Jump Everest 2008

Taking Skydiving to New Heights

Kate Craig-Wood is a UK-based IT entrepreneur and Managing Director of Memset Ltd, the UK's first Carbon Neutral hosting company. She is also a main-board director of Intellect, the UK's high-tech trade association.

One of Kate's core interests is the gender imbalance within the IT industry, and she is a supporter of Computer Clubs for Girls (CC4G) who will be the beneficiary of her Jump Everest expedition.

As a tech entrepreneur Kate with many links within the industry and through her position on the management committee of Intellect's women in IT forum, Kate has seen many of the issues that discourages girls and women from careers in the IT sector, and has done much to highlight the issues

In October, Kate will be one of a small group of daredevils who will skydive from 29,035ft to land on the side of Mount Everest, on the highest drop zone in the world.

Read more about Kate on her website

Photo of Mount Everest