Sonya Barlow

Sonya Barlow is a Neurodivergent Award-Winning Founder of Social Inclusion Network LMF Network, the Best-Selling author of Unprepared to Entrepreneur, and BBC Presenter of The Everyday Hustle, highlighting stories of Asian entrepreneurs. She is a keynote speaker on everything neurodiversity, tech, travel and trends and hosts her travel talk show : Tea with Sonya.

Barlow has delivered 2 TED talks, a keynote for the House of Commons, and was named UK Entrepreneur of the Year, Marie Claire's Future Leader, Top 50 Women in Tech EU and a LinkedIn Changemaker.

Sonya has over 100,000 social connections and hosts stages at London Tech Week, Cogx and WebSummit.

Her business, The LMF Network, is building an AI-enabled tech app to connect professional women in the workplace, with the tagline "If Linkedin and Bumble had a baby".

She has worked with top brands such as HP, Logitech, The Oberoi, BBC, Mitie, British Red Cross, Rolls Royce, Cisco, Capital One, Lloyds Banking Group and LinkedIn.

Sonya is a leading voice in all things business, careers, lifestyle, mentorship, inclusion, travel and technology.

Hello@sonyabarlow.co.uk / www.sonyabarlow.co.uk

Schedule a call or email to see how you can work with Sonya


Like Minded Females (LMF Network CIC)

LMF Network is a global social enterprise focused on redefining culture, community, and corporations by building confidence and capabilities. The LMF network specialises in supporting businesses through delivering diversity and inclusion training and activating strategic action plans whilst enabling the community through mentoring life skills workshops and career upskilling activities. Since launching in May 2018, the network has facilitated 300+ workshops globally, upskilled 30,000+ people, won 3 national awards and engaged with over 50,000 online.

Notable achievements and highlights of Sonya’s work include:

  • LinkedIn Changemaker 2021 for Diversity & Inclusion in EU + UK

  • Published Author, Unprepared to Entrepreneur

  • BBC Radio Presenter of The Everyday Hustle, BBC

  • Most Influential Women in Tech 2020 & 2021, ComputerWeekly

  • Runner up in Forbes 30 Under 30, 2021

  • A published journalist for The Telegraph, Metro Newspaper & Sifted UK

  • Travel entrepreneur for The Oberoi, Westin, and Beachcomber Hotels

  • Keynote Speaker: RecFest, Institute of Coding, UCL, Warwick University, British Embassy in Lithuania, King, Women Go Tech, and more

When Sonya is not busy, she loves to…

  1. Read fiction books

  2. Go on long walks in new places

  3. Write blogs and articles to empower others

  4. Travel the world and explore new cultures

  5. Drink tea (big lover of tea)

  6. Spend time with family

  7. Learn about the new & upcoming digital trends