Entrepreneurs’ Forum III Wednesday 29th June 2016 Music School P u rc e l l Ro o m
Welcome to the third Headington School Entrepreneurs’ Forum
Annabel Warr Shamin Durrani Keynote Speaker Shamin is a British female entrepreneur of Afghan origin. With nothing but a dream, she began her entrepreneurial journey. Not only did Shamin battle for success just as any successful entrepreneur will admit but she excelled in male dominated industries (Construction & Property Development Services, Eco Sustainable Green Homes, LED Lighting: Swiftcornerstone.com). Accolades such as ‘Business Person of The Year’ cement the recognition of her success. With a significant amount of entrepreneurial experience under her belt she now aims to give back to those that are starting their journey in the exciting world of business through the medium of motivational speaking. This latest move into motivational speaking has not deterred Shamin with her business pursuits as she has started work on creating a new healthy eating business.
Annabel’s career experience spans the business, public and charity sectors. After graduating with a degree in Social Policy and Planning from the University of Bristol, Annabel joined the graduate scheme with the Metropolitan Police Civil Staff as an Executive Officer. After nearly three years in the public sector, she transitioned into the business world with the investment bank Morgan Stanley for nine years, latterly as a Vice President in Operations. Annabel has always advocated the use of skills and time to support social causes and has gained a wide variety of charity volunteer experience during her time as a student and alongside her subsequent professional career. Whilst taking a career break to raise her young family, she applied her professional skills and experience at a strategic level as a charity trustee. This experience became the driver behind Annabel’s social business, Encore Futures, which she founded in 2012 to support cross-sector skills development between experienced business professionals and charities. Alongside her work with Encore Futures, Annabel is also a director of the strategic marketing consultancy, Eyebright.
We are fortunate that we have some excellent entrepreneurs and leaders within our Headington Community, five of whom have kindly agreed to help facilitate our programme today.
Jim Clemence Jim is a former finance professional with experience in a variety of financial, property and operating start-up businesses. He spent 12 years in banking with a range of roles including 7 years in the principal investing and real estate private equity businesses of an international bank, investing in loan and property portfolios and their operating platforms across Europe, holding board positions in both quoted and unquoted companies. After leaving the City, he has been involved in the start-up of a range of businesses, including a credit management company, a port development venture, a student loan privatisation vehicle and currently an Oxfordshire based self-storage business, alongside his own consultancy businesses providing management expertise. Jim has a MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.
Dr Ben Seifert
Sarah Barratt Ball
Ben is the founder of Oxford Virtual Markets Ltd. The idea for the development of TANGLE, the powerful technology at the core of OVM, came about through his research during the course of a distinguished academic career. After an undergraduate degree in Economics at Columbia University, Ben studied Pure Mathematics at Merton College, Oxford, and Berkeley. He has taught Mathematics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford; the University of Paris; and the University of California (Berkeley). For five years he was a Research Fellow at the Institut de Hautes Etudes Scientifiques (IHES) in Bures-sur-Yvette, one of the international centres of research in Mathematics. Ben has been active in the creation of proprietary trading systems in finance and other markets throughout his career, drawing on his ability to create ingenious mathematical models and implement them in software.
In 2009, Sarah formed Shearwater Partners Ltd, an independent consultancy based in Oxfordshire, serving the institutional investor community, as well as asset managers, within the hedge fund industry. After gaining a degree in Mathematical Statistics and Operational Research from the University of Exeter, she worked in finance in London for five years, San Francisco for an additional five years and New York for close to a decade. Before returning to England and starting Shearwater Partners, Sarah held positions of Managing Director at Morgan Stanley on Wall Street; Partner at leading hedge fund Trafelet Delta Funds; and Partner/Co-Founder of Oakpoint Advisors, a 20 person New York based consulting firm to hedge funds.
Programme 10.30 am
Welcome and Keynote Address
11.15 am
Brainstorming Sessions with Syndicate Facilitators
1.15 pm
Create Business Proposals
2.45 pm
Dragons’ Den
3.30 pm
Wrap-up and Closing Address
4.00 pm
End
Thank you to Seb Belardo and Dealer Option Ltd for the Goodie Bags.
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” - Steve Jobs To get the most out of the day, it is important that you contribute your energy, thoughts and ideas to the discussions. Remember, no idea or suggestion is off-limits!