Dr Shmona Simpson

Shmona is an enabler of global and equitable access to technology products. She is the Founder & CEO of Paritii- a social enterprise aiming to make technology better for everyone. Here she leads a team of strategists and developers who help their clients reach all users (regardless of geography, gender, or race) with their strategies, products, and services. Prior to Paritii, she was a strategist at the Gates Foundation, an infectious disease specialist serving low-and middle-income countries, and a research scientist. Her research is published in Lancet and Nature, and she is a frequent advocate for equity-aligned technologies at international conferences and events. Shmona holds a DPhil from Oxford University where she was a Rhodes Scholar.