Berta Herrero is Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Huawei EU. She is also the Founder & Director of the company's Schools for Female Leadership in the Digital Age, which provide top students and young professionals with a once-in-a-life-time opportunity to acquire the skills needed to shape Europe's digital transition, under a full scholarship. Most recently she has launched The Women's Academy for Rural Innovation, a ground-breaking initiative designed to empower women from rural communities to shape the digital age.

Ms. Herrero has extensive experience in the field of European Union politics and policies in three different sectors (institutional, corporate and media), and in areas ranging from foreign affairs and enlargement to cohesion, new technologies and innovation.

Prior to joining the tech industry, Ms. Herrero served in the cabinet of a Vice-President of the European Parliament in Brussels, and previously as a journalist for Spain's newspaper El Mundo, reporting from different countries across the world.