'We don't put women on the leadership team' - Jacqueline do Rojas on her triumph over adversity

Stuart Sumner
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Jacqueline de Rojas CBE, President of TechUK, tells delegates at the Women in Tech Festival about her successful career in IT despite setbacks and initially 'trying to be a man in a man's world'

Jacqueline de Rojas CBE, President of TechUK, has told delegates at the Women in Tech Festival about her triumph over various setbacks in her career in IT, giving a series of 'life lessons' for oth...

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