Jacqueline de Rojas | |
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| Born | Jacqueline Yu 11 October 1962 [1] Folkestone, England |
| Other names | Jacqueline Jones [2] |
| Alma mater | Middlesex University Reutlingen University |
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| Known for | Technology |
| Spouse | Roger Andrews [3] |
| Children | 3 [3] |
Jacqueline de Rojas CBE (born Jacqueline Yu 11 October 1962 is a British businesswoman who works in technology.
de Rojas was born Jacqueline Yu in Folkestone to a Chinese father and British mother. [4] [5] [1] She joined Synon in the 1980s where she worked in its sales department. [1]
Born Jacqueline Yu, is partly of Chinese descent, and said that after her first marriage, she changed her surname to "Jones", to "fit in". [2]
She serves as Non-Executive Director on the boards of Rightmove, Costain Group and FDM Group, and was formally on the board of AO World. She serves as co-Chair for the Institute of Coding and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Engineering from the University of Bath in 2020. [6]
In 2017 de Rojas joined Costain Group as non-executive director. [1] She launched the Institute of Coding with the University of Bath in 2018. [7]
She was interviewed by Lauren Laverne for Desert Island Discs in March 2019. [8]
In September 2019, de Rojas was appointed as a non-executive director of FDM Group. [9]
In 2024 she became the chair of The Bletchley Park Trust's board of trustees where she looks after Bletchley Park's independent museum. [3]