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Professional Services
Affiliate

Gavin Jones

Regional Director

People Puzzles

Sponsor

Sam Bowler

Sales and Marketing Associate

Initium Corporate Finance

Guest

Craig McVoy

Founder & CEO

Turnkey

Guest

Jay Tikam

Founder & CEO

Vedanvi Ltd

Guest

Thomas Lloyd-Evans

Partner

Novara

Guest

Ciaran Dorrity

Director

Envision Sustainability & Energy

Guest

Kurt McSweeney

Sales Director and Senior Financial Planner

Amber Financial Planning

Member Team

Katie Eades

Marketing Director

OceanWise Ltd

Member

Bhavika Nesbitt

Regional Office Head and Client Director

Wilson Partners

Sponsor

Jon-Paul Casati

Principal Associate

Weightmans

Sponsor

Andrew Roberts

Head of Manufacturing and Litigation Partner

Weightmans

Affiliate

Daniel Broome

Regional Director - South

People Puzzles

Guest

Zoe Rudling

Partner

RSM

Sponsor

Seema Champaneri

Commercial HR Rely Lead

Weightmans

Partner

Sarah Perry

Legal Consultant

Weightmans

Topic Expert

Mark Bentley

Client Development Director and Co-Owner

Initium Corporate Finance

Member

Emma Richards

Innovations Director

Wilson Partners

Sponsor

Andrew Forrest

Partner

Weightmans

Member

Caroline Levey

Managing Director

OceanWise

Member

Allan Wilson

Managing Director

Wilson Partners Limited

Engineering, Manufacturing, Logistics & Automation
Member

Hanah Maradza

Finance Manager

Guthrie Douglas

Guest

Sharon Shumbambiri

Group Commercial and Legal Executive

Prodrive

Guest

Paul Rivers

Managing Director

Guidance Automation Ltd

Member Team

Khin Hlaing

Estimating and Contracts Department Manager

Preedy Glass

Member Team

Andy Seager

Associate Sales Director

Indium Corporation

Member Team

Karthik Vijay

Senior Technical Manager

Indium Corporation

Member

Jakki Dean

Internal Sales and Business Services Manager

Indium Corporation

Member Team

Laura Church

Global Head of Environmental, Health and Safety

Indium Corporation

Member

Andrew Kitching

Managing Director

Guthrie Douglas Group Limited

Member

Tina Buckley

Finance Director

Capula

Member

Richard Pearman

Group Managing Director

Tappex Thread Inserts Ltd

Member

Steve Noakes

Managing Director

Pioneer Safety Group and Pyroban Limited

Member

Steve Webber

Managing Director

The Rooflight Company

Member

Simon Coombs

Managing Director

Capula

Member Team

Laura Preedy

Customer Account Manager

Preedy Glass

Member Team

Gareth Preedy

Assistant Contracts Manager

Preedy Glass

Member

Brian Craig

Managing Director

Indium Corporation

Member

Andrea Millington

Operations Director

Preedy Glass

Member

Alison Day

Senior Operations Manager

Indium Corporation

Sales, Marketing & Communications
MD2MD Team

Mattee Kholmov

Regional Development Manager

Blue Square

Topic Expert

Lucy Cumber

Founder

Talent Bloom Ltd

Guest

Paul Thomas

Founder

pro-spective

Topic Expert

David Fenton

Regional Director (Thames Valley)

The Marketing Centre

Guest

Dylan Kohlstadt

Founder & CEO

ShiftOne

Guest

Caroline O’Connor

Director

Fourth Born

Guest

Conor McGrath

CEO

Evo-Scale

Member

Amy Simpson

Co-Founder

Yours Sincerely

Affiliate

Andrew Milbourn

CEO

Kiss the Fish

Affiliate

Colin Jeken

Regional Director

Kiss the Fish

Affiliate

Matthew North

Regional Director

The CFO Centre UK

Member

Lisa Gibson

Head of Comms and PR

Yours Sincerely

Member

Mariana Pessoa

Managing Director

Managed Language

Member, Topic Expert

Dominic Baliszewski

Co-Founder & Director

Yours Sincerely

Member

Nick Birtwistle

Chief Revenue Officer

Macrium Software

Member

Emma Russell

Managing Director

Northstar Marketing

Coaching, Consulting & Speaking
Topic Expert

Lucy Cumber

Founder

Talent Bloom Ltd

Topic Expert

Katie Allen

Inclusion Confidence Coach & Consultant

Katie Allen Consulting

Topic Expert

Kat Thorne

International Keynote Speaker

The Morning GameChanger

Guest

Liz Elwell

Director

Origin People & Culture

Topic Expert

Jo Smith

Executive Coach

Jo Smith Coaching and Consulting

Member

Kay Taylor

Director

Origin People & Culture

Topic Expert

George Anderson

George Anderson Speaking

Education & Training
Guest

Stephen Cross

Managing Director

Paterson

Guest

Alistair Johnston

Business Development Manager

mySMEleader

Guest

James Hunt

Managing Director

Everyman Advisory

Guest

Philippa Richardson

Founder

The Circle Line

Guest
Barry King MD2MD

Barry King

Managing Director

Radcliffe Gower

Guest

Hannah Lloyd

Consultant

Seren Skills Network Ltd

Guest

Emma Wasike

Director

Seren Skills Network Ltd

Sponsor

Gina Wookey

Business Development Manager

APM: Association for Project Management

Sponsor

Gary Rymer

Business Development Manager

APM: Association for Project Management

Member

Charles Dall’Omo

CEO

Train Together Ltd

MD2MD Team

Simon Kirby

Leadership Consultant & Performance Coach

Wakeman and Wright Group & GiANT

MD2MD Team

Ben Pike

Founder & Director

mySMEleader

Topic Expert

Teresa Boughey

Founder & CEO

Jungle HR Ltd

Topic Expert

George Anderson

George Anderson Speaking

Healthcare, Social Support and Charities/Not-for-profit Organisations
Member

Marsha Powell

CEO

BelEve

Guest

Ian Jones

Managing Director (Recently retired)

Care & Independence Ltd

Member

David Murray

Executive Director

Sustainability First

Guest

Ben Wilson

Clinical Director

Baton of Hope

Sponsor

Karl Wood

CEO

Our Pulse

Sponsor

Dave Swann

COO

Our Pulse

AI, Technology & Telecoms
Guest

Ishani Gaur

Co-Founder & CEO

Akoni Technologies

Guest

Mahesh Kumar

Co-founder & CEO

Akoni Technologies

Guest

Francesca Perryman

Head of Sales & Marketing

Akoni Technologies

MD2MD Team

Simon Thomas

Group Facilitator

Guest

Klaus Allion

Managing Director

ANT Telecommunications Ltd

Guest

Andy Wheeler

Managing Director

Grosvenor Systems

Affiliate

Andy Hart

Director - West Midlands

Freeman Clarke

Member Team

Enrico Buglione

Business Unit Director

Epro

Guest

Luke Mead

Tech Entrepreneur

LMS Group Holdings Ltd

Member

Andy Atwell

Managing Director

RGB Communications Ltd

Member

Andy Jefferies

CEO

Ntegra

Member

Rohit Thakral

CEO

Target Integration

Member

Mark Rose

Managing Director

Tracker Network (UK)

Member

Jonathan Elliott

Managing Director

Epro

Guest

Chimezie Emewulu

Founder

SeamFix

Sponsor

Sally Rainbow-Ockwell

Director - Thames Valley

Freeman Clarke

Property & Real Estate
Guest

Dan Channer

Group Managing Director

Haslams Estate Agents & Michael Hardy

Member Team

Duncan Harvey

Interim Head of Housing Growth and Regeneration

Homes in Somerset

Member

Peter Hatch

CEO

Homes in Somerset

Travel, Retail, Hospitality & Events
Guest

Cliff Lee-Fatt

Managing Director

Vimana Private Jets

Entertainment, Arts & Media
Guest

Matthew Cope

Magician

Matthew J Magic & Variety Arts

Community Supporter

Sam Fenton

Founder

Untold Story Video

Construction, Trade & Facilities Services
Member Team

Adam Mullins

Associate Director

Total Project Integration

Member Team

Mark Kench

Commercial Director

Woodford Group

Member Team

Habib Choudhry

Managing Director

Woodford Group

Member

Ian Harris

Managing Director

Maber Architects Ltd

Member

Matt Lightbody

Managing Director

Pam Building UK

Member

Oliver Bubb

Managing Director

LumiRetro

Member Team

Matt Roskams

Operations Manager

Pyroban

Member

Lee Wilmshurst

Managing Director

Steel Build

Member

George Skinner

Associate Director

Total Project Integration

Member

Ian Bray

Managing Director

GSS Architecture

MD2MD
MD2MD Team

Laura Bradley

Head of Marketing

MD2MD

MD2MD Team

Jo Luke

Business Development Director

MD2MD

MD2MD Team

Claire Ebbs

Executive Community Manager

MD2MD

MD2MD Team

Emma Phipps

Managing Director

MD2MD

Food & Beverage
Member

Sharon Jones

Head of Customer Services Finance & HR

I.T.S (International Taste Solutions Ltd)

Member Team
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Cristy Drake

Technical Manager

I.T.S (International Taste Solutions Ltd)

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