Jacqueline de Rojas


Jacqueline de Rojas (born Jacqueline Yu 11 October 1962 is a British businesswoman who works in technology.
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Early life and education

de Rojas was born Jacqueline Yu in Folkestone to a Chinese father and British mother. She joined Synon in the 1980s where she worked in its sales department.
Born Jacqueline Yu, is partly of Chinese descent, and said that after her first marriage, she changed her surname to "Jones", to "fit in".

Career

She serves as Non-Executive Director on the boards of Rightmove, Costain Group and FDM Group, and was formally on the board of AO World. She serves as co-Chair for the Institute of Coding and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Engineering from the University of Bath in 2020.
In 2017 de Rojas joined Costain Group as non-executive director. She launched the Institute of Coding with the University of Bath in 2018.
She was interviewed by Lauren Laverne for Desert Island Discs in March 2019.
In September 2019, de Rojas was appointed as a non-executive director of FDM Group.
In 2024 she became the chair of The Bletchley Park Trust's board of trustees where she looks after Bletchley Park's independent museum.

Awards and honours