Women with Metal 2023

WOMEN WITH METAL

THE

INAUGURAL CONFERENCE

Park Regis Hotel

Birmingjam

SPEAKERS

KIRSTY DAVIES-CHINNOCK

Founder of Women with Metal

RACHEL EADE MBE

UK Metals Council

STEPH SNADE

Business Psychologist

KELLY ELLIS

The Mortgage Mom

JUSTICE WILLIAMS MBE

Dream Plan Launch

SPEAKERS

DENISE MORRIS

TAG Network Midlands

JOANNA LEE-MILLS

Shakespeare Martineau

LIZ BURLEY

Burley Law

MORAG HALE

Amari Metals

Thank you

Thought this was a good idea

Kirsty Davies-Chinnock

Fixed all the Canva mistakes

Denise Morris

Did the heavy lifting

Melissa Edwards

Let me gamble our savings

Richard Chinnock

Told me it was a bad idea

Two men in the industry

Told me it was a good idea

Lots of men and women in the industry

Photographers

Comton Media

MyWorkWear

For the bags

Marshall Harmony

For the umbrellas

Arun Technology

For the handwarmers

Professional Polishing

For the lipbalm and notebooks

Crowe UK

For the manufacturing report and pen

KIRSTY DAVIESCHINNOCK

WHY DIDN’T I DO THIS SOONER?

Firstly I must apologise for it taking thirty-four years of me playing with stainless steel to arrange this!

But now that I have I hope you enjoy the day. Our theme this year is:

Confidence. Knowledge. Connections

And I hope you gain all three.

Women with Metal Kirsty xx

RACHEL EADE MBE

UK METALS COUNCIL

Rachel Eade is a Manufacturing and Supply Chain Specialist with over 20 years’ experience in business development management roles within transport manufacturing sectors and continues to play a pivotal role in evolving the SME business support offer working with funding bodies and supporting UK OEMs and Tier 1s with growth and innovation support.

Whilst been passionate about supporting the future of the sector as an advocate for young people to enter STEM careers.

With a wide-ranging portfolio including Supply Chain Specialist for the University of Birmingham`s Centre for Rail Research and Education, Board member of the Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership, Director of RED Ltd, supply chain and manufacturing consultancy, Advisory Board member for TSC, Guardian of the Standard of Wrought Plate at The Birmingham Assay office and first female elected Chair of the UK Metals Council along with being a frequent Judge and Panel Member for many Manufacturing Awards.

She has been highly commended for her prominent work; in 2014 was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honor’s list for services to the automotive industry, in 2015 the Institute of Sheet Metal Engineering Gold Medal, Female Networker of the Year at the Birmingham 2017 Awards, 2020 KTNs Top 30 Women in Manufacturing, 2021 TSC Directors Award for Innovation leader, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

STEPH SNADE

Steph is a Business Psychologist with a passion for Leadership Development. She founded the Limitless Leadership programme in 2020 as part of her mission to develop a generation of women who lead with authenticity, confidence and impact and to create role models for business and society where women in leadership are equal, credible and highly valued.

Steph has worked with over 850 leaders, helping them to develop their leadership mindset, skills and approaches and, in turn, to make a positive impact on the people around them and the culture of their organisation. Steph believes that, to be successful, leaders need to develop themselves and their emotional intelligence, and her Limitless Leadership Programme supports women to do just that. Taking this approach enables her to up-level the leadership of those who work with her, ensuring that they are working to their strengths and are confident and resilient in their roles.

Steph has extensive commercial experience and has worked as both an employee and consultant across a wide range of industries and businesses. Her approach blends the best elements of science, research and real-world experience with an outcome focussed, experiential and practical focus. As an experienced Learning & Development practitioner across an international client base, she understands how to simplify the complex elements that come with working with different cultures, behaviours and individual needs.

KELLY ELLIS

THE MORTGAGE MOM

She changed career from radio production into financial services in 2017 when she trained as a financial adviser with St James Place. After working in the corporate world she identified that there was a need in the market to help people navigate the complexities of buying their homes and protecting their income and so launched The Mortgage Mom in 2019.

Her goal is to remove the pain points for her clients when dealing with life changing financial decisions and to make sure they have a professional on their side who is willing to translate the small print into easy to understand choices. This leaves her clients free to enjoy their new home and/or rest comfortable in the knowledge their family income is protected in an affordable way.

JUSTICE WILLIAMS MBE

Justice Williams MBE supports female entrepreneurs and CEOs to build profitable personal brands and increase their visibility. Justice specialises in teaching women how to monetise their skills, knowledge, and expertise through creating multiple streams of income, such as speaking engagements, coaching programs and leveraging the power of digital products and online courses.

Justice is the founder of the Dream Plan Launch® podcast and a multi-award-winning business strategist and personal brand expert with over 15 years of experience in the startup and branding economy. She has supported more than 3000+ entrepreneurs to start and scale their businesses. Her passions are championing female founders from diverse backgrounds, caramel oat macchiatos, travel, and theatre and is the proud co-founder of two kids.

JOANNA LEE-MILLS

SHAKESPEARE MARTINEAU

Joanna is a Partner, Head of Social Housing Development & Deputy Head of Office Birmingham at Shakespeare Martineau.

Dedicated to working with local communities and providing support for the Birmingham business district, she is regularly involved in mentoring and training for emerging leaders, young professionals and providing networking support through the work she does with Shakespeare Martineau, Colmore BID and other local organisations.

Joanna will be joining our Panel on Unconscious Bias and how to navigate it.

DENISE MORRIS

Denise Morris is an accomplished businesswoman, awardwinning Networker, and Founder of TAG Network Midlands; an inclusive networking community and membership organisation that advocates the professional development of multi-sector Students, Graduates, Professionals, Entrepreneurs, and Leaders within the Midlands region. The organisation connects members of the Midlands business community with commercial opportunities, through networking events, training sessions, development workshops, and memberships.

Since establishing TAG Network Midlands in 2014, Denise has been committed to supporting the growth of individuals by creating a platform for young people and established professionals to elevate their potential through knowledge sharing, personal and professional development, mentoring, leadership development, and networking.

Denise is passionate about diversity and inclusion, youth empowerment, and providing people from different backgrounds and career disciplines access to learning, development, and equal opportunities.

LIZ BURLEY

Liz began her career in Wolverhampton, training with a regional general practice law firm. She qualified as a solicitor in 1996 and went on to work for both large regional and international commercial law firms, defending employment claims on behalf of large corporations in hospitality, retail, automotive and drinks manufacturing and delivering training to clients. During her early career she regularly represented clients in tribunal hearings throughout the UK and handled some of the first claims for disability discrimination brought under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

Following a 10 year break Liz returned to legal practice in 2015. Today she works with her husband and together they lead a team of developing lawyers at Burley Law. The firm is known for its straightforward and personal approach and its commitment to inclusivity which was recognised in a nomination for a Diversity Award in 2022. Through their work across the thriving Birmingham tech and business innovation community the team have forged a reputation for collaboration and champions of emerging businesses. Liz has collaborated on menopause awareness initiatives and has been featured on TV and local radio speaking on the importance of menopause policies in the workplace (ITV This Morning and BBC Radio WM).

MORAG HALE

AMARI METALS

Morag is the Company Secretary and Head of HR at Amari Metals where she’s worked since 2020. She has worked in the City and and is an experienced Company Secretary with a demonstrated history of working in the mining & metals industry as well as manufacturing and entertainment. Her responsibilities at Amari include compliance, company law, business law, commercial contracts, and insurance, as well as HR.

She founded a professional theatre company while on a family break from work and toured all over the UK and to the Edinburgh Fringe, writing and directing her own plays. She is a graduate of London University, a Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute, an Associate of the CIPD and a big supporter of women in business. In her spare time she is writing a novel.

KIRSTY DAVIES-CHINNOCK

Kirsty is the Managing Director of Professional Polishing Services.

She joined the Company in 1989 for 6 weeks in-between college courses and it has been a very long 6 weeks.

As well as the day-job Kirsty is also a Director of the British Stainless Steel Association (and past Chair), a Director of Art Business Loans and holds other a Non-Executive/Trustee roles.

She is an industry speaker and recently chaired two panel discussion at the UK Metals Expo. and she occasionally appears on TV, local and national, talking about manufacturing and particularly the metals sector.

In 2023 she founded the Women in Industry Podcast and launched the Women with Metal Conference.

She has won several awards and on Friday 13th October is a finalist in the Women of the Year Awards.

Thank You

For your generous gifts to our goody bags

Please do give the following companies a like or share on their socials so they can feel our appreciation.

MyWorkWear have generously supplied the printed bags (and don’t they look fabulous!)

Marshall Harmony have generously provided the umbrellas (gorgeous!)

Arun Technology have generously provided the hand warmers (stylish yet practical)

Crowe UK have generously provided the manufacturing outlook report and the pen (snazzy and useful)

Professional Polishing Servics have supplied the vegan lipbalm and the notebook.

Thank You

UK Metals Expo have generously made a payment which will be donated to SheRise on behalf of all the speakers here today. SheRise is a heart-warming community project created from Future Gen.

SheRise is here to make an inspirational & positive impact on young females in Birmingham & surrounding cities.

Their aim is to connect with young females from black and mixed race ethnicity and empower them to elevate in their personal development, life skills as well as teaching them the importance of self love and acceptance! They are looking for volunteer mentors in 2024 so please do speak to Justice or Kirsty if you are interested in finding out more and we can arrange an introduction.

A personal note

As I write the final page (at 9am on the 9th Octoberyes, it should have been done before this) I am sitting at my desk, feeling the fear. What if no-one turns up?

what if I make a complete hash of it? (I have complete confidence in all the speakers, it’s myself I’m worried about!)

What if I can’t pull this off?

What if I fail?

Let’s turn that around.

What if I don’t fail?

Sometimes we have to take that step to find out. And it’s because of your support I get this chance to find out...