Our Experts

Our network of expert mentors have all built globally successful businesses (some of which are household names), across many different industries.

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

Victor Adebowale

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

Lord Victor Adebowale

Social Enterprise UK

Joanne Baban Morales Nunude

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

Joan Ball

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

Oli Barrett MBE

Pamela Bell

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

Mike Blackburn

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

Mike Blackburn

IoD North West

Stephen Brown

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

Stephen Brown

Hammerson

Richard Carter

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

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

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

Hugh Chappell

LADbible Group

Dan Cobley

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

Dan Cobley

Blenheim Chalcot

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

Marie Cudennec Goldfinger Factory

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

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

Jacqueline de Rojas

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

Kishan Devani

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

Kishan Devani

Liberal Democrats

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

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

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

Photo of Oke Eleazu

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

Andrew Evans

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

James Eder Student Beans

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

James Eder

Student Beans

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

Denzyl Feigelson

PLATOON

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

Gi Fernando

FreeFormers

Emma Fox

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

Gregg Freishtat

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

Gregg Freishtat

Solar Inventions

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

Michael Frohlich

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

Michael Frohlich

Weber Shandwick

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

Ben Goldsmith

Menhaden Capital

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

Anthony Goodwin

Antal International

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