Hannah Hawken

Part of the Rising Stars 30 — a list of the UK's most talented young tech professionals in 2025

Hannah’s journey into tech is a testament to the power of interdisciplinary thinking. While studying French, Spanish, and Italian Literature, she discovered a passion for coding during a year abroad, drawing parallels between linguistics and programming languages. This paved her way into health tech as a developer during the pandemic, before she transitioned into cybersecurity.

Now a sales engineer at ChainGuard, Hannah focuses on building out the technical route to onboard, enable and collaborate with the partner ecosystem. In a previous post at Wiz she blazed a train as the first channel solutions architect outside the USA. She serves as a community ambassador for Coform, organising events for top solutions engineers.

Hannah is an advocate for integrating security early in the software development lifecycle, particularly securing open-source code to build robust, secure-by-design architectures.

Outside of work, Hannah is a competitive runner and swimmer, turning her demanding travel schedule into opportunities to explore new running routes and compete in races like the 6-mile Serpentine Swim for charity.