Jacqueline de Rojas explained

Jacqueline de Rojas
Birth Place:Folkestone, England
Birth Name:Jacqueline Yu
Other Names:Jacqueline Jones[1]
Alma Mater:Middlesex University
Reutlingen University
Employer:techUK
CA Technologies
Citrix Systems
Sage Group
Costain Group
Spouse:Roger Andrews[2]
Children:3
Known For:Technology

Jacqueline de Rojas (born Jacqueline Yu 1962) is President Emeritus of techUK and chair of the board of Digital Leaders.[3] [4] She serves as Non-Executive Director on the boards of Rightmove, Costain Group and FDM Group, and was formally on the board of AO World. She also works for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. She serves as co-Chair for the Institute of Coding and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Engineering from the University of Bath in 2020.[5]

Early life and education

de Rojas was born Jacqueline Yu in Folkestone to a Chinese father and British mother.[6] [7] Her mother was a victim of domestic violence, and together with de Rojas escaped to Swindon to live with her grandparents.[8] de Rojas has stated that her father was abusive and that her stepfather "behaved inappropriately" towards her.[1] She completed a degree in European business at Middlesex University and Reutlingen University in 1986.[9] She joined Synon to grow their overseas distribution network starting in Germany and including Northern Europe and Asia.

Career

de Rojas has worked in various blue chip software companies, including CA Technologies.[10] She joined Citrix Systems as vice president for Northern Europe in 2014.[11] [12] She pushed for more flexible working to increase productivity.[13] [14] She left Citrix to join Sage Group in 2016, and stepped down after 6 months.[15] [16] [17] She published a Women in Tech Manifesto for techUK in 2014 and was appointed President of techUK in 2015.[18] [19] techUK represent over 900 UK-based tech companies.

In 2017 de Rojas joined Costain Group as non-executive director.[20] That year she became Chair of Digital Leaders, a global initiative that promotes effective digital transformation.[21] She is the Chair of Digital Leaders UK, an online platform that provides opinion and advice on technology. She was on The Prince's Trust committee for several years and managed The Technology Leadership Group. de Rojas was appointed as an advisor to the Board of financial analytics company Metapraxis in 2018.[22] She launched the Institute of Coding with the University of Bath in 2018.[23] The Institute of Coding is a national consortium of industry and academia, working together to address to the UK digital skills gap. de Rojas serves as co-Chair of the Institute of Coding's Governance Board.

She was interviewed by Lauren Laverne for Desert Island Discs in March 2019.

In September 2019, de Rojas was appointed as a non-executive director of FDM Group.[24]

Advocacy

de Rojas, who has been described in media as a British Asian woman,[25] is a campaigner for increased cultural diversity in technology.[26] She is an ambassador for Girl Guides, the 30 % club and the Founder's Forum AccelerateHer. In 2018 she advised the GirlGuides on their new STEM badge. She spoke at the MTV Young Women in Business conference in June 2018. She serves as a judge for the Northern Tech Awards.[27]

Born Jacqueline Yu, she has spoken out about the discrimination she faced because she is half-Chinese descent, and said that after her first marriage, she changed her surname to "Jones", to "fit in".[1]

Awards and honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Morrison. Caitlin. A View from the Top: Jacqueline de Rojas on discrimination in tech. The Independent. November 28, 2018. October 24, 2020.
  2. Web site: Jacqueline de Rojas. MerryCk.com. 21 August 2020. Jacqueline is happily married to Roger Andrews. Between them they have three grown-up children, a baby grandson and a dog. Yoga and meditation is how she finds her balance..
  3. Web site: techUK - Representing the tech industry in the UK. Techuk.org. 13 December 2018.
  4. Web site: Our Board - TechUK . 15 August 2023 . TechUK.
  5. Web site: Tech trailblazer honoured by University of Bath. 2022-02-15. www.bath.ac.uk.
  6. Web site: Inspirational woman: Jacqueline de Rojas Executive at Citrix, board champion for women at techUK - WeAreTheCity Information, Networking, jobs & events for women. Team. •WATC Content. 2015-07-17. WeAreTheCity.com. en-US. 2018-12-07.
  7. Web site: BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Jacqueline de Rojas, President of techUK . BBC. 24 March 2019.
  8. Web site: How Jacqueline de Rojas became the UK's titan of tech. Managementtoday.co.uk. 2018-12-07.
  9. Web site: Jacqueline de Rojas. Fequals.com. en. 2018-12-07.
  10. Web site: Citrix appoints former CA Technologies exec to lead Northern Europe. Brandon. Jonathan. 2014-07-18. Telecoms.com. en-GB. 2018-12-07.
  11. Web site: 003 Jacqueline de Rojas: Encouraging Women in Technology. Amandaalexander.com. en-US. 2018-12-07.
  12. Web site: Women in Business Q&A: Jacqueline de Rojas, area VP, Northern Europe, Citrix. Dunn. Laura Emily. 2016-08-05. Huffington Post. en-US. 2018-12-07.
  13. Web site: Jacqueline de Rojas of Citrix - Greater flexible working could add £11.5 billion annually to the UK economy. 2014-12-17. Womanthology.co.uk. en-US. 2018-12-07.
  14. Web site: Retail technology view from the top: Citrix's Jacqueline de Rojas. Sillitoe. Ben. 2015-07-10. Essential Retail. 2018-12-07.
  15. Web site: Sage appoints Jacqueline de Rojas to lead business across Northern Europe. Sage.com. 2018-12-07.
  16. Web site: Sage lands de Rojas for Northern Europe role. Channel Pro. en. 2018-12-07.
  17. Web site: Sage loses 'trail-blazing' executive after less than six months. Gavin. Clarke. 21 March 2017. The Register. en. 2018-12-07.
  18. Web site: Jacqueline de Rojas CBE. Techuk.org. en-gb. 2018-12-07.
  19. Web site: Read the inaugural speech from new techUK President Jacqueline de Rojas. Sharma (techUK). Rohit. Techuk.org. en-gb. 2018-12-07.
  20. Web site: Technology leader Jacqueline de Rojas appointed to board Costain. Costain.com. en. 2018-12-07.
  21. Web site: Jacqueline de Rojas appointed as Chair of Digital Leaders. 2017-10-17. Digital Leaders. en. 2018-12-07.
  22. Web site: Jacqueline de Rojas CBE joins financial analytics leader Metapraxis. 2018-07-19. Metapraxis.com. en-GB. 2018-12-07.
  23. Web site: Tech pioneer Jacqueline de Rojas to co-chair new Institute of Coding. https://web.archive.org/web/20181125191252/http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/2018/03/06/jacqueline-de-rojas-coding/. 2018-11-25. Bath.ac.uk. en. 2018-12-07.
  24. Web site: 2019-09-25 . FDM Group taps Tech UK chair Jacqueline de Rojas to join board . 2022-05-18 . CityAM . en-GB.
  25. News: Asian women of achievement: Meet the 14 winners shaping the UK . Helen Chandler-Wilde. Positive impact these British-Asian women are making on the world today.. 30 April 2019. The Daily Telegraph.
  26. Web site: Women in Leadership: Diversity in the tech sector. Management. Institute of Leadership &. Institutelm.com. 2018-12-07.
  27. Web site: Northern Tech Awards Judges Northern Tech Awards by GP Bullhound. en-GB. 2018-12-07.
  28. Web site: Top 50 Most Influential Women in UK IT 2015. ComputerWeekly.com. en. 2018-12-07.
  29. Web site: Watch Jacqueline de Rojas' Keynote at Banking on Diversity in Tech. Leaders. Digital. 2017-11-23. Medium. 2019-03-07.
  30. Web site: Variety Celebrates Incredible Women at the Second Catherine Awards. 2017-11-27. Variety.org.uk. en. 2018-12-07.
  31. Web site: Here are all the UK tech figures named in the Queen's New Year's Honours list. Cook. James. Business Insider. 2018-12-07.
  32. News: AI chief Demis Hassabis becomes a CBE. 2017-12-29. BBC News. 2018-12-07. en-GB.
  33. Web site: techUK President Wins Advocate of the Year Award. Ahmed (techUK). Khawaib. Techuk.org. en-gb. 2018-12-07.
  34. Web site: Most Influential Women in UK IT 2018: Entrants to the Hall of Fame. ComputerWeekly.com. en. 2018-12-07.
  35. Web site: World's 100 Most Influential People in Digital Government 2019. 2022-02-15. Apolitical.
  36. Web site: Tech trailblazer honoured by University of Bath. 2020-12-02. www.bath.ac.uk.
  37. Web site: Virtual Awards. 2022-02-15. en-US.

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