Rebecca Gay George CBE FBCS (born 1961) is a former President of the British Computer Society and head of Deloitte’s Public Sector practice; she is active in encouraging girls and women to participate in technology and IT.
[citation needed] While she was at Oxford her Sixth Form College head-master suggested that she applied for a Rotary Foundation Scholarship, which she won.
[citation needed] Realising that cable and satellite TV was not taking off in the UK as fast as she had hoped, she joined a management consultancy, Spicer and Pegler for three years to broaden her range of skills.
She specialised in clinical transformation[clarification needed][6] enabled by technology and has a particular interest in improving patient outcomes in cancer and diabetes.
She has led or been involved with initiatives to encourage and support women in IT at every level – school projects, university applications and courses, graduate recruitment schemes, early career development, maternity leave and returners, executive promotion and retention, and board participation.
[citation needed] George was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2006 for services to IT and for her work supporting the Egan Review of sustainable community skills.
[11] She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to diversity in the technology profession.