 11 February 2019. en-GB. 2019-07-11.
  22. Web site: CEO of Ecosync wins Techprenuer award OxFutures. 28 March 2019 . en. 2019-07-11.

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