Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Shilpa Dandekar
Taking years to meticulously hone her craft, Shilpa Dandekar has developed a reputation as one of London’s leading female chefs. Her wealth of experience spans more than 4,500 miles, starting with impressive beginnings as a trainee chef with India’s famed Taj hotel group. A move from her home city of Mumbai to the UK in […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Ruth Badger
Ruth Badger is the director and founder of The Ruth Badger Consultancy (RBC), a growth consultancy which helps owner-managed SMEs to transform their business by driving revenue and making improvements across their team. Can you tell us a little about your background and the company? I was born and raised in Wolverhampton and had a […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Meeri Haataja
Meeri Haataja is the CEO and Founder of Saidot. With over 20 years of experience in tech, Meeri is a passionate advocate of responsible and human-centric AI. Meeri was the chair of the ethics working group in Finland’s national AI programme that submitted its final report in March 2019, and former Chair of IEEE’s AI […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Helen Normoyle
Helen Normoyle is Co-Founder My Menopause Centre, is a women’s wellness champion and has held Chief Marketing Officer roles in the healthcare, beauty, broadcast, furniture and property sectors with Boots, the BBC, DFS and Countrywide respectively. She has also worked in broadcast and telecoms regulation at Ofcom and in the mobile technology sector with Motorola. […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Aleah Morrison-Basu
Aleah Morrison-Basu is a Composer, Executive Producer and Co-owner of Zelig Sound. They provide original composition and sound design for films, TV, branding and games. Can you tell us a little about your background and the company? I’ve been a musician since a young age studying classical piano, clarinet and dance. I started composing in […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Lori Meakin
Lori Meakin is the Founder and CEO of The Others & Me, an award-winning strategist and entrepreneur who has worked with world-leading brands including Amazon, Google, Vue and the BBC. After taking time out to research and write her book ‘No More Menemies’, Lori now uses the behaviour-change expertise she’s developed over decades in advertising, […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Claire Renée Thomas
Claire Renée Thomas is a life coach and founder of Reaching My Best. She is one of the few certified mental fitness coaches in the UK. Her passion and focus is on guiding and empowering women all over the world to unlock their full potential and overcome any obstacles they may be facing personally or professionally. Her […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Alison Lowe MBE
Alison Lowe MBE has been recognised as one of the leading supporters of new generation talent in the creative industries. She is a dynamic and results-oriented entrepreneur and educator, renowned for her practical, realistic approach to running a creative business having foundered several of her own businesses. Awarded an MBE for Services to the Fashion […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Dr Farzana Rahman
Dr Farzana Rahman BSc, MBBS, MSc, FRCR. is the CEO and Co-Founder of radiology technology company Hexarad, which she led to a £4.5 million Series A round in 2022. She was previously Substantive Consultant Radiologist at University College Hospitals Trust London, an NHS Digital advisor, and Head of Data and Digital Strategy at the AoMRC […]
Inspirational Female Founder Spotlight: Jo Chidley
Jo Chidley is a Chemist, Circular Economy Expert, Herbal Botanist and the Founder of Beauty Kitchen, a company on a mission to create the most effective, natural and sustainable beauty products in the world. With Beauty Kitchen being cited as a ‘Best for World’ brand*, Europe’s highest scoring B Corp beauty brand, and winner of […]
