Movers and Shakers: Product Leadership Panel + Networking Drinks

You're invited to the next Women in Product London event!

At the second of our Career Hack Series, you'll hear from our high-flying panel of product experts on how they built their careers in product management and how they've overcome challenges along the way to achieving success both personally and professionally.

The panel Q&A will be an opportunity to share stories and explore the many different paths to progress as a product leader, with plenty of time for networking over drinks and canapés.

Join us for what is likely to be some lively conversation where you'll takeaway invaluable insights from our forward-thinking product leaders with different skills and backgrounds.

----MEET THE PANELLISTS

Jo Wickremasinghe - Product Director, Babylon Health

Jo has 20 years experience across digital and technology. Jo has led a number of product teams at News UK, Which?, Microsoft and the BBC. Born and raised in Australia, Jo started her career as an Aerospace Engineer, moving to the UK in 1998. In 2000 she got into tech, joining MSN during the first dotcom bubble. She is currently Product Director at Babylon Health, working towards making healthcare accessible and affordable for everyone globally.

Twitter: @wickymast
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jowickremasinghe/

Michele Swaine - Head of Product: Loyalty, Financial Services & In Store Experiences, Sainsbury’s Digital

Michele has worked in Digital for 20 years – responsible for designing products that millions of people interact with daily throughout this time. If you’ve used Sky+, Sky Go, Sky Store; bought a lottery ticket digitally, or checked your results online; or shopped in Sainsbury’s … then you’ve interacted with one of the products she and her team have carefully designed for you. Her passions include: team work, designing great customer experiences, her family, and the value of dyslexic thinking.

Aimee Ruddy - Senior Product Manager, Curve

Aimee is a Senior Product Manager at Curve, an app which allows you to consolidate all your bank cards into one smart card on a mission to Simplify and Unify how people spend, send, see and save their money. She leads the product team focusing on driving value for customers. Prior to this, Aimee was the product lead for consumer experience product team at Deliveroo; if you’ve ever tracked your rider to the door or seen a push notification to tell you your rider is at your door - you’ve experienced one of her products. In her earlier career, Aimee worked in telco with EE and Vodafone, as a digital product manager.

Amanda Yuen - Product Lead, Hostmaker

Amanda has spent 9 years in product; from rebuilding Experian’s UK&I data platform, to creating personalised experiences for YouView (BT & TalkTalks TV platform). In recent years, Amanda built on her interest in travel and international cultures by leading a global team looking after acquisition and retention at DAZN. Recently, Amanda has become the Product Lead at Hostmaker, to help property investors, landlords and homeowners unlock the potential of every home.

----MEET THE MODERATOR

Jennie Excell - Digital Product Manager, Bupa Global

Jennie has 10+ years’ experience managing digital sales for corporates, luxury brands and start-ups. She is now Digital Product Manager at Bupa Global where she is on a mission to build a pain free digital sales experience that reduces complexity and facilitates decision making. Before that she was at a large Aussie bank, partnering with Harvard University’s behavioural economists to launch experiments that proved the benefits of operational transparency as a sales tool.

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The event is proudly sponsored by River Island Tech https://www.ritechstyle.com and Intelligent People https://www.intelligentpeople.co.uk/product-management/

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