EBL2022 Guide final 2 by Elite Business Magazine

EVENT GUIDE 2022

ELITE BUSINESS FOR AMBITIOUS LEADERS Trends, strategies and acceleration tactics for the businesses of 2022.

10 - 11 MARCH 2022 8AM - 6PM VIP STUDIO ENTRY 9AM - 5PM LIVESTREAM BROADCAST

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CONTENTS

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About the Conference Your Host Oli Barrett Co-Host Hannah Prevett VIP Networking

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DAY 1

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DAY 2

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Breakout Sessions Keynote Speakers Panellists Sponsors Partners A-Z Reference

Day 1 Agenda Commercial Business Growth Technology Talent Financial Management Global Business

Day 2 Agenda Commercial Business Growth Technology Talent Financial Management Global Business

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ABOUT

THE UK’S NO.1 LEADING PREMIUM CONFERENCE FOR SMEs Elite Business Live is a one-of-a-kind event. Dedicated to highgrowth businesses, it spans two full days and is packed with speakers, seminars, workshops and networking opportunities. THIS EVENT IS DESIGNED to create a peer-to-peer community, where entrepreneurial minds can meet and share their experiences, talk through their challenges, and be motivated to take the next step to drive success. Over two days, you’ll hear from entrepreneurs who have asked the same questions that you’re asking now and have gone on to develop their own innovative answers. With a mix of influential and inspiring speakers, practical breakout seminars and roundtable sessions, you’ll not only hear stories that relate to your business, but find a platform to truly address those issues hands-on.

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With a number of free-to-attend seminar sessions hosted by heads of industry and business leaders, you will feel motivated to take your business a step further, learn how to bring exciting ideas to life or perhaps fall back in love with your business. These are designed to inspire entrepreneurs and share the problems we all face in business. Interactive Q&As are also an intrinsic part of Elite Business Live 2022, where you can identify pain points in your business, meet people just like yourself and develop strong professional relationships.

EVENT HOSTS

YOUR HOST OLI BARRETT MBE

Oli Barrett is a regular conference and awards host, for events across business, technology, education and entrepreneurship

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IN THE PAST YEAR, he has chaired events for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards, Tech London Advocates, The ScaleUp Institute, The Times Tech Summit and The StartUps Awards. He is on the advisory boards the New Entrepreneurs Foundation and Centre for Entrepreneurs, One Million Mentors and Troubadour Theatres, and is a Fellow of impact incubator and business builder Zinc. As a serial founder, he co-created Tenner (the UK’s largest schools enterprise challenge), Volunteer It Yourself (the social venture which has helped thousands of young people to fix their own youth clubs) and the TOTS (Turn on the Subtitles) campaign to improve children’s literacy. He co-founded StartUp Britain, which was launched by the UK Prime Minister, leading to the creation of PitchUp Britain (with John Lewis and Sainsbury’s) and PopUp Britain, with the opening of shops around the UK. He co-founded The Rainmakers (an innovation and incubation venture) and co-created eleven international trade missions including WebMission and the Clean and Cool Mission. Oli hosts The Lens podcast with Business in the Community, which pairs senior leaders with future leaders, to discuss the future of work. The Connector Unit, founded in 2016, forges valuable and creative connections across a range of sectors and industries.

EVENT HOSTS

CO-HOST HANNAH PREVETT COMMERCIAL BUSINESS and Technology Editor at News UK and a regular feature writer for The Times, Sunday Times, Hannah is also the host for The Times CEO Summit and Launch Editor of Elite Business. Having cut her teeth writing about technology more than a decade ago, Hannah now specialises in start-ups, innovation and people. Her work mainly appears in The Times, but other recent bylines include The Sunday Times and HR Magazine. She is also the business editor at Bridge Studio, News UK’s commercial content arm, and regularly hosts client events including a series of entrepreneur breakfast panel discussions and sessions at The Times and Sunday Times Tech Summit. She was the launch editor of Elite Business and is thrilled to be back in the fold for Elite Business Live.

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VIP NETWORKING

VIP NETWORKING If you want to make as many contacts in an hour as you normally would in a week, VIP networking is the place for you.

Hosted by: Oli Barrett

10/03/22 & 11/03/22 MORNING SESSION: 08:00 – 09:00 EVENING SESSION: 16:30 – 18:00 We host two sessions on both days. Morning session starts prior to Elite Business Live commencing and the evening session commences after the final panellist session has finished. It’s a full-on, fast-paced, face-to-face way of introducing yourself to new people, opportunities and potential future relationships. You could be looking for customers, suppliers, or even joint venture partners. You’ll also get the opportunity to meet a selection of the keynote speakers and panellists who have been presenting throughout the day. Make sure you come armed with plenty of cards and a well-honed pitch. Places are going quickly, don’t miss out!

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DAY 1

THURSDAY 10TH MARCH 2022 9.15am – 4.30pm

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DAY 1 AGENDA

THURSDAY 10 MARCH 9.15am

Opening remarks by the event hosts: OLI BARRETT MBE & HANNAH PREVETT

9.20am

PAUL SCULLY MP, Minister for Small Business, Consumers & Labour Markets COMMERCIAL BUSINESS GROWTH

9.30am 10.00am 10.30am

MICHAEL HAYMAN MBE DL, Entrepreneur, author & broadcaster; Chair & Co-Founder, Seven Hills PANEL: CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE With: LARA MORGAN, PIERS LINNEY, ROAN LAVERY & SOPHIE MILLIKEN COFFEE BREAK TECHNOLOGY

10.55am

ANDREW STEVENS, Director of UK Small & Medium Business, Vodafone

11.25am

PANEL: DATA, DATA AND MORE DATA With: NICOLA COOK, PAULINA TENNER, LUCA SCHNETTLER & BEN LAW TALENT

12.05pm

SHERRY COUTU CBE, Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor

12.35pm

PANEL: RISE OF THE HYBRID WORKFORCE With: JASON FOWLER, SONYA BARLOW, NAVEED MALIK & ANDY WILSON

1.05pm

LUNCH BREAK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

2.05pm

ADNAN AHMED, Head of Strategy, Starling Bank

2.35pm

PANEL: INNOVATE YOUR BUSINESS MODEL With: PHIL HOBDEN, EMMA SAYLE, DERI LLEWELLYN-DAVIES & RICHARD BEARMAN

3.05pm

COFFEE BREAK GLOBAL BUSINESS

3.30pm

GRACE OLUGBODI, Founder, BeGenio

4.00pm

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DAY 1 - 10TH MARCH

DAY 1: 9.30am – 10.45am

COMMERCIAL BUSINESS GROWTH 9.30am

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

MICHAEL HAYMAN MBE DL

Entrepreneur, author & broadcaster; Chair & Co-Founder, Seven Hills

10.00am

Customer experience What really influences customer loyalty? Discover what today’s customers want and learn how to personalise customer experience to increase retention, improve satisfaction and develop killer sales strategies. PANELLISTS

LARA MORGAN

Founder, investor & entrepreneur

10.30am 18

SOPHIE MILLIKEN CEO, Moja Group

Backstage with Hannah Prevett

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PIERS LINNEY

Founder & CEO, Moblox; former investor on BBC Dragons’ Den

ROAN LAVERY

Co-founder & CEO, FreeAgent

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DAY 1 - 10TH MARCH

DAY 1: 10.50am – 12.10pm

TECHNOLOGY 10.55am

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

ANDREW STEVENS

Director of UK Small & Medium Business, Vodafone

11.25am

Data, data and more data

Businesses are facing a data deluge: don’t be swept away by the flood. Learn how to build a watertight data strategy, protect yourself against cyber threats and propel your brand into a data-driven future.

PANELLISTS

NICOLA COOK

Chief Opportunity Officer, Company Shortcuts

11.55am 20

PAULINA TENNER Founder, GrantTree

Backstage with Hannah Prevett

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LUCA SCHNETTLER Founder & CEO, Qumata Group

BEN LAW

Vice President, Head of UK & Ireland, GoDaddy

DAY 1 - 10TH MARCH

DAY 1: 12.05pm – 1.20pm

TALENT 12.05pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

SHERRY COUTU CBE Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor

12.35pm

Rise of the hybrid workforce

How can you balance productivity, engagement and commercial needs with the shift to remote and hybrid working? Our panel talk through strategies including mental health support and tackling proximity bias.

PANELLISTS

JASON FOWLER VP, HR Director UK & Head of HR, Fujitsu

1.05pm

SONYA BARLOW

Founder, Like Minded Females

NAVEED MALIK

Regional Director, EMEA, Channel Partnerships, Monday.com

ANDY WILSON

Director, New Product Solutions, Dropbox

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DAY 1 - 10TH MARCH

DAY 1: 2.05pm – 3.20pm

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 2.05pm

2.35pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

ADNAN AHMED Head of Strategy, Starling Bank

Innovate your business model

The last two years haven’t been easy, but now it’s time to face the future in full growth mode. After a turbulent time, we look at how you can overhaul your business model and decide what financing should support your next steps: bootstrap or investment? PANELLISTS

PHIL HOBDEN

Head of Customer Education and Engagement, Capitalise

3.05pm 22

EMMA SAYLE

Founder & CEO, The KK Group

Backstage with Oli Barrett

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DERI LLEWELLYNDAVIES Founder, BGI Group

RICHARD BEARMAN MD, British Business Bank

DAY 1 - 10TH MARCH

DAY 1: 3.30pm – 4.45pm

GLOBAL BUSINESS 3.30pm

4.00pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

GRACE OLUGBODI Founder, BeGenio

Going global?

Brexit and Covid have altered the playing field when it comes to international expansion. Our panel look at their impact and implications to rewrite strategies for business growth, sharing their own experiences and lessons learned. PANELLISTS

NICK ADAMS

Vice President, EMEA at Globalization Partners

4.30pm

DEYAN DIMITROV Founder & CEO, Laundryheap

BRAD SUGARS Founder, ActionCOACH

SARA FRENCH

Director, Trade & Growth at London & Partners

Backstage with Oli Barrett

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DAY 2 FRIDAY 11TH MARCH 2022 9.15am – 4.30pm

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DAY 2 AGENDA

FRIDAY 21TH MARCH 9.15am

Opening remarks by the event hosts: OLI BARRETT MBE & HANNAH PREVETT COMMERCIAL BUSINESS GROWTH

9.30am 10.00am 10.30am

SABRINA STOCKER, Founder, Two Comma PR PANEL: TURBOCHARGED MARKETING With: TIM HYDE, JACKIE FAST, FLAVILLA FONGANG & CHRISTINA OKORACHA COFFEE BREAK TECHNOLOGY

10.55am

NICK ROSA, Metaverse Strategy & Extended Reality Lead Europe, Accenture

11.25am

PANEL: IT’S ALL ABOUT XR With: GAVIN MEE, NIMISHA BRAHMBHATT, KETAN MAKWANA & DANNY STEFANIC TALENT

12.05pm

DONNA KELLY, Senior VP, CGI Group

12.35pm

PANEL: DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND DEVELOPMENT With: KATE ROWLINSON, AGATA NOWAKOWOSKA, RAJEEB DEY MBE & SIMON CROWTHER

1.05pm

LUNCH BREAK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

2.05pm

GUY RIGBY, Chair, Entrepreneurial Services Services at Smith & Williamson

2.35pm

PANEL: FINANCIAL FORECASTING With: ANDREW HARDING, TIM VINE, TRUSHA LAKHANI & ANDREW COLLIS

3.05pm

COFFEE BREAK GLOBAL BUSINESS

3.30pm

ALLYSON STEWART-ALLEN, Chief Executive, International Marketing Partners

4.00pm

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DAY 2 - 11TH MARCH

DAY 2: 9.30am – 10.45am

COMMERCIAL BUSINESS GROWTH 9.30am

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

SABRINA STOCKER Founder, Two Comma PR

10.00am

Turbocharged Marketing What makes your brand visible? We look at marketing and digital strategies to increase brand awareness, boost marketing qualified leads, and convert your inbound efforts into sales. Covering social media, SEO, storytelling and the rise of the brand avatar. PANELLISTS

TIM HYDE

CEO & Founder, TWH Media

10.30am 28

JACKIE FAST

Managing Partner, Sandbox Studios

Backstage with Hannah Prevett

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FLAVILLA FONGANG Founder, 3 Colours Rule; BBC brand advisor

CHRISTINA OKORACHA Co-founder, VAMP

DAY 2 - 11TH MARCH

DAY 2: 10.55am – 12.00pm

TECHNOLOGY 10.55am

NICK ROSA

Metaverse Strategy & Extended Reality Lead Europe, Accenture

11.25am

It’s all about XR

Find out how your business can harness next-generation technologies and reap their full commercial benefits: from creating immersive customer experiences with XR to intelligent automation using AI and RPA. PANELLISTS

GAVIN MEE

MD, Northern Europe of UIPath

11.55am 30

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

NIMISHA BRAHMBHATT

Managing Director, Quantum Global Consultants

Backstage with Hannah Prevett

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KETAN MAKWANA Chairman of Enterprise Lab & Seventy7 Ventures

DANNY STEFANIC

CEO, Mootup

DAY 2 - 11TH MARCH

DAY 2: 12.05pm – 1.20pm

TALENT 12.05pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

DONNA KELLY,

Senior VP, CGI Group

12.35pm

Diversity, inclusion & development It’s not enough to talk the talk: you need to walk the walk. Our panel discuss the importance of taking action on diversity, creating an environment that supports development for every employee and assessing inclusivity to create positive change. PANELLISTS

KATE ROWLINSON

CEO, MediaCom UK

1.05pm

AGATA NOWAKOWOSKA

Area Vice President EMEA, Skillsoft

RAJEEB DEY MBE Founder & CEO, Learnerbly

SIMON CROWTHER

CEO, FPS Group

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DAY 2 - 11TH MARCH

DAY 2: 2.05pm – 3.20pm

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 2.05pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

GUY RIGBY

Chair, Entrepreneurial Services at Smith & Williamson

2.35pm

Financial forecasting

Anybody who has felt the pain of poor forecasting knows the impact it can have on growth. Our panel give handson, practical insight into how to generate forecasts successfully, including the financial impact of managing unexpected change. PANELLISTS

ANDREW HARDING

FCMA, CGMA, Chief Executive, Management Accounting, AICPA & CIMA

3.05pm 32

TIM VINE

Head of International Finance & Risk Solutions, Dun & Bradstreet

Backstage with Oli Barrett

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TRUSHA LAKHANI

Business Coach, ActionCOACH

ANDREW COLLIS

Chief Financial Officer, Moneypenny

DAY 2 - 11TH MARCH

DAY 2: 3.30pm – 4.45pm

GLOBAL BUSINESS 3.30pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

ALLYSON STEWART-ALLEN Chief Executive, International Marketing Partners

4.00pm

Navigating Brexit and Covid

Our panel explore the commercial challenges of Brexit and Covid, sharing their insight into growing a business in a complicated global landscape.

PANELLISTS

DR. JOHNNY PATERSON

Founder, Dr PAWPAW

4.30pm 34

LESLEY BATCHELOR OBE

International Trade Expert & Champion & Bootcamp Director

Backstage with Oli Barrett

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SEAN FLANAGAN

Operations Director UK & France at Avery

JACOB THUNDIL MBE

Managing Director & Founder, Cocofina

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS

BREAKOUT PLEASE REGISTER TO ATTEND, PLACES ARE LIMITED.

Our breakout seminar sessions are designed to bring real-life experiences and clear advice to entrepreneurs focused on business growth. They are included in your delegate experience and are based on first-come, first-serve. At 45 minutes long, these sessions are the ideal place to pick up valuable business insights. Learn from other industry experts who have faced similar hurdles to you.

WHY EVERY SMALL BUSINESS SHOULD EMPLOY FREELANCERS with Mark Trowbridge

10/03/22 - 3.30PM Whether it is through choice or simply due to a pandemic triggered shortage of conventional jobs, the gig economy is starting to boom. Freelancing has always thrived in periods of adversity and uncertainty. The recent changes to working environments have made employers weigh up the expense and responsibility that comes with full time employees versus the flexibility in salaries and contract terms that hiring a freelancer provides. Recent studies show that the UK has 2.2 million freelancers. This means that 49% of Britain’s workforce work as freelancers and account for nearly half of the 4.4 million solo self-employed market.

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS

SESSIONS HOW SCALING BEATS ORGANIC GROWTH FOR AMBITIOUS BUSINESS OWNERS with Andrea Reynolds

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11/03/22 - 12.05PM

11/03/22 - 2.05PM

The funding landscape in 2022 is geared towards companies looking to scale. Andrea Reynolds, CEO and Founder at Swoop, will explore how businesses can access funding needed to achieve growth. Businesses that grow organically are good, solid enterprises that have earned their place in the market. But organic growth is often frustratingly slow-paced for ambitious founders who are looking to create value before exiting, or wish to take their business to other territories. Scaling is another matter: once a business unit has been established, it presents a model that can be replicated, demonstrating clear pathways to future profit and opportunities to potential investors.

In this cutting-edge, fast-paced, interactive workshop Phil will answer your questions relating to your biggest business frustrations. Providing tools, strategies and fresh ideas which you can implement in your business straight away without a huge expense, resulting in growth of your business. This interactive breakout session is a fast-paced interactive event where you, the business owner can submit questions to Phil who will be ready to provide answers to your biggest challenge. Every business owner has the opportunity to do this, so come armed with your no.1 frustration. The content provided is for all spectrums of businesses. Don’t worry, you won’t need a deep pocket to implement these strategies just a business that’s set up and ready for next level growth. Our strategies work, in our latest survey of nearly 1,000 clients 98% said they would recommend our service.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS MICHAEL HAYMAN MBE DL

Entrepreneur, author & broadcaster; Chair & Co-Founder, Seven Hills

Director of UK Small & Medium Business, Vodafone

DAY 1 - 9.30am Commercial Business Growth

DAY 1 - 10.55am Technology

Michael is an entrepreneur and author. He co-founded the campaigns firm Seven Hills & co-authored Mission (Penguin). He is Chair of the Small Business Charter, the mark of excellence for small business leadership education in UK business schools. He is also Chair of Entrepreneurs at the private bank and wealth manager Coutts. He is Honorary Professor of the Purpose Economy at the University of London where he also holds an Honorary Doctorate. Michael is also an Honorary Fellow in Entrepreneurship at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. Michael co-founded the national campaign for early stage enterprise, StartUp Britain and was awarded an MBE for services to enterprise promotion, entrepreneurship and education.

As Director of Small and Medium Business (SME), Andrew is responsible for leading Vodafone’s efforts to provide the right support and technology to enable SMEs to evolve and grow at pace in the marketplace. Andrew and his team have played an important role in offering connectivity and business tools to help SMEs of all sizes continue to operate during the recent unprecedented times; most notably offering unlimited business broadband free for 12 months, and launching a free digital support platform with one-to-one expert advisers, called V-Hub; all with the aim of helping SMEs develop the digital capabilities and confidence to maximise opportunities in the new digital world.

SHERRY COUTU CBE

Serial Entrepreneur & Angel Investor

ANDREW STEVENS

ADNAN AHMED Head of Strategy, Starling Bank

DAY 1 - 12.05pm Talent

DAY 1 - 2.05pm Financial Management

Sherry Coutu is currently a non-executive Director of Pearson plc, London Stock Exchange plc, DCMS, Workfinder, and Raspberry Pi. Since founding, floating and exiting interactive investor, Sherry has accumulated decades of experience chairing FTSE companies, acting as Senior Independent Director, Chairing Remunerations Committees, Nominations Committees and serving on audit committees. Sherry has co-founded several organisations, angel-invested in more than 70 companies and is an LP in 5 venture capital firms.

Adnan joined Starling in 2018 from PwC where he now shapes Starling’s strategy. He is involved in Starling’s capital raising, international expansion, M&A and other strategic projects.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS GRACE OLUGBODI

Founder, BeGenio

SABRINA STOCKER

Founder, Two Comma PR

DAY 1 - 3.30pm Global Business

DAY 2 - 9.30am Commercial Business Growth

Dr. Grace E Olugbodi is the creator of the multi-award winning maths board game, Race To Infinity (part of her series of 5 games) and the author of Make Maths Fun: How to Increase Your Child’s Grades and Confidence Through Games. Grace graduated with 1st Class Honours in BSc Computing with Information Systems from London Guildhall University (2000) and holds an MSc in Financial Markets with Information Systems from London Metropolitan University (2003). In 2000, she became an Investment Banker and Java Software Programmer and worked in five different Investment Banks over many years. Grace’s educational solutions support parents and teachers to use a special method that makes maths fun, increases confidence, reduces mathematical anxiety and helps increase children’s opportunities and life chances.

Sabrina has built several successful companies, mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs, and was a final candidate in the BBC One The Apprentice Show. Having spoken on internationally known stages, including Wembley Stadium, the London Olympic Stadium & The Excel Stadium, she knows how to captivate an audience with her story. From professional tennis player to Forbes featured entrepreneur, she is on a mission to create an impact. She has now launched Two Comma PR, an international creative and viral creative press agency, getting online coaches, entrepreneurs, and CEOs featured in huge publications.

NICK ROSA

Metaverse Strategy & Extended Reality Lead Europe, Accenture

DONNA KELLY

Senior VP, CGI Group

DAY 2 - 10.55am Technology

DAY 2 - 12.05pm Talent

Creative technology, experience design, and digital transformation specialist, who previously worked for Google, Spotify, IBM IX, Yahoo!, and Atari; Nick Rosa is currently the Metaverse Strategy and Extended Reality Lead Europe at Accenture. Nicola is also the chairman of the British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) council for Immersive Technologies, and a Director at the Academy Of International Extended Reality (AIXR), the entity producing the annual VR Awards

Donna Kelly is a Senior Vice President and Business Unit lead for our ‘South & Midlands’ Business Unit in the UK which includes our Metro markets across the region, our HR Solutions & Payroll business and our Energy & Petrochemicals business. Prior to taking up the role in January 2018, Donna was responsible for the services delivered to clients across a broad spectrum of private sector and Space & Defence contracts, building relationships and developing opportunities for new business. A keen people person, with extensive people management and leadership skills, she strives to bring out the best in her teams. Donna is passionate about continuous improvement of services and bringing innovation to our clients.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS GUY RIGBY

Chair, Entrepreneurial Services at Smith & Williamson

ALLYSON STEWART-ALLEN Chief Executive, International Marketing Partners

DAY 2 - 2.05pm Financial Management

DAY 2 - 3.30pm Global Business

Guy is a qualified chartered accountant, author and mentor. A natural and driven enthusiast, he built and sold his own accountancy firm, as well as pursuing other commercial interests. He has been a director and part owner of a variety of companies, including businesses in the IT, property, defence, manufacturing and retail sectors. In an unusually varied career, he has been the senior partner of two accountancy firms, a finance director, a sales and marketing director and a professional adviser acting for multiple entrepreneurial businesses and their owners.

A Californian based in Europe for over 30 years, Allyson applies her international consulting experience, MBA education with Dr. Peter Drucker and languages to the company she founded, International Marketing Partners. Allyson now advises more than 250 businesses in 26 countries including BAE Systems, Burberry, Cadbury, HSBC, Lufthansa and SAB Miller. Following her early career with PwC, PA Consulting Group and Hay Management Consultants, Allyson advises Boards and senior leaders to profitably grow across regions. Besides joining the past four seasons of BBC’s The Apprentice, Allyson was Sky News’ “Muse of Marketing” for 4 years alongside appearances for CNBC’s The Business Class, BBC News, CNN, FT, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.

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PANELLISTS The leading Elite Business Live innovators and experts taking the stage in 2022. Full bios are available on the speaker page of website.

AGATA NOWAKOWOSKA Area Vice President EMEA, Skillsoft

ANDREW COLLIS

DAY 2 - 12.35pm

DAY 2 - 2.35pm Financial forecasting

Diversity, inclusion & development Agata Nowakowska is Area Vice President EMEA at Skillsoft, where she leads the field operations, to include enterprise and small & mid-market, as well as channel sales/strategic alliances across Europe, Middle East and Africa. Agata will be able to discuss how leaders can embed inclusivity into their thinking and behaviour, and by extension, the thoughts, words and deeds of their organisation as a whole. She can also explain why, as the war for talent intensifies, employee development and talent pooling will become increasingly vital to closing the skills and diversity gap.

A seasoned CFO working with entrepreneurial and private-equitybacked companies, Andrew joined Moneypenny’s C-suite in July 2021 to further accelerate its ambitious global expansion plans. Andrew’s previous appointments, as CFO at global software services company Mobica and prior to this Deloitte, gave the leadership team full confidence in his expertise when it comes to investment in cutting-edge technology to further strengthen the Moneypenny brand. With so many opportunities open to the Group, Andrew is revelling in the task of driving fast growth and scaling up the business in a profitable and sustainable way.

ANDREW HARDING

ANDY WILSON

DAY 2 - 2.35pm Financial forecasting

DAY 1 - 12.35pm Rise of the hybrid workforce

FCMA, CGMA, Chief Executive, Management Accounting, AICPA & CIMA

Andrew Harding FCMA, CGMA, is the Chief Executive of the Management Accounting PU at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. Andrew leads all management accounting activities for the Association, develops plans and strategies, manages relationships and delivers results for members. He is also focused on driving value for members, firstly by globalizing Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Chief Financial Officer, Moneypenny

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Director, New Product Solutions, Dropbox

Andy Wilson is an experienced, highly motivated leader with a specialism in delivering large strategic technology programmes, international standards, products and digital change initiatives. My role is to lead media developments at Dropbox, working with media, entertainment, publishing and digital content organisations to squeeze as much value as possible from Dropbox know-how, technology and services. Whether working with global entertainment corporations or digital agencies publishing content for any audience on any platform, we can help you develop your projects.

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BEN LAW Vice President, Head of UK & Ireland, GoDaddy

BRAD SUGARS Founder, ActionCOACH

DAY 1 - 11.25am Data, data and more data

DAY 1 - 4.00pm Going global?

As VP and Head of GoDaddy UK and Ireland, Ben is responsible for GoDaddy’s UK&I business, focused on helping everyday entrepreneurs succeed online. Ben leads the market strategy for the business, including the development and deployment of GoDaddy products and services. Ben joined GoDaddy in January 2019 as Senior Director, leading the 123 Reg brand until mid-2021. Ben navigated the UK’s number one domain registrar through two and half years of growth in both revenue and customer acquisitions.

Brad Sugars started the ActionCOACH brand in 1993 in Brisbane, Australia. Today the company is ranked as the leading business coaching franchise by Entrepreneur magazine. ActionCOACH operates in over 80 countries and has more than 1,000 coaches around the world, coaching 15,000 business every week. The franchise has received numerous awards including Fastest Growing Franchise, Franchisee Satisfaction, Best Overall Company and has been named the number one business coaching franchise in the world every year since 2004.

CHRISTINA OKORACHA Co-founder, VAMP

DANNY STEFANIC CEO, Mootup

DAY 2 - 10.00am Turbocharged Marketing

DAY 2 - 11.25am It’s all about XR

Christina Okorocha is a cofounder of VAMP, A digital talent and entertainment PR agency. VAMP work with some of the entertainment, film and TV companies, such as Warner Bros, Disney, Universal Music and Atlantic Records, to support in maximising reach by authentically diversifying content and approach. VAMP also manage and work with top black UK content creators. Christina is also the founder of the Twice As Good Network, A network for ambitious black professional, creative and entrepreneurial women which is supported by AllBright.

Danny Stefanic is CEO and Founder of MootUp – the 3D Metaverse Virtual Events Platform. He is renowned for creating the world’s first metaverse and is considered a pioneer in the Metaverse for Business field, having been involved in the creation of groundbreaking 3D businesses for over 27 years. He is also the founder of the world’s first WebXR learning experience platform, LearnBrite, and founder of 3D internet company ExitReality Inc – the world’s first web metaverse.

DERI LLEWELLYN-DAVIES Founder, BGI Group

DEYAN DIMITROV Founder & CEO, Laundryheap

DAY 1 - 2.35pm Innovate your business model

DAY 1 - 4.00pm Going global?

Best-selling author and the UK’s top expert on the high performance organisation and extreme performance. Deri is an Internationally acclaimed speaker, best-selling author, adventurer and entrepreneur and has consistently defied the odds to do impossible feats both as an adventurer and in business. Despite being asthmatic, flat footed and told by experts that he would never run a marathon he completed the toughest footrace on earth, equivalent to 6 marathons in 6 days, through the Sahara, and has climbed 6 of the 7 highest peaks in the world, including Everest.

Deyan is the Founder and CEO of Laundryheap: the world’s leading on-demand laundry and dry cleaning service. Established in 2014, Laundryheap is a service that collects, cleans and delivers fresh laundry and dry cleaning in just 24 hours. Deyan set up Laundryheap after standing outside a closed dry-cleaner, having missed his collection slot and with his suit on the wrong side of the doors. He was frustrated by the lack of options available and inspired to build a new solution. Deyan has successfully bootstrapped and scaled Laundryheap to become the world’s leading on-demand dry-cleaning service. ELITEBUSINESSLIVE | MARCH 2022

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EMMA SAYLE Founder & CEO, The KK Group

FLAVILLA FONGANG Founder, 3 Colours Rule; BBC brand advisor

DAY 1 - 2.35pm Innovate your business model

DAY 2 - 10.00am Turbocharged Marketing

Emma is one of the UK’s leading female entrepreneurs. She made her name launching the global female empowerment brand Killing Kittens in 2005, now incorporated into the KK Group with over 150,000 members having launched events across the US, Australia and Europe and having grown online into a community network with empowering women at its core.

GAVIN MEE MD, Northern Europe of UIPath

JACKIE FAST Managing Partner, Sandbox Studios

DAY 2 - 11.25am It’s all about XR

DAY 2 - 10.00am Turbocharged Marketing

Gavin Mee is Managing Director Northern Europe at UiPath, a leading enterprise automation software company that has a vision to deliver the Fully Automated Enterprise™, one where companies use automation to unlock their greatest potential. In his role, Gavin supports the ongoing success of UiPath customers and partners across Northern Europe. Prior to joining UiPath, Gavin held leadership roles at Adobe, Salesforce, and Oracle.

Former Young Entrepreneur of the Year and Media Disrupter of the Year recipient, Jackie directs leaders on how to succeed through the power of sponsorship in the current era of disruptive media fragmentation. Arriving from Canada in 2007 with the intent to backpack Europe, Jackie ended up staying in London and launching her career. Her first business – Slingshot Sponsorship – was started in her bedroom in 2010 with just a laptop and £2,000. A relentless 6 years later with offices worldwide, Jackie sold Slingshot for millions, having worked with notable international clients including Sir Richard Branson, the Rolling Stones, Shell, Red Bull and many more.

JACOB THUNDIL MBE Managing Director & Founder, Cocofina

JASON FOWLER VP, HR Director UK & Head of HR, Fujitsu

DAY 2 - 4.00pm Navigating Brexit and Covid

DAY 1 - 12.35pm Rise of the hybrid workforce

Jacob Thundil, founder of Cocofina and Inventor, Jacob was awarded an MBE for services to International Trade and Exports in the 2020 Birthday Honours List. Jacob began his entrepreneurial journey from his kitchen back in 2005. Fast-forward a few years and he and business partner, Manisha Solanki, appeared on the popular BBC show, Dragons Den in 2016. Their pitch, the most successful of the season, had all five dragons fighting for a piece of the Cocofina pie. Today, Cocofina – The Coconut Experts boasts a range of 32 organic-certified products with 45% of their sales coming from exports across 28 countries worldwide.

Flavilla Fongang is a serial entrepreneur, author and the founder of 3 Colours Rule, an award-winning branding and neuromarketing agency. Computer Weekly has named her among the top 5 most influential women in tech in the UK. In 2021, she was a finalist of the business hero award at The National Business Women Award. Through her agency, she has helped her clients scale their brand nationally and internationally. She has also been awarded the “She’s Mercedes” businesswoman award by Mercedes Benz. Flavilla Fongang is a respected brand strategist with neuromarketing expertise. Flavilla is the brand advisor for the BBC.

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Jason Fowler is a Vice President at Fujitsu and combines the role of HR Director for the UK & Ireland with that of Head of HR for Fujitsu’s European organisation. With twenty years’ experience in the technology sector, Jason has seen first-hand the impact that digitalisation has had, and continues to have, in disrupting organisations and their employees. He believes that in the era of total tech, the people capability of an organisation becomes the principal point of commercial differentiation – and it is the role of HR to create this.

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DR. JOHNNY PATERSON Founder, Dr PAWPAW

KATE ROWLINSON CEO, MediaCom UK

DAY 2 - 4.00pm Navigating Brexit and Covid

DAY 2 - 12.35pm

Johnny Paterson is a multi award-winning entrepreneur and marketing expert. He possesses over 25+ years experience in the beauty and hair industry and works closely with Gov+ as a UK London Export Champion providing advice for businesses looking to grow their export business around the world. Johnny is applied, hard working and proactive in all aspects of business. In 2013 alongside his wife Pauline, Johnny launched his own brand Dr.PAWPAW. This multi-purpose family product line is now globally regarded, multi award-winning and internationally available.

Diversity, inclusion & development Kate Rowlinson is CEO of MediaCom UK and has been part of the MediaCom family for ten years. Having worked across EMEA and APAC regions, she brings a wealth of global experience; as well as her passion for the People First culture. She sits on the Stella Advisory Board – WPP’s women’s leadership group set up to increase the number of women in senior executive roles across the group – while also acting as a mentor on Groupm’s 50:50 programme – which aims to achieve an equal gender split at an executive level.

KETAN MAKWANA Chairman of Enterprise Lab & Seventy7 Ventures

LARA MORGAN Founder, investor & entrepreneur

DAY 2 - 11.25am It’s all about XR

DAY 1 - 10.00am Customer experience

Ketan Makwana is an entrepreneur and business influencer serving as the Chairman of Enterprise Lab & Seventy7 Ventures. Ketan is considered as a business futurist and strategist developing programmes and policies that support economic prosperity. Ketan is a business commentator who regularly contributes to Forbes and Entrepreneur whilst hosting his own Podcast “The Business Distillery”. His philanthropic pursuits have resulted in setting up his own foundation: Ketan Makwana Foundation that has a focus on mobilising people through innovation and entrepreneurship.

Lara Morgan is a British entrepreneur with a track record of delivering exceptional accelerated growth. Her investment strategy in wellbeing products primarily is pinned to improving life’s journey. Investing as a family office she has a portfolio of seven consumer services businesses which she works to drive sales, leadership and innovation. She is an inspirational leader with a legacy of building world-class teams and aligning organisations behind a clear strategy.

LESLEY BATCHELOR OBE

International Trade Expert & Champion & Bootcamp Director

LUCA SCHNETTLER Founder & CEO, Qumata Group

DAY 2 - 4.00pm Navigating Brexit and Covid

DAY 1 - 11.25am Data, data and more data

Lesley Batchelor OBE is a champion of UK exporters, with a powerful track record in enhancing the international performance of hundreds of businesses. From a blue-chip background, she worked as director general of the Institute of Export (IOE) for 12 years promoting professionalism and the need for qualifications and support for businesses. Co-Chair of the Bribery Act 2010 Scrutiny expert panel working with DFID and the Gov. Anti-corruption Champion; advising on APPG Advisory Panels on Trade & Investment and Manufacturing and Select Committees supporting SMEs.

Luca Schnettler is the CEO of the Qumata Group. Qumata’s solutions unlock insights into an individual’s current and future health and mortality risks, for anyone equipped with a smartphone, instantaneously and without medical questionnaires or examinations. We work with Life and Health insurers to help them create a faster, more customer-centric underwriting journey, providing the extra-mortality, extramorbidity and other parameters for any individual and for 800 medical conditions.

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NAVEED MALIK

Regional Director, EMEA, Channel Partnerships, Monday.com

NICK ADAMS Vice President, EMEA at Globalization Partners

DAY 1 - 12.35pm Rise of the hybrid workforce

DAY 1 - 4.00pm Going global?

During Naveed’s 18+ years in the tech sector, he has had the opportunity to work in a range of roles unified by one thread: innovation. The products must be disruptive, but there’s also room for creativity in sales approach; as an experienced senior leader, that’s what Naveed bring to the table. Now, as EMEA Channel Lead at monday.com, Naveed is responsible for building the Channel partner ecosystem.

NICOLA COOK Chief Opportunity Officer, Company Shortcuts DAY 1 - 11.25am Data, data and more data Nicola Cook is the owner of Company Shortcuts, a kick-ass sales acceleration agency that specializes in helping business leaders, and their teams, create accelerated growth and scalability in their sales function. Through her inspirational positive and energetic approach, her customer focused, fun and easy to apply methodology delivers exceptional, profitable results for ambitious companies. Currently Nicola is the preferred sales growth partner and speaker for a number of organisations including, Vistage, Prelude Group, Scale-up NorthEast, WeConnect and Aspremont.

NIMISHA BRAHMBHATT Managing Director, Quantum Global Consultants DAY 2 - 11.25am It’s all about XR Nimisha is an award-winning management consultant, investor and entrepreneur with a flair for innovation.” – TopMBA, With a proven track record of implementing large scale business transformation in FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies, Nimisha specialises in developing new business & operating models to help her clients future proof their business and build stakeholder value. With over ten years of expertise in delivering technological and business change across the energy value chain, Nimisha works to look for avenues of innovation and ways to deliver exceptional customer experience.

PAULINA TENNER Founder, GrantTree

PIERS LINNEY

DAY 1 - 11.25am Data, data and more data

DAY 1 - 10.00am Customer experience

Paulina is an entrepreneur, an angel investor, a TEDx speaker and a founder of GrantTree, started with a purpose to help tech startups navigate the complex world of government funding. Since 2010 the team grew organically from 2 to over 50, and raised over £200m for more than 600 technology startups and scaleups using solely government funding schemes. GrantTree is also an open culture company which pioneered a self set salary scheme, and an empowering culture governed by holacracy.

Nick Adams is the Vice President of EMEA at Globalization Partners based in London, UK, where he leads the company’s international expansion into Europe. With a focus on building a strategic partner network and overseeing regional revenue operations, Nick comes to Globalization Partners with a wealth of experience scaling high growth businesses and is a firm believer in customer focus, integrity and teamwork; values that the company enshrines across the organisation in everything that it does.

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Founder & CEO, Moblox; former investor on BBC Dragons’ Den

Piers is an entrepreneur and investor with experience across a range of sectors including technology, converged communications, and additive manufacturing. He is the Founder and CEO of Moblox, a next generation technology and business tools platform for UK small business owners. Piers is well-known as a champion of entrepreneurship and SMEs and a regular media commentator and is probably best known as a former Dragon investor on BBC 2’s Dragons’ Den and from Channel 4’s The Secret Millionaire.

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PHIL HOBDEN Head of Customer Education and Engagement, Capitalise

RAJEEB DEY MBE Founder & CEO, Learnerbly

DAY 1 - 2.35pm Innovate your business model

DAY 2 - 12.35pm

With a background of over 10 years in financial services & the Fintech accountancy sectors, Phil has worked for some of the largest and most innovative businesses in these industries. Currently as Head of Customer Education & Engagement for Capitalise, Phil leads the external accountant education programme as part of our vision to empower our EMEA accountants to better support their clients with access to finance and capital: whether that be delivering the Capitalise on-site pro-education to top 250 accounting firms through to developing and rolling out the new partner education journey.

Diversity, inclusion & development Founder and CEO of Learnerbly – we empower employees to own the development by connecting them to the very best professional development opportunities based on what they need to lean and how they like to learn (coaching, courses, conferences, books, podcasts + more) curated from 200+ of the top L&D providers. We are trusted by the most progressive scaleups and enterprises including GoCardless, Snyk, IDEO, Curve, HelloFresh, Bazaarvoice, Treatwell, WeTransfer and many more.

RICHARD BEARMAN MD, British Business Bank

ROAN LAVERY

DAY 1 - 2.35pm Innovate your business model

DAY 1 - 10.00am Customer experience

Managing Director of Small Business Lending, British Business Bank, Richard has over 20 years’ experience in the banking sector and over that time has developed a real passion for working with and supporting entrepreneurs. Richard is Managing Director at the British Business Bank and is responsible for the Start Up Loans programme. Over the past year Richard also led the Covid-19 emergency Bounce Back Loan Scheme and has recently set up a Financial Crime team at the British Business Bank.

Co-founder & CEO, FreeAgent

Roan Lavery is the co-founder and CEO of FreeAgent, one of the UK’s most popular accounting software systems for small businesses. Over the last 15 years Roan has helped grow FreeAgent from 3 co-founders to over 250 people, and is passionate about building great companies and products that delight both staff and customers alike.

SARA FRENCH Director, Trade & Growth at London & Partners

SEAN FLANAGAN Operations Director UK & France at Avery

DAY 1 - 4.00pm Going global?

DAY 2 - 4.00pm Navigating Brexit and Covid

Sara French is Director of Trade & Growth at London & Partners, the business growth and destination agency for London. Sara has founded and led on business delivery and activity at London & Partners which includes the Business Growth Programme, the Mayor’s International Business Programme and London Leaders Network. Sara has 13+ years’ experience working in international trade having set up the Mayor’s Export Programme for the GLA and is passionate about delivering worldclass services to fast-growing companies which inspire and enable them to grow their businesses in London.

Sean is a passionate expert in manufacturing operations and engineering, and in recent years, has developed particular expertise in the paper, film & packaging converting industry. He manages end-to-end operations from materials purchasing, manufacturing all the way through to storage and distribution. Avery serves the adhesive materials industry supplying labelling and naming solutions to businesses and homes via distributors and e-commerce platforms. We are part of CCL industries that supply material solutions to, amongst others, the healthcare, food and beverage, and personal care sectors. ELITEBUSINESSLIVE | MARCH 2022

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SIMON CROWTHER CEO, FPS Group

SONYA BARLOW Founder, Like Minded Females

DAY 2 - 12.35pm

DAY 1 - 12.35pm Rise of the hybrid workforce

Diversity, inclusion & development Simon Crowther is an award-winning Civil Engineer and Chartered Water & Environmental Manager, recognised by Forbes Magazine in their top ‘30 Under 30’ Europe list for his work in the industry. Simon is CEO of the FPS Group, founded in 2012, which comprises of Flood Protection Solutions Ltd and FPS Environmental Ltd. Simon founded his first company, Flood Protection Solutions Ltd aged just 18, whilst still at university. Within five years the company had a turnover of two-million pounds, with clients ranging from homeowners through to heavy industry, including the likes of the NHS, Environment Agency, and Thames Water.

SOPHIE MILLIKEN CEO, Moja Group

TIM HYDE CEO & Founder, TWH Media

DAY 1 - 10.00am Customer experience

DAY 2 - 10.00am Turbocharged Marketing

Sophie Milliken is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur, Director, NED, chartered FCIPD HR professional, author, speaker and investor. In January 2022, Sophie founded her current business Moja Group Limited, dedicated to boosting business owners’ profiles, helping them become more visible and heard within their industry. A multi-award winner and TEDx speaker, Sophie is an active supporter of women in business and is passionate about helping individuals develop.

Founder and Director of social media marketing agency TWH Media, Tim Hyde began his career leading the Facebook strategy for Lad Bible. Tim boasts an impressive track record of helping businesses and brands scale online through effective social media marketing strategies. One of the industry’s leading social media gurus, Tim founded TWH Media in September 2017 and now works with large brands globally ranging from Adidas to Apple Music.

TIM VINE

TRUSHA LAKHANI

DAY 2 - 2.35pm Financial forecasting

Head of International Finance & Risk Solutions, Dun & Bradstreet

Tim Vine has worked in the data and credit industry for over 20 years and has an in-depth understanding of the challenges faced by finance professionals. He has held various strategic and senior roles across Dun & Bradstreet in data, analytics, sales, consulting and product development. As a Global Product Leader, he developed and launched ‘D&B Finance Analytics’, Dun & Bradstreet’s global credit-to-cash platform in North America, UK and Ireland, continental Europe and AsiaPac.

Sonya Barlow is an Award-Winning Entrepreneur, TEDxSpeaker, Diversity Coach, Author, Linkedin Changemaker 2021, Guest Lecturer and the host of The Everyday Hustle (BBC Asian Network). In 2020, she was named winner of the Most Influential Women in Tech UK, Women in Software Changemaker, Top 50 BAME Entrepreneurs under 50, and Marie Claire Future Shaper. In 2021, Sonya Barlow was a Forbes 30 Under 30, runner up, shortlisted for the most influential women in tech UK and winner of the Accelerate Her 50 inspiring Women in Tech sponsored by Google, Founders Forum and Financial Times.

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Business Coach, ActionCOACH

Trusha is a successful award winning business coach, a virtual Finance Director and a Non-Executive Director for an energy accreditation company. She volunteers as a college governor as well as a Board member of the ACCA Corporate Sector Panel, including past member of our International Assembly and immediate past Chair of ACCA Leicestershire panel. Trusha has been a member of the ACCA since 1997. She has always worked in a strongly commercial arena, mostly on business growth projects and Board support for SMEs.

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