By Jess Jones Anna Brailsford, the candid chief executive of Code First Girls, does not mince her words when it comes to her sometimes unpopular business philosophy: doing good for the world can, and should, be for profit. “There seems to be a perception that if you do anything to do with gender or creating social value, that somehow you have to be a non-profit,” she said with a touch of exasperation in her voice. Code First Girls, a programme that teaches women of all ages how to code before matching them with new tech jobs, is proof of Brailsford’s approach. Since she took the reins in 2019,…