Trudy Norris-Grey is a Welsh businesswoman, and is a well-recognized leader[citation needed] in the U.K., globally and in the Tech industry.
[2] The WISE Campaign is aimed at encouraging more girls and women to consider important, satisfying and rewarding STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Build Environment) career paths on which she has provided evidence to the UK Government and many other organizations.
[5] The Female FTSE Board Report published by Cranfield University recognised Trudy as one of the "Women to Watch 2017".
Trudy Norris-Grey's early career began in Racal Vodafone in 1983 as an audit accountant before moving to Digital Equipment Corporation in 1986, based in Reading.
In 2012 Norris-Grey joined Microsoft as its General Manager responsible for its public sector business in Central and Eastern Europe subsequently moving to the USA to lead Microsoft's global business development team for public sector and smart cities.
Trudy was a Non-Executive director for EA Technology Limited, has also been a Pension Trustee for Oracle and for Digital.
[29] Trudy has debated the focusing of UK funding for science and innovation at the Royal Society[30] and has contributed to a Commons select committee inquiry on women in the workplace.