WiTT’s November meeting will celebrate women entrepreneurs in tech with a panel discussion among female founders. Our women tech entrepreneurs event is timed to take place in the week before Global Entrepreneurship Week, which runs from 16-22 November 2026.
Audrey Mandela, WiTT Chair and co-founder of Multimap, chaired the panel.
Our speakers will be announced closer to the event date.
Our panel will discuss their views and experiences, including:
- panelists’ own challenges in starting and growing their businesses, including issues of dealing with NHS Trusts;
- best and worst decisions made while building their businesses;
- advice for other women entrepreneurs.
You can register for the event here.
WiTT thanks Michelmores LLP for hosting.
(And you can see a video of our 2025 event here.)
Biographies
Panel Chair
Audrey Mandela
Chair, Women in Telecoms & Technology / Co-Founder, Multimap /Independent Consultant / Angel Investor
Audrey Mandela is chair of Women in Telecoms & Technology (WiTT), a networking group for women in the sector. She also runs Mandela Associates, which provides market research and consulting services for select clients in the telecom, internet and geographical information sectors.
Audrey was Co-Founder of Multimap, one of the world’s leading online mapping providers, where she acted as the company’s corporate counsel and marketing director, and was a board director. Multimap was acquired by Microsoft in December 2007.
Audrey was formerly Senior Vice President, International, for the Yankee Group, one of the industry’s leading IT research firms. As Senior VP, Audrey was responsible for managing the Yankee Group’s research, consulting and sales activities in Europe, Latin America and Asia.
Audrey is also a member of the advisory board of Angel Academe, an angel network that focuses on investments in women-led businesses; and an advisor for TEDxLondonBusinessSchool; a non-executive director on several tech start-ups; she recently served as a board director for Wedu, a charity that mentors and supports young women leaders from underserved communities in Southeast Asia.