IWD 2023

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Hosted by Anna Fenten

Marketing Director

Anna is a tenacious and creative marketing executive with a proven track record of developing and delivering commercially successful marketing strategies.

She has over 20 years of marketing and brand experience in hospitality and outsourced services sector, having worked in marketing leadership positions for Sodexo and Compass Group and, since 2018, at Searcys.

A specialist in business turnaround and growth, Fenten relaunched five leading F&B brands: Searcys, Levy UK, Leith’s, Payne & Gunter, Sodexo Prestige and built marketing teams including communications, digital, social media, design, events and PR.

She led on the delivery of &B marketing plans for iconic clients, including Wimbledon Championships, Open Golf, Chelsea Flower Show, Blenheim Palace, the Gherkin, St Pancras Champagne Bar, and The Barbican. Anna is the winner of the industry’s top accolade, Propel Restaurant Marketer of the Year 2022, for post-Covid business relaunch strategy.

Throughout Searcys’ reopening strategy in 2021-22, Anna and her team created a strong marketing and communications plan to celebrate the company’s 175th anniversary with a series of pop-ups, consumer activations and press stunts, as well as a successful campaign to raise £175,000 for charities and community projects.

Anna Fenten is described as: “especially well equipped to make a positive impact on, and contribution to, any organisation in a variety of ways. She accomplishes this by motivating people to act, generating enthusiasm in others, radiating optimism and creating positive attitudes within the work environment.”

8 March 2023

SPEAKERS

GUEST SPEAKERS

Sarah Miller RegionalManagingDirector

Jane O’Riordan Chairman

Angela

SarahMiller Managing Director

Sarah is on the Board at BaxterStorey.

In her position, she takes her responsibility as a female role model very seriously.

Sarah has had extensive experience in a wide range of hospitality settings, through workplace dining, corporate hospitality, and day visitor catering.

Having run the food and beverage services at some of the most prestigious venues in the UK, she is ideally placed to mentor future superstars in the business.

Sarah has always championed individuality, taking pleasure in mentoring future superstars - several of her team are past Acorn and Catey award winners.

She has also actively encouraged both the shaping of the company’s Women in Hospitality group and advocated for a full time EDI role in the business.

Sarah brings to the table, over three decades of hospitality experience, meaning she supports her team and the BaxterStorey business with real hands in the flour experience.

SarahMiller Managing Director

onal Women's Day mean to me:

e success, but to recognise that the struggle is still out there.

My responsibility is to lift others up!

JaneO'Riordan

Chairman

Jane is the chair of Caravan Restaurants, the chair of Red Engine (Flightclub Darts and Electric Shuffle), and the Chair of Turtle Bay Hospitality.

Jane is also an NED of Octopus Titan VCT PLC, the UK’s largest venture capital trust and has a number of other investment advisory roles.

She is on the Hospitality Sector Council working together with industry and government, where she currently chairs the Innovation Working Group.

Jane has over 25 years of experience in the hospitality and leisure sector, including an executive career with Nando’s, Gourmet Burger Kitchen and Pizza Express, among others.

AngelaMcConville Chief Executive

Angela McConville is CEO of the National Childbirth Trust (NCT), the UK’s largest charity for pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.

She joined NCT in January 2020, having been Chief Executive of a number of charities working in community development, social and economic regeneration and heritage management.

Angela has served on a number of not-for-profit Boards as a trustee and/or non-executive Director, including The London Apprenticeship Company, London’s first group apprenticeship company, City of Westminster College and the London Transport Museum, where she served as a volunteer trustee and Trading Board Director for six years.

Angela lives in Oxfordshire and has two children aged 12 and 9.

AngelaMcConville Chief Executive

What does International Women's Day mean to me:

At NCT, we believe that the foundations of the future are built by parents and that everyone becoming a parent should feel confident, connected, and safe. That’s why NCT is the charity with a clear and singular mission - we support people as they become parents. We’re here for them through pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.

We have a proud 65-year history of creating transformative change in the lives of women, new parents, babies, and families in the UK. For millions of parents, we have been a trusted voice, a reassuring presence and a strong advocate, raising the profile of the issues that matter most and securing major advances in professional practice and public policy.

As the theme this year for International Women’s Day (IWD) is #EmbraceEquity, this IWD, we want to highlight the inequality and inequity in maternity services. It's devastating that where you live, the colour of your skin, your accent or your faith, can influence the quality of care that women receive and the outcomes for women and babies. Every woman has the right to be listened to and put at the centre of their care throughout pregnancy, birth and parenthood. Achieving this requires care givers, employers and society to understand and respect each woman’s unique circumstances.

On IWD, I’m renewing my call for maternity and postnatal support and services to be safe and personalised, to meet the needs of every woman, whatever their role, context or circumstances, on their pregnancy and parenting journey.

8 March 2023

RoseBeaumont

Global executive, innovator, communicator, eader and change agent

Rose Beaumont is a highly experienced and accomplished marketing and communications leader.

Throughout her career she has led global, regional and local marketing and communications strategies and programmes, brand management, crisis management, corporate communications, public affairs, sponsorships and digital content and channels for some of the world’s largest brands including The Walt Disney Company, Yahoo, Mastercard, Nickelodeon and most recently Meta.

Rose’s greatest strengths are her strategic thinking, creativity, drive, leadership and dedication to building an deep understanding of the brands and business she works with.

She is a highly experienced senior counsellor to boards and executive teams and provides considered counsel and strategic direction designed to grow business, build brands and shape the ecosystem of the industries.

A leader and a mentor, Rose is used to working with diverse teams and leaders across multiple geographies and has deep experience of how lead teams to leverage traditional, digital and experiential channels and activities to build brands and grow businesses.

A highly rated and frequent speaker on brand reputation, trust and innovation. She has also been a champion of women, diversity, equality and sustainability throughout her career and in 2020 was named We Are Human’s Humanitarian Business Person of the Year at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos.

LizPhillips

People Director UK & Ireland

Liz is an experienced People Director who started her career as a Catering Manager in the NHS having studied Hotel and Catering Management and working in hotels and restaurants.

She has a 27 year career with Bass (subsequently Six Continents and Mitchells & Butlers) during the years of moving from a pub business into a food led pub and restaurant business with some hotels.

It was during this time Liz studied for her CIPD and Post Graduate Diploma in Management as an ambitious female in a largely male dominated sector.

She transferred into the Leisure Division and was soon promoted to HR Director leading significant projects, business acquisitions, mergers and transfers, the most notable being the formation of Stonegate Pub Company, acquisition of Orchid Pub Company and HR systems changes creating a shared services team.

A long term goal was to work for herself, she spent 5 years running a successful HR consultancy business, clients included; Krispy Kreme, Whittan, Deloitte, Swissport and the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development.

Missing the Corporate life and the lure of returning to hospitality & travel for a Global business, Liz spent a year with Compass Group and now almost a year with SSP.

She is married with two daughters, two stepsons and three grandchildren. With a passion for tourism, she and her husband have two successful holiday rental properties. She loves to travel and keep fit.

People Director UK & Ireland

What does International Women's Day mean to me:

It makes me think about the role of women over the years, the land army during the war, Emily Pankhurst getting women the vote, the changes I have seen during my life and the hopes I have for my children and grandchildren not to have to prove themselves more than others.

To be treated fairly, equally and with respect.

I think about the awful events still happening, my heart goes out to the family of Sarah Everard and others, we all need to report anything we see which does not feel right to protect women and also support them.

8 March 2023

PANELLISTS

GUEST PANELLISTS

OliviaReid

Food&BeverageDirector

Hanna Barrett DirectorofOperations

Denise Allen DirectorofPeople

Marianne Roe

Co-founder&CreativeDirector

OliviaReid

Food & Beverage Director

Over 20 year’s experience working with the Independent restaurant sector in operational, commercial, consultation and board level roles with a focus on growth, diversifying and development has brought Olivia to this director position with Sessions, flunder fon Shelter Hall where she seeks out, nurtures new concepts and sites with a devotion to representing the very best of food and founder.

During a period of consultation with BIDs, local authority food initiatives and business growth enterprises; acceptance on the WE LEAD food programme ( E.I.T. / University of Cambridge) enhanced and strengthened her leadership skills and entrepreneurial mindset to innovation and sustainability within the food sector.

OliviaReid

Food & Beverage Director

What does International Women's Day mean to me:

When you get a lot of a proactive women in a room with a single focus the outcome is always remarkable and achievable, IWD is an opportunity for us all to acknowledge this, consider the inequality that does still exist and set some simple strategies to achieve better and give all women a stronger starting position’

DeniseAllen

Director of P rations

Born and raised in London and come from a very diverse ethnic background

Mother of 2 daughters, Eve (13) and Hazel (7). Eve challenges me everyday on girl / women

equity

I have worked in hospitality for over 25 years, starting as a graduate and working my way through Recently recognised as role model “Women to Watch) 2022

DeniseAllen Director of P rations

It's about having EQUAL access, opportunities in life.

Sharing lived experiences with my fellow women and helping, supporting, learning and improving

Educating our business on importance of having not only a diverse team, but providing an inclusive environment and opportunities for our people

What does International Women's Day mean to me:

8 March 2023

MarianneRoe

Co-founder & Creative Director

Having graduated from the prestigious KLC School of Design, award-winning designer

Marianne went on to work for luxury design firm Lawson Robb before furthering her technical design skills with bespoke furniture and interior designer Justin Van Breda.

Following this, she went freelance before co-founding interior design studio ‘Studio Smiths’

MarianneRoe

Co-founder & Creative Director

tional Women's Day mean to me:

men’s Day to me is a celebration of how far we have

r we have to go. It is a day to recognise women far

challenges they have overcome across the world

HannaBarrett

erations

Hanna joined Portico in 2006, when Portico was first created, and she has worked her way through supervisory, management and group management positions prior to joining theirr support office team as Operations Manager and was promoted to Operations Director in 2017.

Hanna is one of our industry’s most experienced and respected operators. She is bright and a vibrant with a solutions focused approach and confidence in promoting new ideas and bringing added value to our people and our clients. Hanna is one of two Operations Directors and leads a team of five Operations Managers.

Mum to one, Jude.

HannaBarrett erations

What does International Women's Day mean to me:

Previously people have made huge sacrifices for us to have the opportunities that we have today, this must be celebrated and talked about, however, there is still work to be done and if by sharing my experiences and providing opportunities for others it helps to move forward even just a little bit then that’s what it really means to me.

Equality for all is vitally important to me in both my work and personal life. Equality should not just be in one part of our business but in everything we do all of the time every single day.