Rosemary Lissendon:
Rosemary (known as Ro) cut her programming
teeth developing formulations databases for Unilever.
She
then worked for the software house EDS for a number
of years, before joining CSFB in 1994. She has
mostly had application development & support
management roles, but has also been involved in
large programs
and process improvement initiatives, such as the
Euro, Y2k, and Sarbanes-Oxley.
Ro has been involved with WITN since early 2003.
She juggles her work in Diversity and Inclusion,
her full time job, her husband and two sons, a building
project on her house, and also trains to run marathons.


Reija Johnson:
Reija started her career in IT working for Microsoft
on the Licence Verification Project Sydney,
Australia. After travelling to London, she
commenced employment with EDS working as a
desktop support analyst on the Prison Service
Account and then transferring to the AON account.
She changed roles to work as a Change Analyst
at the Home Office before commencing work at
Merrill Lynch in 2004. Reija's currently working
as a Business Analyst on an in house Debt Transaction
Manager application. Historically her role
at Merrill Lynch has included coordinating
BCP for Global Markets Trading Technology,
London and New York, overseeing the banks offshore
engagements as well as business analysis on
a process improvement project.
Reija joined WITN in May 2005. She enjoys French
cooking, scuba diving and travelling in diverse
cultures.


Shirley Adrain:
Shirley Adrain started her banking career in
1994 at JP Morgan as graduate in the Global
Swaps
group, as a FoxPro developer. After two years
she moved to NY to set up a team supporting
the Equity Derivatives traders. In 1999 she
moved
to Merrill Lynch where she was a global programme
manager in the Debt Technology group, first
managing their Global P&L system and then
developing a new global system for the Sales
desk. In 2002,
Shirley made her biggest career change to date,
joining Citigroup as Chief of Staff for the
EMEA Consumer Technology group. Shirley now
covers
28 countries, and her role focuses on strategic
change and also on developing technologists
at all level to reach their full potential.
In addition
to her role as a committee member for WITN,
Shirley also co-chairs the Citigroup Women
Retention
and Development team, and coaches and mentors
teenagers and technology professionals.
 
Anjoo Rai-Marchant:
Anjoo Rai-Marchant fell into her first technology
project while doing an accounting internship
with Ernst & Young. She enjoyed her experience
so much that she pursued an IT career while
getting her accounting qualification after
which, she
made the switch to IT full time. Before working
for Barclays Capital, she was with a software
company for 4 years and professional services
for 9+ years.
Anjoo loves to travel and has lived and worked
in 3 different countries. She is new to the WITN
organisation and coming from a family of 5 daughters,
she is passionate about the contribution women
can make in the workplace. 

Amanda Buckham:
Amanda Buckham progressed through the early days
of her IT career as a Developer, Designer and
Team Leader working for a number of Consultancies
in the field of Insurance, Investment Management
and Banking. Clients included both small and
large retail and institutional organisations.
Amanda then moved to UBS Asset Management for
a number of years as a Project Manager. Currently
Amanda is working for DST International a global
Investment Management Software Consultancy where
she has been for the last 10 years. The majority
of that time has been spent as a Business Analyst
and latterly a Support Consultant. Amanda has
many years experience of the Front, Back and
Middle office including at DSTi HiFrontOffice
a front office modelling and decision support
product and HiPerformance a performance measurement
product. Amanda is new to the WITN Organisation
and is looking forward to making a contribution
drawing on her many years experience in the industry.
She has three children and is a trained Image
Consultant and enjoys walking and eating out.


Shirin Baluch:

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