Charlene Hunter MBE is the CEO & founder of Coding Black Females. Charlene has a strong academic background with a BSc in Mathematical Sciences and an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Birmingham.'

She has over 15 years of experience as a software developer and technical architect, and has skills in requirements capture, technical architecture, testing and various other aspects of building successful software applications.'

She has a strong passion to increase and showcase the skills and talents of black women in tech, and is determined to diversify the tech sector.'

Charlene set up Coding Black Females because in her years as a Software Developer, she discovered black women were heavily underrepresented in tech. She wanted this to change, and ensure that black women were able to discover role models and see familiar faces within the industry.'

Charlene has received multiple awards and recognition work she does to support Black women in tech.