Patricia Gestoso Bio
Dr Patricia Gestoso is an award-winning inclusion strategist, feminist coach, and technology expert with over 25 years of experience in digital transformation, specialising in computer simulation, artificial intelligence, and inclusive and ethical design of tech workplaces and products.
Through her company, Gestoso Consulting, she empowers leaders to leverage diversity and AI for sustainable growth and responsible innovation. She’s also the Director of Scientific Support at Dassault Systèmes BIOVIA, an engineering and scientific software company. Her previous roles include Global Head of Training and Contract Research.
Patricia leads partnerships in the UK for European Women on Boards, an NGO that aims to increase gender equity at the board and executive levels, and is an advisor for We and I, a British non-profit focused on activating diverse communities to make artificial intelligence work for everyone.
She has authored articles and delivered keynotes exploring the intersection between artificial intelligence and domains such as the future of work, industry trends, ethics, inclusion, sustainability, deepfakes, bias, automated agents, colonisation, and education. She also writes and speaks on the topics of female leadership, barriers and strategies for the retention and promotion of women in tech, and how AI has been weaponised as a misogyny tool.
Patricia has been featured among the most influential women in UK tech in 2022, 2023 and 2024.