ACTIVIST AND CO-FOUNDER, DAUGHTERS OF EVE Nimco Ali was born in Somalia and grew up in the UK, where she studied at Bristol University...

FINANCIAL ADVISOR FOR WOMEN, CEO AND CO-FOUNDER, ELLEVEST Sallie Krawcheck is the owner and chair of Ellevate, a global professional...

HEAD TEACHER, MULBERRY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Vanessa Ogden was born in London. She read theology and religious studies at Manchester...

FASHION DIRECTOR, NEW YORK TIMES Vanessa Friedman was born in New York and studied at Princeton University. She became a journalist and...

MANAGING DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Christine Lagarde was born in Paris, studied law and has held ministerial positions in the...

ACTIVIST AND WINNER OF THE 2011 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LIBERIA Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize....

FOUNDER OF WOMEN IN THE WORLD, EDITOR AND AUTHOR Tina Brown is a journalist, editor and author. She went to Oxford at the age of 17,...

FOUNDER OF EVERYDAY SEXISM PROJECT, WRITER AND ACTIVIST Laura Bates studied English at Cambridge University and worked as an actor before...

GENETICIST, DOCTOR AND SINGER-SONGWRITER Nazneen Rahman, professor of human genetics, is head of the division of genetics and...