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Kathryn Parsons
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Decoded | MBE for Services to Education | Co-Chair of GBx Global | Expert in AI, Coding & Digital Transformation
Speaker Kathryn Parsons MBE is the co-founder and co-CEO of Decoded, the tech-education company that has trained boards at over 150 Fortune 500 organizations. A pioneer who made coding compulsory in UK schools, she now translates AI, cybersecurity and data fluency into boardroom strategy. Senior audiences book Kathryn for sharp, jargon-free insight on digital transformation, women in tech and what AI means for business.
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Kathryn Parsons biography
Technology speaker Kathryn Parsons MBE is the co-founder and co-CEO of Decoded, a global tech-education company that has trained boards and leadership teams at more than 150 Fortune 500 organizations. Speaker Kathryn Parsons launched Decoded in London in 2011 with a now-iconic mission: teach anyone to code in a single day. The company has since expanded into data, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, helping enterprises adapt as new technologies redefine entire industries.
A passionate advocate for digital literacy, Kathryn campaigned successfully for coding to become a compulsory subject in the UK national curriculum, an achievement that earned her an MBE for Services to Education from Queen Elizabeth II. She has served on the London Mayor’s Business Advisory Board, the UK Government Cyber Security Skills Advisory Board and the non-executive board of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. She also chaired the UK Government’s Institute of Coding and sits on the board of The Rose Review into Female Entrepreneurship.
From Classroom Disruptor to Global AI Translator
Kathryn is also co-chair of GBx Global, a Bay Area community of British founders, executives and investors whose member companies have raised more than $10 billion in capital. Through this role she connects UK innovation with Silicon Valley capital and AI talent, accelerating global tech leadership across both ecosystems.
A confessed language enthusiast who studied Japanese, Mandarin, Latin and Ancient Greek at Cambridge, Kathryn views code as just another language—one that billions of people now speak. Her keynotes blend that linguistic perspective with sharp analysis of how AI, machine learning and cybersecurity are reshaping work, leadership and competitive advantage.
As a speaker, Kathryn Parsons brings boardroom-tested authority to the conversation around digital transformation. Audiences gain a clear, jargon-free roadmap for building digital fluency across their organization, leading with confidence in an AI-driven economy and unlocking the value of women in technology and entrepreneurship.
Kathryn Parsons Speaking Videos
Kathryn Parsons - The Future is Written in Code
Kathryn Parsons - Why we all need to give ourselves permission to learn
Kathryn Parsons Keynote Topics
Kathryn Parsons, co-founder and co-CEO of Decoded, has dedicated her career to closing the gap between business leaders and the technologies reshaping their industries. Her successful campaign to make coding part of the UK national curriculum won her an MBE and reflects her core conviction: digital fluency is no longer optional for executives. In this keynote she shows leadership teams how to demystify code, AI and data, ask the right questions of their technical teams and turn digital understanding into a true competitive advantage.
Drawing on her work training the leadership teams of more than 150 Fortune 500 companies, Kathryn maps the forces redrawing the digital economy: generative AI, automation, the data layer, cybersecurity and the rebalancing of power between platforms and incumbents. From her positions chairing the UK Government's Institute of Coding and co-chairing GBx Global in the Bay Area, she gives audiences a globally informed view of where investment is flowing and which capabilities organizations must build now to stay relevant in the next decade.
Kathryn is one of the most visible women in UK technology and an outspoken advocate for female entrepreneurship and leadership in tech. Drawing on her own founder journey, her work on The Rose Review into Female Entrepreneurship and conversations with thousands of senior leaders, she explores why diverse teams build better technology, where the structural barriers still sit and what executives can do today to attract, retain and promote women into the top of their digital and AI organizations.
Startups move faster, learn faster and adapt faster than incumbents—and large organizations know they need a slice of that DNA to compete. As a founder who scaled Decoded from a London classroom into a global enterprise partner, Kathryn shares the principles that let big companies operate with startup speed: bias to action, small empowered teams, prototype-driven decision making and a culture that rewards experimentation. The session offers a practical playbook for leaders who want to inject entrepreneurial energy without breaking what already works.
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FAQs on Booking Kathryn Parsons
Why Kathryn Parsons?
Kathryn Parsons MBE is one of the few keynote speakers who bridges deep technical fluency with boardroom credibility. As co-founder and co-CEO of Decoded, she has personally educated more than 150 Fortune 500 leadership teams on AI, data and cybersecurity, and successfully campaigned for coding to enter the UK national curriculum. On stage she translates complex technology into clear, actionable strategy, giving audiences the confidence to lead through the AI era. Book Kathryn Parsons through Aurum Speakers Bureau to bring boardroom-tested digital insight to your next event.
What does Kathryn Parsons do?
Kathryn Parsons MBE is the co-founder and co-CEO of Decoded, a London-based technology-education company she launched in 2011 with the mission of teaching anyone to code in a day. Today Decoded delivers AI, data and cybersecurity programs to executives at Fortune 500 companies. She also co-chairs GBx Global, a Bay Area community of British founders, executives and investors whose members have raised over $10 billion in capital.
What are Kathryn Parsons' keynote topics?
Kathryn speaks on artificial intelligence and the future of work, digital fluency for senior leaders, women in technology and entrepreneurship, building a startup mindset inside large organizations and the trends shaping the digital economy. To book Kathryn Parsons for a keynote on any of these themes, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Why was Kathryn Parsons awarded an MBE?
Kathryn Parsons received an MBE in the Queen's New Year Honours list for Services to Education, recognizing her successful campaign to add coding to the UK national curriculum in 2014. She has also chaired the UK Government's Institute of Coding and served on the Mayor of London's Business Advisory Board, the UK Government Cyber Security Skills Advisory Board and the non-executive board of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
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