Laura Hutton is Co-Founder and Head of Fraud and Financial Markets at Quantexa – the start-up solving financial crime and terrorism through data analytics, AI and machine learning. Laura has over 12 years’ experience using data and network analysis to tackle fraud and financial crime. In the wake of the 2008 Jérôme Kerviel rogue trading...Read More

Saira Demmer joined Ignata as Head of M&A and became the CFO, before rising to UK CEO. Her knowledge in recruitment and talent solutions was honed during six years spent in Deloitte’s M&A strategy team, where she was involved in a number of high-profile deals in the recruitment sector. With her innate understanding of the...Read More

Retail is in my bones, all four of my grandparents worked in retail, yet we all had very different journeys within it. Whilst I’m known as a retail expert due to my television work, I’m actually a consumer expert. I trained academically at Salford University and INSEAD, and from the junior management teams in retail,...Read More

Loubna Bouarfa is an entrepreneur, machine learning expert with deep expertise in implementing and commercialising Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems; mainly for healthcare. Tell us a bit about yourself, background and your current role I’m a machine learning scientist turned entrepreneur by founding my own AI company OKRA, I’m also a mum of two amazing boys...Read More

Kate Vandenberg is Head of Women in Leadership at Sky. Tell us a bit about yourself, background and your current role In my current role, I’m responsible for driving Sky’s Diversity and Inclusion agenda, with a specific focus on promoting a gender balanced senior leadership team. However, for me, it’s not simply about increasing the...Read More

CC Clarke is one of the UK’s leading online disruptors – changing the way people receive, perceive and engage with online content. CC is one of the worlds most in demand fashion and beauty gurus within the digital arena. Her stats show that not only is she hugely in-demand but her on-going rise is epically...Read More

Lianna Champ knew that she wanted to be an undertaker from the age of nine. She went on to become the youngest female qualified funeral director in the country at a time when the industry was predominantly male. Lianna faced considerable resistance in her early days – with local male competitors trying to prevent her...Read More

Alex Fleming is President of Adecco UK&I, Office Angels and Pontoon UK at The Adecco Group. Alex worked her way up from Operations Manager at Adecco UK to now being the president of three brands across the UK and Ireland. She specialises in workforce solutions and is currently responsible for driving strategic direction, innovation and...Read More