Amy Laird

Amy Laird has extensive work experience in project management and leadership roles. Amy started their career as a Project Manager at Thomson Reuters in 2008 and worked on mergers and acquisitions, as well as legacy migration projects. Amy then joined Tata Consultancy Services in 2014, where they managed key projects and served as the Programme Manager for the BI portfolio. Amy later worked at RBS as a Senior Project Manager on the Williams & Glynn programme, focusing on ops analytics and demand management. Amy also served as a Programme Manager at HSBC before taking a travel break and relocating to Central America in 2018. Upon their return, Amy joined Refinitiv as the lead on the Blackstone Divestiture project. Amy then worked at Vodacom Financial Services as a Senior Project Manager, responsible for delivering a mini app within the Vodapay super app. Currently, Amy is serving as the Data Transformation Lead at HelloKindred (formerly VentureWeb).

Amy Laird obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Informatics from the University of Pretoria from 1997 to 2001. In addition to their degree, they also have certifications as a Certified Scrum Master from the Scrum Alliance, obtained in September 2016, and as a Prince 2, obtained in 2014.