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Jacqueline de Rojas
CBE
Born
Jacqueline Yu

1962 (age 61–62)
Folkestone, England
Other namesJacqueline Jones[1]
Alma materMiddlesex University
Reutlingen University
Employer(s)techUK
CA Technologies
Citrix Systems
Sage Group
Costain Group
Known forTechnology
SpouseRoger Andrews[2]
Children3[2]

Jacqueline de Rojas CBE (born Jacqueline Yu 1962) is President Emeritus of techUK and chair of the board of Digital Leaders.[3][4] She serves as Non-Executive Director on the boards of Rightmove, Costain Group and FDM Group, and was formally on the board of AO World. She also works for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. She serves as co-Chair for the Institute of Coding and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Engineering from the University of Bath in 2020.[5]

Early life and education[edit]

de Rojas was born Jacqueline Yu in Folkestone to a Chinese father and British mother.[6][7] Her mother was a victim of domestic violence, and together with de Rojas escaped to Swindon to live with her grandparents.[8] de Rojas has stated that her father was abusive and that her stepfather "behaved inappropriately" towards her.[1] She completed a degree in European business at Middlesex University and Reutlingen University in 1986.[9] She joined Synon to grow their overseas distribution network starting in Germany and including Northern Europe and Asia.

Career[edit]

de Rojas has worked in various blue chip software companies, including CA Technologies.[10] She joined Citrix Systems as vice president for Northern Europe in 2014.[11][12] She pushed for more flexible working to increase productivity.[13][14] She left Citrix to join Sage Group in 2016, and stepped down after 6 months.[15][16][17] She published a Women in Tech Manifesto for techUK in 2014 and was appointed President of techUK in 2015.[18][19] techUK represent over 900 UK-based tech companies.

In 2017 de Rojas joined Costain Group as non-executive director.[20] That year she became Chair of Digital Leaders, a global initiative that promotes effective digital transformation.[21] She is the Chair of Digital Leaders UK, an online platform that provides opinion and advice on technology. She was on The Prince's Trust committee for several years and managed The Technology Leadership Group. de Rojas was appointed as an advisor to the Board of financial analytics company Metapraxis in 2018.[22] She launched the Institute of Coding with the University of Bath in 2018.[23] The Institute of Coding is a national consortium of industry and academia, working together to address to the UK digital skills gap.[23] de Rojas serves as co-Chair of the Institute of Coding's Governance Board.[23]

She was interviewed by Lauren Laverne for Desert Island Discs in March 2019.

In September 2019, de Rojas was appointed as a non-executive director of FDM Group.[24]

Advocacy[edit]

de Rojas, who has been described in media as a British Asian woman,[25] is a campaigner for increased cultural diversity in technology.[26] She is an ambassador for Girl Guides, the 30 % club and the Founder's Forum AccelerateHer. In 2018 she advised the GirlGuides on their new STEM badge.[8] She spoke at the MTV Young Women in Business conference in June 2018.[8] She serves as a judge for the Northern Tech Awards.[27]

Born Jacqueline Yu, she has spoken out about the discrimination she faced because she is half-Chinese descent, and said that after her first marriage, she changed her surname to "Jones", to "fit in".[1]

Awards and honours[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ a b "Jacqueline de Rojas". MerryCk.com. Retrieved 21 August 2020. Jacqueline is happily married to Roger Andrews. Between them they have three grown-up children, a baby grandson and a dog. Yoga and meditation is how she finds her balance.
  3. ^ "techUK - Representing the tech industry in the UK". Techuk.org. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Our Board - TechUK". TechUK. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Tech trailblazer honoured by University of Bath". www.bath.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  6. ^ Team, •WATC Content (17 July 2015). "Inspirational woman: Jacqueline de Rojas | Executive at Citrix, board champion for women at techUK - WeAreTheCity | Information, Networking, jobs & events for women". WeAreTheCity.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  7. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Jacqueline de Rojas, President of techUK". BBC. 24 March 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "How Jacqueline de Rojas became the UK's titan of tech". Managementtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Jacqueline de Rojas". Fequals.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  10. ^ Brandon, Jonathan (18 July 2014). "Citrix appoints former CA Technologies exec to lead Northern Europe". Telecoms.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  11. ^ "003 Jacqueline de Rojas: Encouraging Women in Technology". Amandaalexander.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  12. ^ Dunn, Laura Emily (5 August 2016). "Women in Business Q&A: Jacqueline de Rojas, area VP, Northern Europe, Citrix". Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Jacqueline de Rojas of Citrix - Greater flexible working could add £11.5 billion annually to the UK economy". Womanthology.co.uk. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  14. ^ Sillitoe, Ben (10 July 2015). "Retail technology view from the top: Citrix's Jacqueline de Rojas". Essential Retail. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  15. ^ "Sage appoints Jacqueline de Rojas to lead business across Northern Europe". Sage.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  16. ^ "Sage lands de Rojas for Northern Europe role". Channel Pro. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  17. ^ Clarke, Gavin (21 March 2017). "Sage loses 'trail-blazing' executive after less than six months". The Register. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  18. ^ "Jacqueline de Rojas CBE". Techuk.org. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  19. ^ Sharma (techUK), Rohit. "Read the inaugural speech from new techUK President Jacqueline de Rojas". Techuk.org. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  20. ^ "Technology leader Jacqueline de Rojas appointed to board | Costain". Costain.com. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  21. ^ "Jacqueline de Rojas appointed as Chair of Digital Leaders". Digital Leaders. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  22. ^ "Jacqueline de Rojas CBE joins financial analytics leader Metapraxis". Metapraxis.com. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  23. ^ a b c "Tech pioneer Jacqueline de Rojas to co-chair new Institute of Coding". Bath.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  24. ^ "FDM Group taps Tech UK chair Jacqueline de Rojas to join board". CityAM. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  25. ^ a b Helen Chandler-Wilde (30 April 2019). "Asian women of achievement: Meet the 14 winners shaping the UK". The Daily Telegraph. Positive impact these British-Asian women are making on the world today.
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  30. ^ "Variety Celebrates Incredible Women at the Second Catherine Awards". Variety.org.uk. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
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