The organisations listed below have demonstrated meaningful commitment to diversity by helping develop and promote Best Practice, the Business Case, and Corporate Cultures that welcome people from diverse backgrounds.

Fujitsu Services UK
Helped Portia develop and test the successful Placement Scheme for Women Returners. Promoted within the company by Steven Alford, Diversity Manager and Marian Kuyken, Recruitment Manager.

ThoughtWorks
Devised an innovative Back into IT recruitment scheme for individuals returning to industry after a career break. The scheme, a brain child to Jackie Kinsey, People Manager, included a period of intensive retraining on Agile software development methodology.

Financial Times Digital Business
Promotes awareness and champions leading women in IT and successful technology-based businesses. Started IT Celebrity campaign, an idea of Digital Business section Editor, Peter Whitehead.

Inova Consultancy
Works with women entrepreneurs and others by providing innovative mentoring and coaching support through a group-based scheme developed and tested over a number of years. Led by Marina Larios, Founder and Director.

Royal Academy of Engineering
Sponsored discussions and research to identify Guiding Principles for Diversity Policy Implementation, and create opportunities for mainstreaming to wider engineering audience. Led by Robert Ditchfield, Diversity Programme Manager.

IT Synergy
Sponsored Portia’s day-to-day activities and provided technical support and communication platform for over 10 years.

The Daphne Jackson Trust
Offers a Fellowship Scheme enabling a return to science research employment after a career break. Led by Jenny Woolley, Trust Director.

Connect - Napier network for TECCI females
Connect is a peer support network for female students in Edinburgh Napier University's Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Creative Industries.