Despite her rising profile internationally as a strong and hugely popular female voice in the technology sector, Dr Sue Black OBE is very modest for someone who has achieved a great deal of personal triumph while exploring what is important to herself. "It's a lot easier doing stuff you love than working in a job where you are not in control, yeah I work hard but at the same time it's a lot easier being charge of myself," she explains when asked about the numerous projects Black has wholeheartedly embraced, not least her campaign to Saving Bletchley Park, the birthplace of Alan Turing's Bombe machine, which led to her writing her debut book that has become the fasted crowdfunded book when published in 2016. Dr Black is a polite and enthusiastic person, and for the UK tech sector she is every bit the rock star it needs. Having received her OBE from The Queen last May, she has since been recognised by being inducted into Bima's Hall of Fame alongside the likes of Stephen Fry (co-incidentally one the highest profile champions of @savingbletchley), Dame Stephanie Shirley, Sir Jony Ive and Baroness Joanna Shields. "It's really nice to get recognition from organisations outside of academia who realise the potential of the work that I'm trying to do. I'm absolutely honoured and delighted to be recognised in this way because it means that the things that I really care about – other people really care about them as well and that is heart-warming for me that the change I am trying to make in the world is being recognised."

On Leap Day this year, Dr Sue Black was sitting on the sofa when her partner presented her with a puzzle. It was his laptop screen, which showed an Enigma machine simulator containing an encrypted message asking her to marry him. On Leap Day this year, Dr Sue Black was sitting on the sofa when her partner presented her with a puzzle. Dr Black, author and computer scientist, is well known for founding the high profile campaign to save Bletchley Park, the central site for Britain's codebreakers during World War Two. She is a senior research associate at University College London.