Nordic women in tech awards 2021

Nana Bule is CEO of Microsoft Denmark & Iceland.

Nana joined Microsoft in 2002, where she has held various senior positions in commercial sales and product marketing. She has been part of the Executive Board since 2013 - most recently in the role of Director of Marketing & Operations (COO). Nana started her career in e-commerce and has 20 years of experience in Tech.

In addition to the position as CEO of Microsoft Denmark, Nana works as a board member of EnergiNet and Arla and is also a member of DI Executive Board and the Business Policy Committee.

She is also active in the startup ecosystem as an advisor to entrepreneurs and investors. In addition, Nana is a speaker in innovation, digitization and management.

Rasmus Bruun is motivated by finding solutions and helping people grow. He has vast experience with PR in Denmark and internationally and is the Managing Partner of InchByInch.

He cares for entrepreneurship and diversity and is actively working to promote female role models with the intention to inspire more women to start their own business or become part of the tech sector.

Mariya Gabriel is the European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth. Under her leadership, the new Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, and the cultural strand of Creative Europe programmes (2021-2027) will be defined and implemented. Between 2017 and 2019, Mariya Gabriel was European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society. She proposed the new Digital Europe programme, worked on an EU Strategy for AI, online disinformation, cybersecurity and launched the EuroHPC strategy. She ha s extensively engaged with external EU partners to enhance digital cooperation, in particular with the Western Balkans and Africa.

She was elected a Member of the European Parliament in 2009, 2014 and 2019. Mariya Gabriel is First Vice-President of the European People's Party (EPP), and, since 2012, Vice - President of EPP Women. Commissioner Gabriel is a board member of the United Nations youth programme Generation Unlimited (GenU). She is ranked among the 50 most influential women in Europe in the field of cybersecurity by the leading European cybersecurity magazine SC Media UK (2019).

Mariya Gabriel is also known for her involvement in the fight for gender equality. Among others, she received the prestigious Italian prize “Golden Apple”. In the European Parliament, she was twice awarded "MEP of the year" - in 2016 for the category “Development”, and in 2013 for the category “Gender Equality”. In November 2020, Commissioner Gabriel received the Annual Award of the Vienna Economic Forum "Partner of the Year 2020"

Trine Hopkins is Partner in KPMG Denmark and has 20 years of experience from the public and private sector in Denmark and England with a focus on optimization and automation in the economy and finance function.

Trine's core competencies are optimization of financial processes, quality assurance of economy in projects and programs, as well as review and targets for internal control set-up.

Trine has a cand. merc. aud degree and in 2017 she was included on Berlingske Business' list of the 100 greatest Danish talents.

Caritta Seppa is the co-founder and COO at Tespack, company specialised in developing mobile energy solutions for off-grid workers.

Caritta has been shortlisted by Forbes 30 Under 30, selected as one of the Top 100 Women in Wearables as well as one of the finalists for the Nordic Women in Tech Award 2020.

Caritta currently serves as a One Young World ambassador and delegate speaker on education. Caritta is passionate about technology and sustainable development and an invited speaker to leading tech events such as WTO Public Forum, ChangeNOW and Women in Tech Summit. She is also a TEDx speaker and mentor and advisor to aspiring entrepreneurs and students.

She was the co-organiser of the first Women in Tech Forum in Lima and has been featured by Forbes, Huffington Post and Tech.eu.

Shahnoza and Prayson brew up machine learning algorithms with a pinch of math, an ounce of Python and piles of data to help companies gain AI competitive advantage by growing revenue, slashing production timelines, multiplying efficiency, and making data-driven decisions.

Kelvina Wairimu is hyper-passionate about anything tech but even more passionate about making a positive impact in the industry.

She is specialized in how AI projects can achieve goals and success and professionally she works as a Technical Project Manager for an IT company and on matching mentors and mentees through Mentor United.

Nana Bule is CEO of Microsoft Denmark & Iceland.

Nana joined Microsoft in 2002, where she has held various senior positions in commercial sales and product marketing. She has been part of the Executive Board since 2013 - most recently in the role of Director of Marketing & Operations (COO). Nana started her career in e-commerce and has 20 years of experience in Tech.

She is also active in the startup ecosystem as an advisor to entrepreneurs and investors. In addition, Nana is a speaker in innovation, digitization and management.