Female Founders Masterclass: Leadership and Negotiation

​This session explores how women leaders can set the tone in high pressure environments, particularly when navigating power, perception and negotiation in spaces where the rules are often unspoken. Drawing on real world experience from business, sport and investment settings, this interactive talk will look at how mindset, preparation and emotional awareness shape outcomes long before any deal is done.

​The discussion will touch on personal presence, understanding incentives on both sides of the table, and managing confidence, ego and self belief when the stakes are high. This session offers an honest look at how negotiations really work, what is often left unsaid, and how women leaders can position themselves effectively without losing authenticity.

​Staci Satterwhite is a senior technology and business leader with decades of experience leading high growth software companies through periods of change, scale and complex decision making. She is currently CEO of ABS Wavesight, a global maritime software business focused on digital transformation, performance and sustainability.

​Staci has held executive roles across SaaS, enterprise technology and private equity backed organisations, including COO roles at ABS Wavesight and Khoros, where she led product, customer experience and commercial operations. Her career spans leadership in sales, services and operations, giving her a practical, results driven perspective on negotiation, influence and leadership in high stakes environments.

​This session is for LSE women and non-binary founders.