My formative years spent in M&A before moving into entrepreneurship. I remain the youngest person to have floated a company in the UK, IPO-ing on the London Stock Exchange at 29.
I now lead EnterpriseAlumni. California based our software powers the corporate alumni networks of some of the world's largest companies; leveraging this vast pool of people for recruitment, business development, marketing and community building.
We're VERY proud of many things including being the world's first scaling tech company with 50/50 gender balanced ownership and founding team. Be the change you want to see in the world :)
I love being UNICEF’s first Business Mentor. I truly believe entrepreneurship can change the world and the program embodies my belief that teaching basic business skills can change the course of someone's life. I conceived and launched their first crowdfund for Innovation Labs in Refugee Camps in 2017 and now advise on innovation.
I’m also lucky to have been selected by The Telegraph in 2012 to launch the business column in the Wonder Women section and now regularly contribute to other media.
And in 2016, I was awarded an MBE for Entrepreneurship by the Queen. Just dropping that in ...! That said, no bio of mine would be complete without mentioning the five stars I gained at my first job at 16 at McDonalds. I'm good at making fries!
And whilst I am at it... do watch the Tribeca winning documentary General Magic on iTunes. I’m a small part of the team behind it and being involved has been one of my greatest personal life highlights. It’s basically the story of how tech came to be.