Fiona Scott Lazareff

Fiona Scott Lazareff is an activist and has created various campaigns to support social justice and women's entrepreneurship in technology.

Fiona Scott Lazareff

Career

Lazareff began her career working as an economist for Carr Sebag where she launched “International Strategy” a monthly newsletter on international asset management in 1980.[1] In 1981 she moved to Hong Kong to work for WI Carr and Hoare Govett as a financial analyst and in 1982 she moved to New York to work for Samuel Montagu.

She then moved to Paris where she raised €650,000 (3,2MF) from financial institutions to create Mediatime France SA, and to launch several publications including, in 1990, the English-language lifestyle magazine Boulevard.[2] She also co-founded the Crillon Debutantes Ball, a fashion show in which young aristocratic women appeared.[2][3]

Lazareff is currently editor-in-chief and majority shareholder of Divento, a website devoted to European culture launched by Vivendi Universal in 2001.[4]

Notable Campaigns

Right2Justice.co.uk

Lazareff started campaigning in 2019 to reform the legal system in England and Wales. Having had first-hand experience in the courts as a litigant in person, she launched Right2Justice to expose the problems that LIPs face and to propose ways of equalising the playing field.[5] [6]

FCO Campaign

In December 2016 Lazareff lost her son, Nicolas in Moscow when he was drugged and robbed and dumped in a remote suburb of the city. It was -15° and he died of hypothermia.[7] The Lazareff family claimed they were offered no help form the British Embassy in Moscow or in London in their search for Nicolas.[8][9]

Lazareff also started a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of the IMEI on mobile devices, both from the point of view of finding people who go missing and wiping out crime associated with the theft of mobile devices.[10][11]

Techpreneurs Awards For Women

Lazareff was on the Committee of the University Women's Club, and in March 2014 she launched their Techpreneurs Awards[12] to encourage women to found internet or tech-related start ups, as well as to recognise the work of women who have already made a career in technology.[13][14][15][16][17] The first groups of awards was in 2014,[18] and subsequent ones in 2015,[19] 2018,[20] and 2019.[21][22][23]

References
  1. Roberts, Peter (June 1980). "International Strategy". Carr Sebag.
  2. Lowry, Suzanne (October 4, 1991). "Coming out ... In confusion". The Daily Telegraph. No. 42388. London, England. p. 13.
  3. Lowry, Suzanne (October 27, 1994). "Glitz all round as the season splits in two". The Daily Telegraph. No. 43342. London, England. p. 15.
  4. "Vivendi Universal lance le portail culturel Divento.com". Clubic (in French). 2001-06-28. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  5. "Make courts easier to navigate without lawyers, judges told". The Times. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  6. "Entrepreneur launches campaign to help litigants in person". Legal Futures. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
  7. Qureshi, Yakub (2016-12-19). "Manchester graduate dies of hypothermia in Russia". men. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  8. Reporters, Telegraph (2016-12-19). "Frozen body of British graduate found in Russia after he is 'drugged and robbed' on night out". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  9. "Frozen body of young British man found in Russia". Evening Standard. 2016-12-19. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  10. Breakfast : BBCNEWS : January 31, 2017 6:00am-8:31am GMT, BBCNEWS, 2017-01-31, retrieved 2019-07-10{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. Woolcock, Nicola (2017-01-30). "Warning to parents after son dies in Moscow snow". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  12. "Techpreneur Of The Year Awards launched to celebrate women in technology". Business Matters. 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  13. "Ellexus boss breezes to inaugural techpreneur award | Business Weekly | Technology News | Business news | Cambridge and the East of England". www.businessweekly.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  14. "Women in tech celebrated at Techpreneur of the Year Awards - UKTN (UK Tech News)". UKTN (UK Tech News). 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  15. "Woman Techpreneur of the Year Awards: Applications Open!". DevelopHer UK. 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  16. "Enter the Techpreneur Awards! - BritMums". BritMums. 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  17. "5 small business awards you can enter right now". Enterprise Nation Portal. 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  18. "Techpreneur of the Year Awards launched for women in tech startups". ComputerWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  19. "Press – The Techpreneurs Awards for Women 2018". techpreneurs.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  20. "Techpreneurs Awards for Women 2018 - UKTN (UK Tech News)". UKTN (UK Tech News). Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  21. "How female entrepreneurs can be the techpreneurs of the future - Elite Business Magazine". elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  22. "Daniela judges tech women!". Cynation. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  23. "CEO of Ecosync wins Techprenuer award | OxFutures". Retrieved 2019-07-11.
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