Jeni Mundy

Jenifer Mundy is an English yachtswoman, telecoms engineer and board member. She was the first female Chief Technology Officer for Vodafone, and is Managing Director UK and Ireland for Visa. Mundy was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2011. She 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.

Life Jeni Mundy was born in 1965. She was educated at the Lady Eleanor Holles School, a private day school in Hampton, from 1971 to 1981. 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. 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,