Linzi Boyd is founder of One Earth, and a serial entrepreneur. She successfully owned and sold two businesses before the age of 24. The second was a renowned footwear brand with global distribution in 7 countries, Linzi sold that company to Caterpillar and went on to build her third business, working with and growing some of [...]
Marc has worked across the media industries as a Founder, CEO, Director, Strategist and Creative Director. As an entrepreneur he has founded several ventures including three creative agencies and two digital businesses. Marc has managed projects for global brands, teams of 50 people, and annual turnovers of £8m. In addition to his role as Chair of GEN UK, he consults on [...]
Elaine has been involved in the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) for over 11 years, and is an Adviser to the Global Board of GEN. In returning to the UK 4 years ago, after living in the Middle East for 8 years, Elaine became a Co-Founder and Executive Director of GEN UK and is frequently invited to [...]
Beauty Akter is a PhD fellow at the University of Sussex, UK. She is passionate about accelerating innovation and new business creation. Prior to becoming a PhD fellow, she worked as a faculty at the largest private university of Bangladesh where she taught entrepreneurship. Beauty has worked with Bangladesh’ leading entrepreneurial ecosystem since 2016. She has deep [...]
Asif is currently working as the Head of Digital Innovation & IT along with Teaching Business and Entrepreneurship in London PT College in partnership with the St Mary's University, London. He has been teaching for more than 8 years and taught Entrepreneurship, Technopreneurship, and Marketing at the leading university in Bangladesh, and been the visiting faculty [...]
Gareth is a serial entrepreneur based out of Cardiff, Wales, and in the last decade has worked with 3,000 startups. In 2017 he set up TownSq to roll-out his vision of bringing the insights of his work with entrepreneurs in Wales to communities across the rest of the UK. TownSq is a B Corp focused on [...]
Babita Devi is a coach, mentor and entrepreneur with nearly 30 years’ experience in marketing, strategy and business development. Babita has worked in a diverse range of industries, including IT, life sciences, higher education, consumer goods and optics. She has lectured entrepreneurial marketing at Anglia Ruskin University and Lincoln University. Babita is an advisor to several [...]
Jacqueline is best described as a global humanitarian and innovator, with a deeply held and proven conviction to increasing equality of access to life’s opportunities through the creation of inclusive environments. She is a recognised international expert and consultant on inclusion and accessibility challenges. A thought leader in the reduction of global inequalities, Jacqueline’s work is recognised as good [...]
Kendra is a dedicated and driven individual committed to supporting entrepreneurial activity in Scotland. As Business Engagement & Communications Manager at Bright Red Triangle, Edinburgh Napier University’s enterprise hub, she works with aspiring entrepreneurs to bring their ideas to life. She also acts as Ambassador for the Scottish Business Network, connecting dynamic organisations with the Scottish [...]
One of the 250 Founders of Tech City, in 2016 she pivoted her company FlyingBinary to meet the challenges of the Metaverse and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) with spectacular results. She is recognised as one of the 100 Global Leaders, is a Top Ten Global IoT innovator, and an independent industry analyst for IIoT. [...]
