Jeanette started her working career as a receptionist, gained promotion to secretary and by the time she reached the position of personal assistant, was already identified as a person who was reliable and ‘got things done’.

Bianca has her own business, Gower-Soaps, which is unequally Welsh, and won the title of Young Welsh Female Entrepreneur 2011 at the Welsh Women Mean Business Awards for my work.

Founded in July 1998 by Debra Charles, Novacroft in Northampton specialises in data processing and management in the transport ticketing market.

Award winning social entrepreneur Melanie Bryan had a high flying career in management consultancy where she worked with household names across the world, before starting WhyNotChange in 2009.

Wendy started her first business at the age of 18 with her fiancée and by the age of 25 was Finance Director of a 1 million turnover furniture manufacturing business with 25 staff.

Teresa Boughey, founder of Jungle HR, has over 12 years HR experience at a Senior level within a variety of industries and sectors including FTSE 250, Financial Services, Travel Industry, Private and Public Sectors and a Sunday Times Top 100 Company

Claire Young is the straight talking, no-nonsense business woman who is well known for reaching the final of series 4 of BBC1’s The Apprentice (2008) watched by over 11 million viewers.

A former journalist with Archant Suffolk (previously Deputy Publisher of EADT Suffolk Magazine), Deborah heads award-winning Public Relations agency, Lexia Media.