Mary McKenna is an Irish serial tech entrepreneur and angel investor, a SXSW pitch-stage judge, an Innovation Expert with the EU and one of the co-founders of AwakenAngels. She is an EIR at the University of Oxford and No 5 on Computer Weekly’s 2026 list of the most influential women in IT in the UK. Mary holds an MBE from HM the Queen for services to digital technology, innovation and learning.