Margaret Totten

Managing director of IA Cubed

Career history: Business development director at IA Cubed; director at SCL Marketing; BI analyst and information metrics at Centrica.

Measure of influence: After leading the business to become a "cloud champion", IA Cubed has achieved more than 400 per cent growth in a year

Activities to advance women in tech: IAMCP Women in Technology member; runs kids' coding programme; part of Scottish females in technology mentoring programme.

What are the key business benefits of having a diverse workforce in general?

One of IA Cubed's strengths is the fact that its management team is not only largely female, but also under 25. Working with the most promising young talent of the future allows me to consistently understand how the landscape is changing.