IWD Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Dr Hazel Parkinson
Dr Hazel Parkinson is a multi-award-winning aesthetic doctor, menopause expert, and founder of Dr Hazel Skin Solutions, a Leamington Spa-based clinic offering specialist skin, aesthetics, and wellness to women. With over 20 years of experience in general practice, dermatology, women’s health and aesthetic medicine, she is passionate about helping women navigate midlife with confidence through […]
IWD Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Natalie Mackenzie
I have a BSc Psychology and MSc Cognitive Neuropsychology, and have worked in neuro rehabilitation since I graduated. My business was formed over a weekend when I was 24 after the company I was working for went into administration. I took the clients with me and the rest is history. My company is called BIS […]
IWD Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Marianne van Sasse van Ysselt
Marianne van Sasse van Ysselt is the co-founder of Dutch pocketwear and wallet brand Secrid. The official Secrid journey began with the release of the Cardprotector in 2009, though the design itself had been in the works for eight years prior under a different banner. This latest iteration, featuring the brand’s patented Cardprotector slide mechanism […]
IWD Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Minty Macliver
My name is Minty Macliver and I have been running Multimac for 13 years now. I am one of 4 children and when my younger sister came along, my father designed and invented a multiple child car seat, allowing you to take 3 or 4 children in the back of a normal sized car. It […]
IWD Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Ella d’Amato
1. Can you tell us a little about your background and your company? I grew up in Weymouth with six siblings. With so many of us and my dad’s disability, I left school at fifteen to help support my family. I started working at thirteen, cleaning ferries. Looking back, that feels very young, but I […]
IWD Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Ali Findlay
Can you tell us a little about your background and your company? My name is Ali Findlay, and I am the Founder and Chief Exec of Lane and Executive Director of Lane Media. The business was founded in 2008 following a successful client-side career in retail marketing. Lane is Scotland’s largest, independently owned, integrated creative […]
IWD Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Liina Vettik
Liina Vettik, an Estonian self-made millionaire, is on a mission to help women and those in need to become entrepreneurs, build their wealth, and success with ease. Rising from poverty, she overcame setbacks—including inheriting and losing a company in her 20s—to create lasting success across industries like logistics, travel, digital sales, marketing, real estate, and […]
IWD Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Heather Delaney
Heather Delaney is MD and Founder of Gallium Ventures, an award-winning strategic communications consultancy which builds and fixes brands, from startups to high-profile organisations, supporting across communications strategy through to creative PR and marketing activations, and even exit or IPO. I was born in Silicon Valley, at an exciting time when tech developments were really […]
IWD Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: June O’Sullivan
June O’Sullivan is the CEO of London Early Years Foundation (LEYF), the UK’s largest charitable social enterprises, providing high-quality, affordable childcare to children from all backgrounds. LEYF operates over 44 nurseries across London, supporting thousands of families while reinvesting profits into community initiatives, training, and apprenticeship programmes. She is passionate about social justice and leadership, […]
IWD Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Emma J Shipley
Emma J Shipley is an incredibly talented independent British designer, artist and entrepreneur who has grown her passion for nature, mythology, and storytelling into an award-winning global brand. Can you tell us a little about your background and your company?I’m a British artist and designer, and I founded my brand, Emma J Shipley, to bring my unique hand-drawn designs […]
