Shmona Simpson

Shmona is an enabler of global and equitable access to technology products. In 2020, she
founded Paritii- a social enterprise aiming to make technology better for everyone. Today she
leads a team of strategists and developers who help their clients reach all users (regardless of
geography, gender, or race) with their strategies, products, and services. Prior to Paritii, she was
a strategist at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, an infectious disease specialist serving low-
and middle-income countries, and a research scientist. Her research is published in Lancet and
Nature, and she is a frequent advocate for equity-aligned technologies at international
conferences and events. Shmona holds a DPhil from Oxford University where she was a
Rhodes Scholar.