Tina Knight

Founder of Nighthawk Electronics

From 1985 until 2002 Tina was owner and Managing Director of Nighthawk Electronics Ltd, a world leader in the field of computer resource sharing devices and is one of the very few women to be successful in the field of computing and electronics. She started Nighthawk Electronics with an initial investment of £4,000 and within three years, sales turnover had risen to over £2 million. Soon the company had an established customer base that ranged from the smallest company to the largest multi-national organisations, many of whom standardised on Nighthawk products. She owns a number of diverse companies including Nighthawk Enterprises Limited and sits on the board of several companies in both the private and public sector. She is currently helping to establish a new company to manufacture an innovative British designed product. The company has attracted international backing as well as inward investment.

Tina was the first woman to be awarded the coveted TOBIE (technology or business innovation in electronics) ‘Personality of the Year’. She has been Vice Chairman of the Small Business Bureau, Chairman of ‘Women into Business’, and President of the London region of the Women Entrepreneurs National Council.