Before joining Salesforce, Nilufar co-led a 900-member strong women’s network at a global energy company, advising on and supporting the company’s policies for attracting, developing and retaining female talent. At Salesforce, she champions the Women’s Network and has supported  internal initiatives to discuss and empower employees to redress gender equality challenges inside and outside the organisation. Nilufar is also a mentor to women inside and outside Salesforce, and showcases her pro bono and Trustee work internally to inspire others to likewise use their skillsets to make impactful contribution within charities. Externally, Nilufar is Trustee of Cruse Bereavement, a charity providing bereavement support through a network of 5,000 volunteers. She is also Chair of the Board for #techmums, an award-winning social enterprise that empowers mums, their families and communities through teaching key technology skills. As Chair for the past three years, Nilufar has devised a hyper-growth strategy to reach one million mums by 2020; developed community-based solutions to increase tech skills amongst mums; helped grow the charity from three trustees and a volunteer to an inclusive board of five trustees and three staff; and implemented improved governance standards and processes. She and the #techmums founder were pivotal in the charity being selected by Nominet Trust to participate in the MUMSCONNECTED initiative; which she and the team successfully rolled out empowering  socially and economically disadvantaged young mums nationwide with new-found tech skills and confidence. Nilufar has supported the charity in achieving funding grants and strategic corporate partnerships enabling growth of product reach and staffing. Nilufar is also regular speaker and panellist at D&I events, and is also Founder and Chair of London Legal Ladies, a women’s development programme.