Name
Wincie Wong
Job Title
Head of Digital X Workforce Technical Capability
Company
NatWest Group
Speaker Bio
Wincie Wong uses her background at the leading edge of creative and disruptive innovation in the banking industry to break down barriers and transform the shape and diversity of the tech and data workforce. An international speaker and a digital evangelist, she is passionate about spearheading the growth of a diverse technology workforce as co-founder of the NatWest Girls Can Code network and founding member of Tech She Can, a charity representing 250+ corporates working together to increase the number of women in technology roles in the UK through education.
In her work, she is responsible for NatWest Skillbank which, working with the Scottish Government and City of Edinburgh Council, converted NatWest property in Edinburgh to become a Welcome Centre for Ukrainian refugees and went on to welcome over 10,000 displaced Ukrainians. In March 2023, she also launched the first of its kind career switcher reskilling programme in collaboration with Code First Girls to offer displaced Ukrainian females in Scotland tech training and permanent jobs within the bank.
She is also co-host of the NatWest Technically Speaking podcast series discussing current topics in the evolving world of tech. She has a background working with the UK government to tap into the huge unrealised economic potential of female entrepreneurs by making the UK one of the best countries in the world for women to start and grow a new business as recommended in the Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship. A serial entrepreneur herself, she has been featured in Season 2 of BBC’s My Million Pound Menu with host Fred Siriex for her business running Burmese supper clubs – now available on Netflix globally. In 2023, she was awarded Woman of the Year at the Women in IT Awards and was named one of the Top 100 Most Influential BAME Leaders in UK Tech by Inclusive Boards & the Financial Times in 2019. Having grown up in New York City, she’s spent the last 14+ years across the pond in London where she is passionate about making innovation useful for customers.
In her work, she is responsible for NatWest Skillbank which, working with the Scottish Government and City of Edinburgh Council, converted NatWest property in Edinburgh to become a Welcome Centre for Ukrainian refugees and went on to welcome over 10,000 displaced Ukrainians. In March 2023, she also launched the first of its kind career switcher reskilling programme in collaboration with Code First Girls to offer displaced Ukrainian females in Scotland tech training and permanent jobs within the bank.
She is also co-host of the NatWest Technically Speaking podcast series discussing current topics in the evolving world of tech. She has a background working with the UK government to tap into the huge unrealised economic potential of female entrepreneurs by making the UK one of the best countries in the world for women to start and grow a new business as recommended in the Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship. A serial entrepreneur herself, she has been featured in Season 2 of BBC’s My Million Pound Menu with host Fred Siriex for her business running Burmese supper clubs – now available on Netflix globally. In 2023, she was awarded Woman of the Year at the Women in IT Awards and was named one of the Top 100 Most Influential BAME Leaders in UK Tech by Inclusive Boards & the Financial Times in 2019. Having grown up in New York City, she’s spent the last 14+ years across the pond in London where she is passionate about making innovation useful for customers.