Dive into the world of cricket and resilience with our exclusive interview featuring Andrew Strauss. Explore his remarkable journey through the highs and lows of the cricketing arena, while also delving into his role as a driving force behind the Ruth Strauss Foundation. Join us as we discuss not only the intricacies of the sport but also how he an…

Discover the essence of leadership in our insightful interview with football legend Geoff Hurst. From his days under the guidance of visionary Alf Ramsay to unexpected tales that shed light on lesser-known facets of his life, Geoff shares the inspirational figures who shaped his journey. Join us to delve into the world of leadership and gain unique…

Sean Hackemann is a chartered accountant and founder of Specialist Accounting Solutions, a firm of chartered accountants. Sean founded Specialist Accounting Solutions in 2015 and has more than 15 years of experience working as a chartered accountant and business adviser. He is well-versed in leading the finance departments of SMEs, advisory and cor…

Ben Barnard is director at Mossy Rock Ltd, following a successful tenure as head gardener at Upsall Castle. Barnard oversees a team who works to promote chemical free gardening and environmentally friendly outdoor spaces. Ben graduated from Durham University reading Ancient and History and Archaeology, then entered the wine trade for two years mana…

Alex Pearmain is the co-founder of One-Fifty Consultancy, a company which provides digital marketing/social media consulting and data products, to drive purposeful digital interactions. Alex boasts years of experience building award-winning social media, service, communications and digital marketing teams for a variety of businesses. After working …

Paul Armstrong is the Founder of HERE/FORTH, the future technology advisory that helps a diverse set of clients (PwC, Coca-Cola, Coutts, O2, P&G, Omnicom Group) navigate new technologies strategically. Paul is also the founder of the TBD Conference (Technology. Behaviour. Data.) Attendees at TBD range from global C-suite execs to brand managers, st…

Mandana White is the founder and CEO of Smart Grid Forums, a company that works with the engineering sector on innovative event concepts and programmes that inform technical decision-makers.Smart Grid remains close to sector developments and provides live event platforms that function as a catalyst for new ideas and approaches to achieving future e…

Gabriel Dumaka is director of Rising Stars Nursery & Daycare, a nursery based across three sites in north London. He is a highly regarded educator and leaderwho holds a degree in Linguistics and a master’s degree in Education Planning, Economics and International Development. Global Education Plus, the company behind London-based childcare provider…

Luke Arnold founder and director at Hope4u, a consultancy whose purpose is to eradicate poverty and improve financial wellbeing through a range of services designed to tackle the immediate problems that individuals are facing with money and address underlying issues. Luke and Hope4u are in the process of fundraising to establish a new foodbank whic…

Mike Hicks is the CEO and founder of Catalysis Advisory Ltd, a company that works with small and mid-market investors, chairs and management teams to inform decision-making and find solutions to issues around strategy, the organisational side of business and getting the best out of people. Mike also sits on the National Advisory Board for Career Re…

Shelley Simone is an entrepreneur and founder of ScaleForEtail, the largest Amazon seller community in the UK. She is an e-commerce specialist having co-founded two high-growth start-ups and sold two Amazon Native brands in beauty and innovative kitchen products. Earlier in her career, Shelley enjoyed a career in the international corporate sphere,…

Mark Wilson is the CEO and managing partner at Futurestate Design Co., a business innovation consultancy that helps grow digital companies. Mark co-founded Futurestate Design Co. (formerly Wilson Fletcher) in 2002 and over the years has helped oversee its activities in aiding a diverse set of companies from across the world realise their growth amb…

Neil Laughton is a former Royal Marines Commando, helicopter pilot and Special Forces Officer (21 SAS) turned successful entrepreneur. He is the founder and managing director of Laughton & Co Ltd, a training and development consultancy which offers business advisory services, bespoke learning & development programmes and more. Neil’s experience in …

Alistair Corrie is a Chartered Accountant and Agile Consultant. He combines both his professions to help organisations understand and adopt the ways of working which best suit their ambitions. He has applied the Agile Mindset to help HM Government departments, publicly traded international corporations, as well as working pro-bono with organisation…

Jane Frankland is the founder The Source Platform (for Women in Cyber), an organisation aimed at helping more women enter the cybersecurity industry. She is also the founder of the IN Security Movement, and owner and CEO of KnewStart. Jane has worked in cybersecurity for more than 24 years, occupying numerous senior roles along the way, including f…

Teresa Clark is the founder and alchemist of The Wellness Revolution, a pioneering culture & employee experience company which helps businesses and organisations improve employee engagement to boost wellbeing and unlock potential. Teresa is a public speaker, facilitator and resilience expert who has overcome moving and traumatic personal experience…

Kevin M Thomson & Chris Masters are co-founders of The WoWW! Business, which puts health and wellbeing into organisations and individual clients through innovative platforms and programmes. Jeanette Phillips is CEO at Flexicare UK Ltd. a care provider who ensure indivduals receive due care in their workplaces, at home or on holiday. Sally Thomson i…

Bill Lewis is a published author, professional speaker, coach and advisor to boards, founders, CEOs and leaders.As a forensic accountant and consultant, Bill has carried out due diligence on a multitude of businesses spanning several industries, including engineering, food production, manufacturing, aviation and the service sector. Bill is also inv…

Amy Nguyen is a strategist, researcher and writer focusing on the nexus between sustainable business, fashion, finance, and technology. Through her own brand Sustainable & Social, she works as a consultant for a variety of organisations ranging from environmental NGOs and research advisory firms, through to sustainable tech start-ups in the energy …

Ben Barnard is director at Mossy Rock Ltd, an organic gardening, landscaping, fencing and property maintenance company. Barnard oversees a team who works to promote chemical free gardening and environmentally friendly outdoor spaces. Having an ever growing team of employees, Mossy Rock has undertaken work for the likes of the NHS, Grupotec Renewabl…

Barry O’Kane is an internet industry guru and founder of B-Corp HappyPorch, a software developer that turns data into impactful content and collaborates with businesses to share its vision of a circular economy. Barry has worked in the internet industry as a developer for several years, working for names such as Bomb Productions and Visit Scotland.…

Rich Gibbons is the founder of Cloudy with a Chance of Licensing, a business which provides training, advice, consulting, and insights around Microsoft licensing, the cloud, and FinOps. He is also an expert in ITAM and works for The ITAM Review as a director, identifying and growing a range of ITAM and related services.Before establishing his own b…

Adam Stiles is partner at Helix Financial Partners LLP and managing director of Helix Structured Finance. Helix Financial Partners is an advisory firm aiming to be at the forefront of mortgage advice in the UK, while Helix Structured Finance operates as a non-regulated finance brokerage firm in development, bridging and commercial finance as well a…

Judith Clegg is a serial entrepreneur who founded London and New York-based innovation agency, Takeout. Takeout works with businesses and organisations to help them innovate and create new products and services. With Cher Chevalier, Judith co-founded The #HandsOff Campaign and PAWS - Policy for Animal Welfare Scheme, and co-authored the book ‘Compa…

Jill Bausch is the director of international search and leadership for SRI Executive, founder of her own coaching company VivePoint and author of ‘Why Brave Women Win’ - Creating your path to confidence and power in the workplace’. Today, Bausch continues to strive for maximum social change and serves as the head of international search & leadershi…

Dr. Daniel Moses is a serial entrepreneur, podcast host, Amazon best-selling author and award-winning property and business coach. He is the founder of Property Wealth Corporation, a company which specialises in providing investment opportunities, professional training and professional services to the property industry. Daniel boasts a wealth of ex…

Laurence Ainsworth is a multi-award-winning author and high growth coach. Through his business, Managing High Growth, he assists some of the fastest growing businesses in the UK in helping them to meet the challenges of high growth. He is also a regular speaker on issues around high growth businesses and the challenges they face and contributes to …

Terence Beckett is the founder/director of susPLAN Ltd, a privately owned non-profit nationwide sustainability verification service for local planning authorities. Terence is also chief technical director at Health Air Technology Ltd, a company which provides innovative, pure, safe and healthy air cleansing solutions. Terence is well versed in the …

Dave Chaplin is a contracting expert, published author and founder of IR35 Shield, a platform which enables businesses to conduct fast and accurate IR35 status assessments to help ensure compliance. He also established Contractor Calculator, an online resource used by contractors, freelancers and the self-employed. He later founded IR35 Shield as a…

Craig Smith is the lead consultant at and owner of The Big Picture People, a company that creates unique, visual communication tools that share the ‘big picture’ of businesses with their employees, helping make them aware of how their roles deliver on key strategic priorities. Craig’s role with The Big Picture People involves working directly with …

Joanne Lockwood an inclusion and belonging specialist, and international keynote speaker that helps organisations create positive people experiences through sustainable diversity and inclusion programmes. She is the founder and CEO of See Change Happen, a consulting firm specialised in providing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion advice to businesse…

Brigette Bard is the founder and CEO of BioSure, a company which develops, manufactures and sources rapid tests with high levels of accuracy, rivalling those carried out as standard in laboratories. Its speciality lies in providing solutions using rapid Point of Care Tests and is uniquely experienced in the field of self-testing. Under her leadersh…

Vicky Reddington is the co-founder of Amplified Group, a change management organisation which helps build more engaged, coherent and united teams through a breakthrough business methodology which is built on clarity of purpose and Patrick Lencioni’s ‘Five Behaviours’ model. Vicky boasts more than 20 years of experience working in change management …

Anthony Levy is the founder and chair of Circularity First, an organisation which helps businesses and other organisations make their IT more sustainable through the circular economy by assisting them in redesign their IT strategies to make them more resilient, cost-effective and better for the planet. Anthony is an experienced speaker on sustainab…

Matthew Phelan is a TEDx speaker and co-founder/co-CEO of The Happiness Index, an employee engagement and happiness monitoring platform. Matthew co-founded The Happiness Index in 2014. From it, Matthew established the global Happiness & Humans Community, which began in 2019. He remains involved in both today. Matthew is a published author, having w…

James Puttick is the managing director of Ecura. Formerly known as Direct Healthcare Solutions, Ecura is a manufacturer that provides a range of quality healthcare products backed up with efficient and forward thinking service in an “ever-changing healthcare landscape”. This includes fall detection equipment as well as ceiling hoists and bathing eq…

Vic Williams is a renowned business coach, who notably works with dyslexic and other neurodiverse entrepreneurs and SME business owners. He is the founder of The Audacious Training Company, a training provider with a focus on change leadership, change management, and LinkedIn training. Vic has authored two books: ‘Audacious Leadership - How to beco…

Colin Curtis is the managing director at TBL Services, a sustainability services business which helps other companies understand why and how they ought to support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Colin also established the Support the Goals initiative in support of these aims. Colin has enjoyed a diverse career, working in a number of roles …

Olga Murray is the founder of Private Goodness, a provider of training and consultancy services to businesses and organisations on matters relating to Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR], Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance [ESG], and ethics. Following its 2018 foundation, Olga has led Private Goodness in providing training to companies …

Jane Gray is the founder of Charlton Gray, a Cheltenham based accounting and business support services provider. Jane established Charlton Gray in 2019 after having studied for eight months with Ideal Schools to acquire the skills for launching her own practice. She founded her business to provide turnkey bookkeeping and business services to the ar…

Catherine Bonner is an executive coach who works with entrepreneurs and organisations to help them articulate their visions to the people working within the business. She provides these services through her own brand, Ambient Tribe Ltd. Before she embarked on her executive coaching journey and built a brand of her own, Catherine cut her teeth in th…

Lee Mannion is a communications guru and former journalist. He is head of communications at Expert Impact and co-founder of Expert Impact Speakers, managing communications for the world’s first social enterprise speakers’ agency. Lee’s journalism background has seen him work for West London Living, Associated Newspapers and The Sunday Telegraph amo…

Graham Hasting-Evans is the chief executive of NOCN Group which is an international and UK based education and skills charity who works with employers to support them to up-skill their workforces, support individuals to obtain certified and credentialed skills to gain employment and advance their careers. Graham is the President of the British Asso…

Michael Bond is the owner and founder of two businesses. One of these is Sterling Bond, an inter-business (B2B) international financial escrow merchant account service for all business transactions. The other is Rumbler Cars, a company which masterminded the design concept for high performance luxury sports car, the Rumbler Sport Tank. Michael is a…

Ed Reid is the owner and managing director of The Alternative Board [TAB] UK, a company which provides peer advisory and coaching solutions to leaders of privately held businesses. Over the years, TAB has involved into a community of like-minded business leaders spanning more than 20 countries. The business is run in conjunction with franchisees. A…

Anna Short is a marketing specialist and founder of Boo! Marketing, a marketing agency which provides a comprehensive suite of marketing support covering strategy, planning, reviews and more to business owners, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, and charities. As well as having run Boo! since 2017, Anna is a provider and mentor for The ManchesterGrowt…

Genevieve Touzin is a Chartered Institute of Marketing certified Strategic Marketing professional and managing director of Face TV UK, a full service video and filmed content agency based in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Genevieve has a proven track record in the sales and marketing sphere with over a decade of experience in management roles as well as e…

Paul Burton is a growth coach and change management expert. He is the director and founder of Pobi Ltd, a specialist business that provides performance improvement solutions to make transformational change in organisations. Burton is also the founder of C-Coach, an app which helps individuals own their change by understanding what they don’t know a…

Andy Edwards is a motivational speaker and master-class trainer and coach specialising in business relationships, leadership and business growth. He is the founder of Nine 5 Three Ltd, a boutique speaking and training business. In his earlier career, Andy established himself in the estate agency and financial services spheres before moving into lea…

Olga Murray is the founder of Private Goodness, a provider of training and consultancy services to businesses and organisations on matters relating to Corporate Social Responsibility [CSR], Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance [ESG], and ethics. Following its 2018 foundation, Olga has led Private Goodness in providing training to companies …