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How Anna Brailsford gets thousands of women tech jobs at Goldman Sachs, BlackRock and Morgan Stanley

'They have to get ahead of the curve, and have to get ahead of it now, otherwise they're crushing their own competitive advantage'

Anna Brailsford
Anna Brailsford

Anna Brailsford is no ordinary recruiter. Her company, Code First Girls, trains women to code and gets them jobs in the City – for free.

The company hit a major milestone on 9 February; it has now taught 100,000 women to code, cementing its place as the UK’s largest provider of free tech education for women.

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