Akua is an experienced IT and Service Management professional having worked in the financial service for over 6 years, currently at London Stock Exchange Group.

Her project work and key deliverables include overseeing and maintaining the company hardware and software systems, resolving technical issues acting as an escalation point for the first line support team through the ITIL framework. This involves onboarding staff, providing IT inductions, audio/video support, account migrations, laptop deployments and supporting hybrid working as part of the return to office project.

Outside of her main role, Akua is a keen diversity and inclusion advocate, a mental health champion Community Lead for the UK Charity Committee and LSEG’s Women’s Inspired Network. She is passionate about raising the profile of women in STEM, as a Cajigo Mentor and STEM Ambassador.

Akua is a neurodiversity advocate (self identifies as Dyslexic and has ADD), a fundraiser, Board Advisory Member for Neurodiversity in Business plus a charity volunteer and a keen sports volunteer for Netball England and British Athletics. She is an aspiring humanitarian and working towards becoming a Trustee.

She has featured in Investment Week, Forbes, provided STEM career talk for various educational institutions and been a panellist for One Tech World conference 2021 discussing Harnessing Neurodiversity in Tech. In 2021, Akua also featured in the Tech London Advocates the Voices in the shadows book, Awarded Highly Commended for Role Model of the Year: Financial Services at Women in Tech Excellence 2021 and is a TechWomen100 2021 winner through WeAreTheCity.

Akua is an experienced IT and Service Management professional having worked in the financial service for over 6 years, currently at London Stock Exchange Group. She has featured in Investment Week, Forbes, provided STEM career talk at for various educational institutions and been a panellist for One Tech World conference 2021 discussing Harnessing Neurodiversity in Tech.