Women.TimesOnline.co.uk – Interview by Caroline Scott
Kate Craig-Wood, 31, is a finalist in the BlackBerry Women in Technology Awards and managing director of her own IT company. Born Robert Hardy Craig-Wood, she underwent gender reassignment and officially became a woman in 2006
I was a happy little boy. I played with cars and computer games. I had a tree house — albeit a very tidy one. Then puberty kicked in and I thought: “Hang on, my sister is developing breasts and hips. Why aren’t I?” As my face started to change and I got hairy, I was horrified and desperately ashamed. I thought I was some kind of freak.