
Tuesday 21 May 2024 was a remarkable and memorable evening. WeAreTheCity celebrated over 200 amazing women, male allies & companies at the Rising Star Awards Shortlist Celebration 2024!
Kindly hosted by Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), the 2024 Rising Star Awards shortlist was given the opportunity to network with each other, sponsors and judges and to celebrate their achievements.
During the evening, guests heard from some inspiring speakers including our very own Vanessa Vallely OBE, CEO WeAreTheCity, Dave Thomas; CEO Europe, Capital Markets and Wealth Management at RBC and Rebecca Evans; Business Development Manager at University of Warwick – Warwick Business School. The keynotes were followed by a panel with a number of Rising alumni which included Dr Victoria Kinkaid; British Army, Lauren Neal; Valued at Work, Kelly Ling; entrepreneur and Hannah Kupoluyi; founder of All Women’s Network.
The evening was not just a celebration of our shortlisters, it also provided ample opportunities to network and make friendships and connections for the future. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to RBC for hosting and to everyone who joined us for such an incredible evening.
We would like to congratulate all of the individuals shortlisted in this year’s Rising Star Awards, it was it was an absolute pleasure for our team, sponsors and judges to meet them all and find out about their incredible achievements to date.
The 2024 Rising Star Award winners have since been published you can view this year’s winners here. These individuals will be celebrated at the Londoner on 17 July, more information can be found here.
Nominations for our next Rising Star Awards will open in January 2025.

December
17dec10:0013:00Women, Girls and Autism | Recovery College NHFT
17/12/2025 10:00 - 13:00(GMT+00:00)
Danetre Hospital
Daventry NN11 4EB
Women, Girls and Autism: Understanding the challenges and inspiring hope The neurotypical world that autistic people live in can be a very confusing place when you struggle
The neurotypical world that autistic people live in can be a very confusing place when you struggle to understand yourself and your difficulties.
The course aims to inspire hope by raising awareness and understanding of the female presentation of autism.
We provide a safe, open space in which to explore the reasons why women and girls with autism are underdiagnosed, how to recognise autism in females and how and why women and girls ‘mask’ in social situations.
We openly welcome service users, carers and staff to come along and learn about autism in females and gain some insight from our peer trainer, living with autism herself, and the barriers she has needed to overcome in order to feel empowered to have a voice and speak out.
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18dec09:3011:00LONDON City Ladies Networking December Meeting | City Ladies
18/12/2025 09:30 - 11:00(GMT+00:00)
DoubleTree by Hilton London
Tower of London, 7 Pepys Street London, EC3N 4AF
Join us at our December breakfast meeting in London with your favourite City Ladies You can now book onto our December City Ladies London Networking breakfast, held
You can now book onto our December City Ladies London Networking breakfast, held at the Hilton.
Organised and hosted by familiar faces Natalie Turner and co-host Julia Darlington, this session will feature our incredible spotlight, Ilse Passet.
Ilse was 4x Chief Marketing Officer and ex-Accenture and since 2016, Ilse has been helping founders grow their business even in the toughest industries and economic environments. She is also a mindset and team performance coach. Since 2016, she has helped develop high performing business owners, leaders and their teams through powerful mindset tools combined with effective practical strategies.
She is also the creator of the Uncommon Results Method™, designed to help people achieve real results even if they’ve been stuck for a while. In our December Event, Ilse will talk about “How To Grow Your Business Even When It Feels like Nothing is Working”, by showing you the 3 biggest growth blockers that even the most ambitious founders face in their journey.
So come and join us up on the fantastic rooftop bar for a light breakfast and some friendly energetic networking with like minded women.
If you have any questions please email us at [email protected]
We advertise events hosted by external organisers. dates, times, speakers and venues may change. events may be postponed or cancelled. always confirm details with the organiser before making plans. tickets, payments and refunds are the organiser’s responsibility. WeAreTheCity does not accept liability for any loss arising from changes or cancellations.
