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With significant longstanding experience in the financial services industry, Alex also owns companies in recruitment, software and leisure.

Alex Mollart

Oplo

Alex has spent his career investing in and successfully growing entrepreneurial for-profit and non-profit organisations that seek to drive financial and/or social impact.

Alex Sloan

Excelerate Foundation

An entrepreneur in residence at Cambridge University, Alex was an early tech pioneer, finding success in IT security.

Alex Van Someren

Amadeus Capital Partners Ltd

A recruitment specialist, Alexandra’s business acumen proved sound when, following rejection on Dragon’s Den, Americans snapped up her company.

Alexandra Kelly

Hire Right

Companies obliged to enrol employees into pension schemes needed a one stop shop to enable it. So Andrew invented it and called it Smart Pension.

Andrew Evans

Smart Pension

Five times a CEO, Angie has long been part of the vanguard of people supporting businesses in the north west of the UK.

Angie Robinson

One Manchester

Anne is a Non-Executive Director at the On-Pack Recycling Label (OPRL) the leading recycling label in the UK.

Anne MacCaig

On-Pack Recycling Label

Tony is an award-winning recruitment entrepreneur with international experience in emerging markets such as Russia, China and India.

Anthony Goodwin

Antal International

Atul Pathak is one of the UK’s most successful franchise entrepreneurs, operating 43 McDonald’s with more than 3,500 staff.

Atul Pathak OBE

Appt Corporation Ltd

A publishing powerhouse and politician, Gail advised broadcaster Sky on CSR for a decade and is now active in the fashion and hotel sectors.

Baroness Gail Rebuck

Penguin Random House

Having run businesses in fashion and residential care, Sandip entered politics in 2006, working in both the Business and International Development departments.

Baroness Verma

UK Government

A committed environmentalist, Ben co-founded Menhaden Capital to invest in companies with a lighter environmental footprint.

Ben Goldsmith

Menhaden Capital

A passionate campaigner for digital privacy and ethics, Bill is also CEO of The Crisis Team, experts in incident response, cyber law, reputation management and social influence.

Bill Mew

The Crisis Team

Carrie is one of the co-founders of Mumsnet, the online discussion and advice forum that changed digital publishing forever.

Carrie Longton

Mumsnet

Cecilia Crossley is the founder of From Babies with Love, the award-winning social enterprise that donates 100% of its profits to orphaned and abandoned children around the world.

Cecilia Crossley

From Babies With Love

A regular face on television, interior design expert Celia’s eponymous company has been providing luxury interiors for 20 years.

Celia Sawyer

Celia Sawyer

Having co-founded a number of internet startups he consequently sold to recognised companies, Charles now works in private equity.

Charles Mindenhall

Blenheim Chalcot

An Expert interested in education, gender equality and social justice, Charly has experience scaling organisations from idea to reality.

Charly Young

The Girls Network

The co-founder of Made.com was a pioneer in offering online only made-to-order designer furniture at affordable prices.

Chloe Macintosh

https://kama.co/about

Having found success in the digital content world, Chris is also passionate about marine conservation.

Chris Gorell Barnes

Adjust Your Set

As the founder of crowdfunding platform Spacehive, Chris can advise on investment and local partnerships, as well as online messaging and digital presence.

Chris Gourlay

Spacehive

Chrissie started The White Company with £6,000 of her own money in 1994 but company turnover now runs into hundreds of millions.

Chrissie Rucker

The White Company

Claire Dove CBE has been an exceptional social enterprise leader for over 40 years. She was chair of Social Enterprise UK (SEUK). In 2018, Claire was appointed as the…

Claire Dove CBE

VCSE Crown Representative

Dan Cobley is an entrepreneur and investor in innovative tech startup businesses, focusing on financial services.

Dan Cobley

Blenheim Chalcot

The Chief Executive of investor network Pi Capital was an early entrepreneur who foresaw the popularity of gyms, setting up his own aged 17.

David Giampaolo

Pi Capital

A marketing maven and author of six books on branding, what else could David call his company but Brandgym? Genius.

David Taylor

The Brandgym

A digital media specialist, Denzyl worked for Apple to launch iTunes in the UK and continues to work in entertainment.

Denzyl Feigelson

PLATOON

Diana Hunter is a leading c-suite executive in the high-quality food and drink retail and wholesale sectors with over 25 years’ experience.

Diana Hunter

Conviviality

The former finance manager is now on the front line in the fight against food waste as the co-founder and CEO of veg box giant Oddbox.

Emilie Vanpoperinghe

Oddbox

Emma has more than 30 years of business experience to draw from, during which she led recognised companies in the UK and Canada.

Emma Fox

Berry Bros & Rudd

George Polk was a pioneer in free WiFi and now a committed investor focused on driving money towards environmentally sustainable projects.

George Polk

Vision Ridge Partners

An engineer and social tech specialist, Gi also chairs Freeformers, which teaches digital skills to company employees.

Gi Fernando

FreeFormers

An expert in investment with more than 25 years experience, Graham also has a passion for the natural world.

Graham Thomas

Stage Capital

Gregg Freishtat is a technology executive with over 30 years of experience leading innovative and transformative companies.

Gregg Freishtat

Solar Inventions

Successful in the luxury gift market, Harriet has successfully scaled her own company and also has extensive experience in communications.

Harriet Hastings

Biscuiteers

An early Apple employee who became very successful in digital publishing, Hugh now invests in online startups.

Hugh Chappell

LADbible Group

Iqbal Wahhab OBE is one of Britain’s top restaurateurs with a reputation for excellence through his restaurants Roast and The Cinnamon Club.

Iqbal Wahhab

The Purpose Restaurant Company

One of the UK’s most senior figures in tech, Jacqueline helps tech leaders to provide opportunities encouraging diversity and inclusion and is passionate about the ‘tech for good’ movement.

Jacqueline de Rojas

tech uk

James is the co-founder of StudentBeans, a lifestyle platform for university students, which offers the latest deals and discounts.

James Eder

Student Beans

Jenny is the founder and CEO of Consumer PR & Brand Consultancy agency Halpern.

Jenny Halpern Prince

Halpern Limited

Jeremy brands nations! The founder of Beautiful Destinations, his branding agency works with countries and cities worldwide.

Jeremy Jauncey

Beautiful Destinations

Jeremy is the man behind many of London’s most famous restaurants, including The Ivy, The Wolesley and the Belgo chain.

Jeremy King

Corbin & King

The ‘Jim’ in Jimmy’s Iced Coffee, Cregan has gone from delivering his own product to shops to being stocked in every major supermarket.

Jim Cregan

Jimmy’s Iced Coffee

An expert in transition services and resilience-building, Joan works with leaders, teams and organizations to help them learn to navigate change.

Joan Ball

WOMB Lab

One of our youngest experts, Joanne has been an entrepreneur since she was 15 and now runs campaigning inclusive shapewear company Nunude.

Joanne Baban Morales

Nunude

A strong advocate of social and environmental responsibility, Jochen is Director of Kering, the luxury goods brand.

Jochen Zeitz

The B Team

Once a celebrity hairstylist to the stars, John went on to create a range of hair care products that sold all around the world.

John Frieda

John Frieda Hair Care

A serial entrepreneur who has created companies worth several billion dollars, John now has investments in several well-known brands.

John Hunt

Archimedia

Extremely accomplished in the worlds of investment, media and philanthropy, Jonathan is also a very well connected networker.

Jonathan Goodwin

Alvarium

Josh Turner is the founder of multi award winning social enterprise Stand4 Socks, a leading brand changing the world one pair of socks at a time.

Josh Turner

Stand4 Socks

A website pioneer since 1994 when she established britishairways.com, Julia has since specialised in crowdfunding and sustainable businesses.

Julia Groves

British Business Bank

The man who changed lunch (and possibly breakfast) in British cities, Julian is the man behind Pret a Manger and itsu.

Julian Metcalfe

Itsu

Previously experienced in the banking and publishing worlds, Karen is the former CEO of one of the more successful social enterprise brands Belu water.

Karen Lynch

Belu Water Ltd

Katharina Sophia Volz is the CEO and founder of OccamzRazor, a startup using machine learning to find treatments for brain ageing related diseases.

Katharina Sophia Volz

OccamzRazor

An early pioneer in arguing for the value of digital skills, Kathryn is an advocate of coding and champions gender diversity in technology.

Kathryn Parsons

Decoded

Equal Education is a social enterprise that provides teacher assistance to children in care, giving them access to special educational tuition.

Kim Rihal

Equal Education

With expertise in cross border trade, Kishan also has experience in politics and international relations.

Kishan Devani

Liberal Democrats

An investment expert, Layton founded his own private equity firm and believes in the responsible stewardship of business and corporate citizenship.

Layton Tamberlin

Sullivan Street

An extremely accomplished mentor, Victor has extensive experience in health, social care, investment and governance.

Lord Victor Adebowale

Social Enterprise UK

Marie co-founded Goldfinger, creating sustainable furniture and educating people in craft and sustainable woodworking, and offering free training to the economically vulnerable.

Marie Cudennec Carlisle

Goldfinger

A former lawyer, Matt Newman is CAO and General Counsel at Starling Bank, responsible for overseeing all legal affairs at the bank.

Matt Newman

Starling Bank

Having successfully steered several fashion brands into profitable waters, Meg is now advising others how to do the same.

Meg Lustman

OC&C Consultants

With vast experience in communications, Michael is the EMEA CEO of global integrated communications agency Weber Shandwick.

Michael Frohlich

Weber Shandwick

Thinking he could do a better job of managing the 70 apartment block he lived in, Michael took over in 2008. He’s now taking care of 11,000 residents.

Michael Howard

urbanbubble

An experienced connector and communicator with a sales background, Mike has extensive experience of business development.

Mike Blackburn

IoD North West

The founder of the go-to brand for quality men’s shirts, Charles Tyrwhitt is now a fashion mainstay in cities everywhere, with 40 stores globally.

Nicholas Wheeler

Charles Tyrwhitt

Once a printer of radical magazines, Nigel joined the Big Issue in 1994 and is CEO of their investment arm Big Issue Invest.

Nigel Kershaw

Big Issue Invest

Serial entrepreneur Oke Eleazu is the CEO of Many Pets, a disruptive customer focused pet insurance products; and founder of Black in Business, helping people of colour, ‘arrive, survive…

Oke Eleazu

Many Pets

One of the 100 most connected men in Britain according to GQ, Oli has worked extensively promoting startups, both here and abroad.

Oli Barrett MBE

An experienced and successful fashion designer, Pamela was one of the founders of Kate Spade. Her social enterprise prinkshop has turned clothes into campaigns.

Pamela Bell

prinkshop

Panthea is a business consultant for public good. She is an Expert in strategy and partnerships and is astute in co-designing processes involving multiple stakeholders.

Panthea Lee

Reboot

One of Britain’s best-dressed men, Patrick runs several fashion businesses, including the social enterprise Community Clothing.

Patrick Grant

Etautz

A marketing guru for the new cyber age, Pranav finds connections between product, communication, and the consumer.

Pranav Yadav

Neuro Insight

Preyal is passionate about all things people, culture, and change-related. She is the founder of Wildfire and is challenging the profit-driven culture and business model of traditional consulting businesses.

Preyal Dewani

Wildfire

With long standing experience in financial technology, Richard is an active investor and mentor and is widely respected for his market expertise.

Richard Carter

Equiniti Credit Services

A true maverick, Richard boasts experience in the music, telecoms and blockchain sectors. He’s currently active in the CBD and tech space.

Richard Skaife

The Conscious Fund

With a career that takes in Big Brother and River Cottage, Rob Love, co-founder of Crowdfunder, has a reputation for being a knowledgeable businessman and social entrepreneur.

Rob Love

Crowdfunder

After building a creative agency with globally recognised clients and working with President Obama, Robert set up creative agency for good Matter Unlimited.

Robert Holzer

Matter Unlimited

A skilled musician who set out on a spiritual path and nearly became a philosopher before building a business reinventing musical instruments.

Roland Lamb

ROLI

Having grown up in private equity, Rowan went on to establish Virgin Money and online retailer Naked Wines; he’s now CEO of Majestic Wine.

Rowan Gormley

Majestic Wine, Naked Wines

Starting with one physical shop in 1987, Ruth co-founded what was to become Matchesfashion.com, a one-stop shop for designer clothing.

Ruth Chapman

Matches

Big on buildings, Ryan boasts considerable experience in real estate and is now busy transforming the home rental sector in the UK.

Ryan Prince

UNCLE

Having run her own communications company since 2002, Sandy made it an employee owned business in 2017 and is now focused on the next generation of talent.

Sandy Lindsay MBE

Tangerine PR

One of the first to see the potential in tech, Saul was part of the original executive team at Skype and now gets excited about seeding new ventures.

Saul Klein

Index Ventures

One of the first to see the opportunities in the mobile phone market, Charles founded Carphone Warehouse and broadband provider Talk Talk.

Sir Charles Dunstone

Carphone Warehouse

A keen environmentalist and advocate of social enterprise, Sir Tim Smit is most famous for creating Cornwall’s Eden Project.

Sir Tim Smit

The Eden Project

With 25 years experience to offer, Stephen Brown has overseen marketing for several recognised FTSE businesses.

Stephen Brown

Hammerson

As a creative director, Steve has won every marketing award going in the advertising sector and went on to make coding accessible for all.

Steve Henry

Decoded

A tech entrepreneur who disrupted the fashion business, Tom is now on the board of Verco, which helps companies achieve zero carbon emissions.

Tom Adeyoola

Metail

Cash rich but time poor, Zia craved meaningful experiences. So he used tech to create something that helped people in the same situation.

Zia Yusuf

Velocity Black

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Cemal Ezel, founder of Change Please, met with Karen Lynch of Belu Water

Meeting David was amazing. Not only did he give us great branding advice for our business but he has committed to supporting us long term by joining as a non-exec director. It’s hard to explain the power of introductions to people like this – THANK YOU!”

Shaz Shah, co-founder of Harry Specters, met with David Taylor of brandgym.

Meeting John was an amazing and hugely beneficial experience. I was able to ask so many questions and it was great to get such amazing insights, advice and ideas. John has been there and achieved so much, so to be able to tap into that knowledge and learn from John’s experience was like gold dust.”

Lee Healey, founder of IncomeMax, met with John Frieda.