As a schoolgirl, Denise Hill imagined an outdoorsy job involving “jumping in streams”, and this led her to study geography at university. A career in software engineering might seem a far cry, but it’s a testament to her role at Discover Financial Services that Denise is inspired and fulfilled. “You feel part of something bigger,” she says.
Having first come across information systems at university, Denise began her career as a software engineer, moving into management with a previous employer. “It’s a little like parenting really,” she says. “You might have views about how things should be done, but you have to allow your team to try their own way, make mistakes and learn.”
