Dr Oxana Mulholland
Dr Oxana Mulholland is the Investment Director at the London Technology Club, a space for investors and tech professionals to network and exchange ideas within the industry. Here, Dr Mulholland speaks to LUX’s Leaders and Philanthropists Editor, Samantha Welsh about women in the tech industry and the future of the tech world
LUX: With your background in strategic investment advisory, what drew you to specialise in tech investing and VC"

Dr Oxana Mulholland: The simple answer- I love it! Right now, the old industrial platform is collapsing, and we can?t quite make out what?s coming next. Flows of information are fuelling vast networks of knowledge, allowing us to tinker with everything from the building blocks of life to technologies that behave more like natural biological systems. We?re entering a period of increasing human-tech collaboration. This shift from one platform to the next is likely to create massive amounts of obsolescence, but also opportunity. I see this as a thrilling opportunity for our investments to help shape the future and with the London Technology Club we can bring savvy investors along with us.
LUX: What are the barriers to entry (if any) for women entering this field and how did you deal with these"

OM: The data is compelling. Wage inequality, entrenched views about women’s and men’s roles, a lack of industry role models, and negative stories like Elizabeth Holmes are among the barriers identi...