Sheree Atcheson: Monzo, Forbes, Women Who Code & More

 
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Meet Sheree Atcheson…

Sheree Atcheson is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Expert from Sri Lanka/County Tyrone currently living in London! 

Listed as one of the UK's Most Influential Women in Tech, Sheree (@nirushika) worked for the likes of Deloitte and Monzo before becoming the Global Director Of Diversity and Inclusion at Peakon.  

Alongside being a regular contributor at publications like Forbes, Fast Company and Business Insider, she's also an Advisory Board Member of Women Who Code (an organisation she helped bring to the UK). 

Her book Demanding More comes out in April and is about Why Diversity and Inclusion Don't Happen and What We Can Do About It. (Click here to pre-order).

In today's episode we talk about:

  • Adoption + growing up as a person of colour in Tyrone

  • How Sheree got into tech

  • The obstacles that hold organisations back from diversity

  • Reconnecting with her Sri Lankan birth mother

  • And the greatest challenges/successes she's faced along the way

Check it out!

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  • One thing most people don't know about you: Most people know it but it is still a surprise to most I'm adopted and was raised in Ireland.

  • Favourite Book: My own ;) buy it at Amazon.

  • Favourite Quote: I'm not sure I have a favourite quote that's related to work.

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Today's episode is part of our collaboration with NI Connections where we catch up with someone incredible from Northern Ireland doing interesting things overseas on the last Monday of every month.

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