As a trained nurse, Ruth Devlin was astonished that when she found herself facing a multitude of perimenopausal symptoms in her mid forties, there was so little information available and so many contradictions between the various health care professionals. Her response was to set up Let’s Talk Menopause, with the objective of raising awareness about the menopause, demystifying it and, most importantly, providing easy access to sound information and support.
Ruth gives regular workshops on the menopause and is a regular contributor speaking about the issue on national TV and radio.
With degrees in Applied Mathematics, Aerospace Engineering, and Computational Neuroscience, Paolo Gaudiano jokes that he had literally done rocket science and brain surgery before turning to a really hard problem: how to create companies that have happier employees while making more money.
A former tenured professor turned entrepreneur, Paolo is Chief Scientist of Aleria, President of ARC, Adjunct at NYU Stern School of Business, and Chairman of the annual Diversity & Inclusion Research Conference. These activities combine Paolo’s decades of experience in business, technology, and academia, to transform how people think about DEI and what they do about it, with the ultimate goal of making our society more inclusive and equitable.
Paolo is a sought-after speaker, having presented his work at several hundred conferences and events around the world, including two TEDx talks. He is the author of dozens of academic papers and over 100 blogs in major online publications.
Over the last 7 years Lucy-Rose Walker and Gayle Mann have been involved in the start-up, growth, and eventual sale of Entrepreneurial Spark. At its peak they had 13 hubs across the UK supporting over 600 entrepreneurs at any one time. They experienced their own “misadventures’ growing that business, as well as those of the 4000 entrepreneurs they worked with. They realised that no-one really talks about the realities of running your own business from an emotional perspective, so they decided to share their own experiences and those of others to help all those on the entrepreneurial journey.
Over the last 7 years Lucy-Rose Walker and Gayle Mann have been involved in the start-up, growth, and eventual sale of Entrepreneurial Spark. At its peak they had 13 hubs across the UK supporting over 600 entrepreneurs at any one time. They experienced their own “misadventures’ growing that business, as well as those of the 4000 entrepreneurs they worked with. They realised that no-one really talks about the realities of running your own business from an emotional perspective, so they decided to share their own experiences and those of others to help all those on the entrepreneurial journey.
Elham Fardad’s career spans 25 years in senior leadership roles in blue-chip multinationals including GE, News Corp and EY. She is the Founder and CEO of the charity Migrant Leaders, inspiring and developing young migrants to succeed beyond their aspirations in partnership with leading corporates. The charity was the winner of the Social Mobility Award 2023 at the prestigious Inclusive Awards and Elham had the honour of being selected as a Coronation Champion in 2023.
“Marianne’s McDonald’s experience makes her one of the world’s most qualified experts on the practicalities of implementing systems and building high performing teams.”
Marianne Page is an award-winning leader and developer of high performing teams; inspiring successful small business owners to build the simple systems and high performing team that will free them from the day to day of their operation; giving them back the time to enjoy a fulfilling life, confident that their business is running as it should.
Marianne developed a number of high performing teams of her own during her 27-year career as a senior manager with McDonald’s, and developed over 14,000 managers and franchisees over an 8-year period as the company’s Training Manager.
For the past ten years, Marianne has worked closely with successful business owners who have over-complicated their life and their business, helping them to develop the systems and the structure that will make their operation consistent, and free them to work on their business rather than in it.
Marianne is the best selling author of Simple Logical Repeatable, The McFreedom Report, and Process to Profit – a book hailed as ‘better than The E Myth’.
Marianne’s mission is to give every business owner and manager the tools, and the mindset they need, to build a scaleable business with a highly engaged, high performing team to run it.
Sarah Langslow is an executive coach, leadership development specialist and writer on what it takes to lead powerfully and with humanity. She integrates leadership lessons from a sporting career as a rower, including competing twice in the Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race, a 15-year corporate career across management consulting and finance, and experience as an entrepreneur with her own coaching and leadership development business.
With more than two decades of hands-on experience building leadership skills and behaviours, and over 3,000 hours coaching experience, she is a sought-after coach and trusted adviser for senior leaders. Known for her truth-telling and ability to offer challenge with a lightness of touch, Sarah helps her clients to develop as successful leaders with high-performing teams.
She is a respected speaker on topics including effective communication, trust and relationship building, and has spoken internationally. An active writer, she regularly shares her experience, insights, and humour with her online communities and in her newsletter.
Sarah has an MA and an MBA from the University of Cambridge and is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) as a Professional Certified Coach. When not coaching, you’ll find Sarah on the river umpiring rowing regattas, or lifting heavy weights with friends at her local gym. She lives in London, UK, with her mischievous cat Matilda.
To find out more, visit www.sarahlangslow.com
Felix Danczak is an experienced SaaS executive and go-to-market strategist with over a decade of leadership across startups and public companies. He has scaled and run teams from 20 to 120+, with experience spanning marketing, product, customer success, and operational leadership, giving him a systems-level perspective on how companies grow—or stall. Felix writes on AI, GTM transformation, and strategic agility. He lives in London.
Tracey Breeden is a thought leader and queer activist, life coach, advisor, speaker and executive leader, with over two decades as a safety and inclusion expert working in public safety and leading efforts in tech. Known as a fearless people leader, she has fought for and created safe, inclusive and empowering spaces for both consumers and employees.
Breeden has a vision of building authentic, equitable, and respectful communities, free from harm. She is relentlessly committed to the expansion of that vision, empowering and igniting people to be better, more powerful versions of themselves, unleashing their inner superhero through self development and activating collective power from the margin, all toward creating a better world.
A former law enforcement officer and medal of valor recipient, Tracey was Uber’s first Head of Women’s Safety and Gender-Based Violence, creating Uber’s first global team dedicated to the safety of women and other vulnerable populations. She was the VP, Head of Safety and Social Advocacy at Match Group. While there she was named one of the top 50 LGBTQ women and nonbinary innovators in business and tech, before creating her own coaching and consulting practice.
Robin Bonn is the CEO of Co:definery, one of the world’s leading consultancies specialising in agency positioning. From renowned global networks, to the world’s top independents, he’s repositioned close to 150 agencies and coached dozens of senior leaders. He’s also the host of The Immortal Life of Agencies podcast and a columnist for Marketing Week.
