Caroline Plumb

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Caroline Plumb

OBE
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Occupationentrepreneur, business person
OrganizationFluidly

Caroline Bayantai Plumb OBE (born 23 November 1978)[1] is a British internet entrepreneur and businesswoman. She is the current CEO and co-founder of Fluidly and previously served as a CEO of FreshMinds.[2][3] She also currently serves as a non executive director of AIM-listed Mercia Technologies. In 2019, she was named as one of the most important women personalities in UK Tech 100 list.[4]

Career[]

Plumb was born in Manchester on 23 November 1978, the daughter of Stephen and Eleanor. She went to Bolton School Girls' Division.[1] She then studied at St John's College, Oxford and gained a first class degree in Engineering, Economics and Management.[5] After graduating she began her career as an entrepreneur and initiated FreshMinds as a research consultancy in 2000 with colleague Charlie Osmond.[6][7][8] She left Freshminds and co-founded Fluidly, a cash flow management software business company and still serves as its Chief Executive Officer.[9] In 2003, she was nominated in Management Today's 35 Women Under 35 list for her outstanding services in the business field.[10] In 2010, she was appointed by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as a UK Business Ambassador in the "Professional and Business Services" sector, a position she held until the Business Ambassador Network was closed in 2019.[11][12]

Plumb was appointed the OBE in the 2016 Birthday Honours "for services to business and charity".[13] In February 2020, she co-founded the COVID-19 Volunteer Testing Network.[14][15]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Plumb, Caroline Bayantai, (born 23 Nov. 1978), Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Fluidly, since 2016". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u287703. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  2. ^ "What makes a successful serial entrepreneur? - Caroline Plumb OBE". Hiscox Business Blog. 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  3. ^ "Q&A: Starting your own business". 2006-11-17. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  4. ^ Wood, Mary Hanbury, Isobel Asher Hamilton, Charlie. "UK Tech 100: The 30 most important, interesting, and impactful women shaping British technology in 2019". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  5. ^ "Caroline Plumb". St John's College. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  6. ^ Macdonald, Susan (14 June 2001). "Summer jobs that boost your career". The Times (67165). p. 2[S1].
  7. ^ Burkeman, Oliver (2003-09-02). "Future's bright". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  8. ^ "The faces of the future". The Guardian. 2005-06-26. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  9. ^ "About". Fluidly. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  10. ^ Hoar, Rebecca (May 2003). "Leading ladies". Management Today. pp. 46–53.
  11. ^ "PM announces new Business Ambassadors". GOV.UK. 9 November 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Prime Minister's Business Ambassadors". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Caroline PLUMB (Mrs. Taylor)". www.thegazette.co.uk. London Gazette. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  14. ^ Christopher, Maddy (2020-07-27). "Women in fintech: Caroline Plumb – Fluidly". AccountingWEB. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  15. ^ "Government agrees deal with covid testing network". www.henleystandard.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-13.


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