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SUMMARY:Oxford Alumni Speaker - Chris Brown (co-hoster by 85Broads and Oxf
 ord Union)
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DESCRIPTION:The Oxford chapter of 85 Broads\, a global women’s networking 
 group\, is happy to announce another alumni speaker event in collaboration
  with the Oxford Union. Please join us for an exciting evening speaking to
  one of Oxford’s successful women grads as she gives her insight into a ca
 reer in IT and how Oxford has influenced her life and career paths. Our te
 rmly alumni speaker event looks at women in various industries and how Oxf
 ord helped them get where they are today. They were once faced with the sa
 me choices we are today and have moved past tutes into the “real world”. C
 ome and find out how at this discussion where you’ll have plenty of time t
 o ask your own questions. Get to know more about the possibilities our net
 work offers by logging onto www.85broads.com.\n\nThis term’s speaker: Chri
 s Brown\nChris Brown graduated from Jesus College in 1982 with a degree in
  English Language and Literature. Now a freelance IT consultant\, Chris fe
 ll into the IT industry by accident and has worked in it for the last 25 y
 ears\, during which time she has gained broad experience of the impact of 
 technology in the retail\, telecommunications and financial services secto
 rs. She spent eight years in senior management roles followed by appointme
 nt as CIO in 1998\, at BT Cellnet. There she gained first hand experience 
 of the impact of the explosive growth of consumer mobile communications in
  the UK\, rapid product to market timescales and the launch of mobile data
  services. She was also part of the management team that successfully deme
 rged the firm from British Telecom to become O2. She has subsequently spen
 t three years as European CIO for Marsh with responsibility for IT in over
  40 countries\, bringing technology innovation to a ‘paper driven’ busines
 s model. Here she also was an active participant in management leadership 
 and mentoring programmes. Chris is an active member of the UK e-skills bus
 iness advisory board that is helping to restructure the technology curricu
 lum for 14-19 year olds to ensure a better match between education and the
  needs of UK business. She was a finalist in the Blackberry UK ‘Women in T
 echnology Awards’ in 2005.
URL:www.85broads.com
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LOCATION:Oxford Union\, Morris Room
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