Keynote Speakers

Chief Executive at International Marketing Partners LTD

A Californian based in Europe for 30 years, Allyson applies her international consulting experience, MBA education with Dr. Peter Drucker and languages to the company she founded, International Marketing Partners.

Allyson has advised more than 200 businesses in 26 countries including BAE Systems, Burberry, Cadbury, HSBC, Lufthansa and SAB Miller. Following her early career with PwC, PA Consulting Group and Hay Management Consultants, Allyson advises Boards and senior leaders to profitably grow across regions. Allyson is author of both editions of best-selling book Working with Americans, and all three editions of Marketing in the USA (UK Dept for International Trade).

Chairman Coltraco Ultrasonics

Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter is a Chairman and former British Army Greenjacket Officer who works to advance professionalism, performance and integrity in international business and public life. Coltraco Ultrasonics is a world-leading UK designer and manufacturer in its field and exporter of its maritime and safety engineering technology to 120 countries. In early 2019 the company won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade and later in 2019 Carl won the Lifetime Exporting Achievement Award at Mansion House. Carl offers a unique global perspective gained from over 30 years of leadership, advisory work and international trade.

Chairman & Founder, Pimlico Plumbers

Charlie Mullins is a British businessman, and the founder of Pimlico Plumbers, London’s largest independent plumbing company.

Co-founder, Perkbox and founder, Mintago

Chieu is the founder and CEO of Mintago. We help people be in control of and feel better about their financial life by providing the tools and support to make better, more informed financial decisions. Our holistic solution is employee-centric, inclusive and unbiased – ending the single cause of employee stress – their finances. Prior to Mintago, Chieu was also the co-founder and CMO of Perkbox, Europe’s fastest-growing employee experience platform. Prior to co-founding Perkbox, Chieu established himself as a tech marketing professional leading initiatives for brands including Microsoft, Amazon and Yahoo.

Founder, The Virtual FD

Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter is a Chairman and former British Army Greenjacket Officer who works to advance professionalism, performance and integrity in international business and public life. Coltraco Ultrasonics is a world-leading UK designer and manufacturer in its field and exporter of its maritime and safety engineering technology to 120 countries. In early 2019 the company won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade and later in 2019 Carl won the Lifetime Exporting Achievement Award at Mansion House. Carl offers a unique global perspective gained from over 30 years of leadership, advisory work and international trade.

Entrepreneur

Lara Morgan is a British entrepreneur with a track record of delivering exceptional accelerated growth. Her investment strategy in wellbeing products primarily is pinned to improving life’s journey. Investing as a family office she has a portfolio of seven consumer services businesses which she works to drive sales, leadership and innovation. She is an inspirational leader with a legacy of building world-class teams and aligning organisations behind a clear strategy. She practices the art of selling and creating win-win customer partnerships for her brands 24/7. Her specific expertise is in sales strategy, customer insight and brand development, multichannel and multisite management plus organic or M&A / partnership driven expansion.

Founder, Small Business Britain

Michelle Ovens CBE is the founder of Small Business Britain and its campaigns – f:Entrepreneur and The Small Awards, with more set to be announced in 2020. She is director of Small Business Saturday, a grassroots not-for-profit campaign to support, inspire and promote the UK’s 5.8 million small businesses, both on the day and beyond. She is responsible for delivering and growing the campaign across the UK and has been since its launch in 2013.

Since 2018 Michelle has served as chair of the Small Business Charter, an award that celebrates business schools that play an effective role in supporting small businesses, entrepreneurship and engagement with the local economy.

Entrepreneur, investor, speaker

Entrepreneur, investor, speaker, non-executive director, adviser, former investor on BBC Dragons’ Den.

Head of SME Banking, Starling Bank

Sunny Dhami is the Senior Director, EMEA Product Marketing Symmie is passionate about empowering small businesses and & GTM for RingCentral, the leader in cloud communication a diverse range of entrepreneurs to achieve their full potential solutions and is responsible for driving and delivering the with easier and fairer access to financial services. Symmie is messaging strategy, GTM and positioning across the EMEA responsible for Starling’s Business customers and works closely business and strategic partners. Sunny has a passion to with the product, engineering and customer service teams to create differentiation and value for the customer and to share ensure we deliver them an exceptional customer experience. this through messaging and positioning, during his time at Prior to joining Starling, Symmie spent 12 years in investment RingCentral he has successfully led major product launches banking, advising entrepreneurial businesses on their growth across EMEA and APAC. strategy, acquisitions and funding, before moving into strategy

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