Dana Denis-Smith
Entrepreneur; CEO, Obelisk Support
Dana Denis-Smith is the founder and CEO of legal business Obelisk Support, a tech-enabled business that matches work to 1,000+ highly skilled lawyers that want to work flexibly around their family commitments. Dana is also the founder of First 100 Years, a 5 year project charting the journey of women in the legal profession since 1919, and the Trustee of Spark21, a charity focused on ensuring gender equality in the workplace.
Before becoming an entrepreneur, Dana worked as a journalist. She later trained and qualified as a solicitor with Linklaters in London and Amsterdam. Dana has received numerous accolades for her work – being recognised as a legal innovator by Legal Week and the Financial Times and as entrepreneur by Management Today and Daily Mail. In 2018, she is a finalist for Legal Personality of the Year at the Lexis Nexis Awards. She holds an BSc in history and MSc in political economy, both from the London School of Economics. Married to a barrister and mother to a daughter, she now lives in London, having grown up in Transylvania, Romania.