Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: EDM Professional of the Year—Georgia Prothero, Schroders

Graduating with a degree in the arts, it was not until she was looking for jobs that she considered a career in technology. She opted to take the Civil Service test in London in 1983, a decision that would have a significant bearing on her career. “The test turned out to be a day-long affair in a room in Whitehall, where we did a number of IQ-style tests using a pencil and paper,” she recalls.
She passed the exam and ended up working in the IT team for the Lord Chancellor’s department. There
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