Jeni Mundy

Jeni Mundy was born in 1965. [cn] She was educated at the Lady Eleanor Holles School, a private day school in Hampton, from 1971 to 1981.^[1] She went on to study for a Bachelor degree in Maths with Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, before spending six years as a professional yachtswoman.^[1] Mundy then decided to study electronic engineering, having learned to fix electronics on yachts, earning an MSc at Cardiff University.^[1] Mundy emigrated from the UK to New Zealand with her New Zealand fiance in 1994, and began her telecoms career with Bellsouth as an RF engineer.^[2][3] By 2001 she was head of the technology team at Vodafone New Zealand (after the UK carrier bought up Bellsouth in 1998). She moved to the UK CTO position in 2007,^[3] ending her Vodafone career with Group Enterprise Director of Products and Innovations. She moved to Visa in 2018, where she is Managing Director UK and Ireland.^[1]

Mundy was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2011.^[3]

Mundy is one of the few women to compete twice in the Volvo Ocean Race 1989-90 on Maiden and 1993-94 on US Women's Challenge/Heineken.^[4]