Having graduated with a Masters Degree in Computer Science in 1987 from the University College London, Bebe embarked on her professional career starting in the Insurance Industry at the Sun Alliance Insurance Group, which later became the Royal & Sun Alliance.

She then moved into Retail, working with Mothercare for almost 10 years in various technology roles finishing up as their Support & Service Delivery Manager.

Bebe left Mothercare and joined a consultancy outfit as a Project Manager implementing retail projects for Fashion and Lifestyle brands such as TM Lewin, FatFace, White Stuff, Bamford and EAST.

Bebe always felt the urge to go back into an organisation, so her next move was as Group Applications Manager for the Gondola Group (PizzaExpress, ASK Italian, Zizzi, Byron & Kettners).

I was appointed Head of IT when the Group was split and the Azzurri Group (ASK Italian, Zizzi, Coco di Mama & Boojum) was created. Her role has recently been expanded to include Programme Management – ensuring the Azzurri Group has the required governance when it lands projects in restaurants and shops as well as Information Security.

Bebe is now fully responsible for the Cyber Strategy for the Group including PCI DSS, and GDPR.

Apart from her family, her passion is to encourage young women and men, to dream big, not limit themselves and have the self-belief that they are enough.