Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Angela Proctor
Glasgow-born Angela Proctor – who writes as AH Proctor – is a successful author, businesswoman, mentor and mother who has been captivated by fairy stories and the world of the Brothers Grimm since her childhood. Her fertile imagination was held in check until she took her own young children to the Isle of Arran off […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: June O’Sullivan OBE
As creator of the UK’s leading and award winning childcare social enterprise, June O’Sullivan OBE continues to break new ground in the development of LEYF’s scalable social business model. A tireless campaigner, disrupter and commentator looking for new ways to influence policy and make society a better place for all children and families, June continues to […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Dr Anino Emuwa
Dr Anino Emuwa is a global women’s leadership expert specialising in entrepreneurship and emerging technologies. A former corporate banker, she is the Managing Director of Avandis Consulting and founder of 100 Women @Davos Anino sits on the board of Nottingham Trent University; the Watch and Jewellery Initiative 2030, an industry sustainability initiative and chairs the […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Lynda Strutton
Lynda Strutton, Chief Operating Officer at Tribe Payments, is a payments specialist with more than a decade of experience. She has held previous roles at key industry players, including Barclaycard, Elavon and Network International where she worked across Europe and the Middle East. Lynda has a proven track record in product commercialisation, notably introducing the […]
Inspirational Women Spotlight: Katharina Richter-Weiss
Katharina Richter-Weiss is the COO of PXP Financial Can you tell us a little about your background and the company? After I graduated in business administration, I worked my way up through a range of management roles in the payments industry. My expertise is in digitalisation, e-customer relationship management, online marketing and payment technologies. Today […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Ryta Zasiekina
Having spent a decade consulting in the payments and banking industries, Ryta Zasiekina, Founder of CONCRYT, has gained a reputation as a dynamic decision-maker and skilled negotiator. Originally from Ukraine, Ryta was forced to flee her homeland for Riga, Latvia, in spring 2022, where she started her first business, a payments consultancy for e-commerce and […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Dr Lynda Folan
Dr Lynda Folan is an Organisational Psychologist, renowned Leadership and Organisational Development specialist, and author of ‘Leader Resilience, The New Frontier of Leadership (2021)’. Lynda has considerable expertise in leading organisations through transformational change and works with organisations across the globe to deliver Leadership Development, Organisational Development, Cultural Transformation and Resilience. As the Managing Director of […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Anna Brailsford
Anna Brailsford is the CEO of Code First Girls (CFG), a Board Member for the Institute of Coding and an advisor to HM Treasury’s Women in Finance Charter. Can you tell us a little about your background and the company? Before joining CFG, I was the CEO and co-founder of Founders Factory incubated EdTech startup […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Candace Kellough
Candace Kellough, 34, is a Founder of El Camino Bracelets, a business she founded ten years ago. Can you tell us a little about your background and the company? I was working at a backpacking hostel in Barcelona, and my time there was intended as a stop gap after I graduated with a business degree […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Fawn Weaver
Fawn Weaver is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, a company she founded in 2016. Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey has proven itself to be a female powerhouse with the brand being the fastest growing independent whiskey brand in U.S. history, the best-selling African American-founded spirit brand of all time, and the […]
