DR. GLYN CARTWRIGHT

Sales Director, Marketing Director, Managing Director of leading brand names in the building product supply industry including Tarmac, CRH. Owner of J SME’s operating internationally areas of speciality Business Growth, Marketing, Strategy & Sales

CHILES CARTWRIGHT

Expertise: Start-Up, Marketing, Sales, Accounts, Entrepreneurship and Team Building.

Experience: Owner & Director of several SME’s, University of Sheffield Supervisor and Consultant previous roles included Loreal, PepsiCo, Nokia, LVMH.
Director level experience in Luxury Goods, Construction Materials, FMCG, Food & Beverage, Mobile Phones & Cosmetics.
Extensive experience in Export, Manufacturing and Distribution.

ANDREW MARSDEN

Honorary Doctorate Ruskin University, BSC (Hons)
MCCAA Client of the year (2003)
Daily Telegraph Jaeger–LeCoultre
Marketing Director of the year (2004)

Areas of experience: Non-executive Chairman - Pilgrim Marketing, Hoffmeister Brewing Company. Marketing Director - Britvic plc, HP foods, Groupe Danone, Unilever plc Bachelors Foods, Managing Director - Vileda LP, Numerous Charity, Sector Trustee Roles.

Areas of expertise: Executive Management, Strategy Development, Turnaround & Crisis Management, Raising Finance, M&A

DR. DINA WILLIAMS

Experience: Fluent in Russian, Adviser to American Council for International Education, Associate Lecturer, University of Sheffield, Teaching Fellow Manchester Business School, Associate Faculty Head University Business School. Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship Huddersfield University.

Areas of expertise: Enterprise and Education, Strategy Development, Implementation, Creativity and Innovation, Policy and practice in enterprise and entrepreneurship, Education and Development.

PROFESSOR IAN RYDER

With over 30 years International experience and formerly Director of Global Brand Strategy for Hewlett Packard in California (HP Invent), Ian now has a portfolio which includes NED and Board Adviser roles, consulting on selling businesses, as well as his pro-bono charity work, speaking engagements and guest lecturing. Ian also worked at top level for the British Olympic Association (Team GB) / UK Atomic Energy Authority / Unisys and Chartered Institute for IT. International speaker, author, visiting professor and lecturer(Cranfield, MBS, Reading, Stockholm School of Economics, Thunderbird Arizona and Management Institut de Paris), Ian was also a Global Subject Specialist for Harvard.

DR. CAROLINE COLE

Experience: Managing Director Yorkshire Key Services 2 ltd. Group Senior Executive Business Change. Contract Strategy, Produce Development Investment Services, Yorkshire Building Society, Director of Group Services. UNUN Provident US. Visiting Fellow Sheffield Hallam University.

Areas of expertise: Leadership and change, Coaching and Mentor, Non-Executive Role - International Financial Services.

DR. JOHN PAUL KAWALEK

Experience: Senior Industry Adviser, European Bank, Director CrowditBuild Ltd, Non-Executive WeDo 3DPrinting, Director MBA’s University of Sheffield, Research Fellow Curtin University Australia, Principal Lecturer Sheffield University, Senior Lecturer Manchester Metropolitan University.

Areas of expertise: Business Growth, Digital Transformation, Advanced Project Management, Crowdfunding

ANDY MCDONALD

Skills: Specialising in revenue growth having worked at start-ups, high growth SMEs and run large enterprise sales teams. Very hands-on with an ability to integrate into a sales team and establish improved sales performance and effectiveness. A proven ability to introduce cost effective demand generation initiatives to increase sales pipeline and revenue return on investments. A board level adviser to multiple companies helping shape strategy for growth. Involvement and experience in start-up to exit strategy

MARK J HART

I am qualified to master’s degree (merit) level in Business Administration and qualified as a Fellow within the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply and operate as a mentor and volunteer on behalf of the CIPS.org charity. I have strong technical specialism within areas of commercial and procurement organisational focus, with experience in healthcare, services, and retail sectors, built up over the last thirty-two years. I have held c-suite level roles over the last twenty years with an expertise in delivering high-impact organisational change, through inspired and engaged colleagues, delivering value-based sustainable change.

LESLEY BATCHELOR OBE

Expertise: International Market Strategic Development, Training in international trade in all aspects, Governmental International Trade development projects, Cultural Awareness, International Marketing for SMEs, Internationalisation of SME, Advisory Roles for Trade Associations and Company Boards, Routes to new markets.

Positions Held: Current COO Open Borders Direct Ltd, Current Owner International Trade Experts Ltd, Director General Institute of Export & International Trade (Charity), Director IOE Training Ltd, Director IBDE Ltd, CEO Open to Export CIC, Owner CMC Strategy & Training, Product Manager Canon, Marketing Manager Skytech (Novell Networking Products), European Development Manager Fujitsu Europe, International Travel Executive Coca-Cola Europe, Export Manager Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceuticals.

KENNEY RICHARDSON

As a winner of the most prestigious business award in the world, The Queens Award for Enterprise, Kenney brings a lot to the table.

During his multi award winning career Kenney has worked for some of the world’s best known brands including Gillette, United Biscuits and The John Lewis Partnership. His consultancy work has included major projects completed for Jewson, The Co-operative Group and Westfield Health. But it is his work with smaller businesses that gives him the most satisfaction.

To quote Marketing Week when a guest speaker and panellist at the International NPD in Food & Drink Summit:

“Combining delivery and functionality in packaging to provide a convenient consumer experience and ensure the product leapt off the shelf, outselling a leading brand 2 to 1 in store trials, Kenney shares his experience launching a new functional product to tackle power brands with a minimal budget”.

ELEANOR MILFID ELLIS

Milly Ellis, founder and CEO of Be Heard, started the company in 2004 Since then, she has worked with amongst others, Banks British Airways, Yum, Pret a Manger, Poundland and The White Cube. Royal Ballet. Victoria and Albert Museum.

Other corporate clients include, among other’s the Financial Conduct Authority, Glaxo Smith Kline, Woodmeadow Trust and GEFCO France. KFC. France, Germany and Spain. The Evening Standard, The Law Society, Medical Students. Vodafone.
Barclays Bank. Lazard. Deloitte, Unilever, Garrad’s, Vodafone. The V&A. Save Venice Foundation. ‘ We are Here’ ‘ Space for Giants’ CEO Dr Max Grahame,

In 2014 – She coached Margaret Thatcher’s granddaughter to read the lesson at her funeral in St Paul’s.

SIMON LEADBETTER

With senior experience across sectors such as property, media, financial services, retail, and automotive - to name but a few - I have invested many millions in marketing activity to generate an impressive return-on-investment of close to 10:1.

Most recently I ran marketing at Countrywide, Knight Frank, and Keller Williams UK and was CEO of Fine & Country. I am a mentor for property industry charity, Agents Together. I was CMO of a Dragons' Den Dragon and speak about marketing at various business schools today.

A long-term interim, I am adept at agile and fast-deployment of agreed activity.

My speciality is devising creative marketing visions that optimise digital/traditional strategies while maximising commercial revenue streams; this can involve everything from transforming local to international marketing teams as well creating award-winning campaigns with tremendous ROI results. Additionally, I am passionate about staying ahead of trends by advocating innovation and cutting-edge pioneering initiatives.

PHILIPPA SEAL

Philippa Seal has worked in and with small businesses all her career, as a director, and co-owner of a couple of business communication agencies. Her experience in advertising and marketing is routed in helping B2B businesses to find profitable, sustainable clients and customers and keep them. Philippa has worked on large global B2B brands in chemicals, paints, machinery and food ingredients. She is a member of the Worshipful Company of Marketors, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, a qualified and experience Business Mentor and Supervisor of other Mentors. She had created, written, and developed practical workshops and courses for Bayes Business School, City University (London) and the University of Sunderland in London. She Mentors for Bayes’ MSc in Entrepreneurship.

As a qualified and experienced Business Mentor Philippa works with owner-managed SMEs and transfers her marketing and leadership experience, knowledge and competences to enable business owners to thrive and grow their businesses using tried and tested practical techniques. Her particular interest are services, how to price, package and deliver them.

DR KEITH ARUNDALE

Dr Keith Arundale is a chartered accountant and chartered marketer, author, speaker, trainer and researcher specialising in private equity and venture capital and all areas of entrepreneurial finance. He is a Senior Visiting Fellow at the ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading and author of two books on venture capital and the BVCA’s “Guide to Private Equity”.

For some 28 years he was with PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) in London, Windsor and Pittsburgh, USA latterly leading the venture capital programme and business development for the European Technology Industry Group which focused on serving the needs of entrepreneurial, fast-growth independent businesses (companies with extraordinary potential). He leads executive training programmes for lawyers, accountants and entrepreneurs on private equity and venture capital and speaks regularly on entrepreneurial finance.

His aim is to help to improve the transparency of the private equity and venture capital asset class, making it understandable to all through his books and guides, lectures, seminars and training courses.

JARMILA YU

Having spent 25+ years building and growing business heading up marketing in start-ups, challenger brands & some of the world’s largest brands, I know the value of great marketing and what it takes to develop a successful marketing strategy. I also know how to lead a marketing team to achieve peak performance.

I believe that marketing excellence AND talent development is essential for any business.

I’m driven to provide strategic marketing excellence, inspired marketing & marketing leadership to the pioneering entrepreneurs and innovative business leaders in SMEs that form the backbone of our economy and change our world for the better.