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#10 - From accidental technologist to IT pioneer, with Martin Ferguson and Mary Wintershausen
Episode 10
Wednesday, 21 January, 2026

In this episode of Socitm Says, Martin Ferguson, former policy and research director at Socitm, talks with Mary Wintershausen. Mary was a leading member in establishing the Socitm London Information Technology Managers Group in the 1990s and was also one of the first women heads of IT in London.Her engineering background helped her become a pioneer in pushing technology forward in the London borough of Waltham Forest.Enjoy hearing about the fascinating story of those early days of Socitm and the vision Mary had for the society and her career as a woman in IT.

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