Audrey Anderson has had a diverse career working in the Oil industry but left to study for her Law Degree.
After graduating, Audrey intended to go on to train as a lawyer but a personal tragedy prevented her pursuing that course. Audrey worked for a number of years in the legal sector and left that a year ago to set up her own company, Firstcall Builders.
Avril is a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who has achieved an enormous amount in a life founded on a theatrical background, punctuated by hard work and adversity, to her business life is just another performance.
Avril has danced her way to success. But this speaker's brains are not in her feet. She now runs The Cloud Hotel, in Brockenhurst in the New Forest which has just won the regional South East Tourism Excellence Awards "Small Hotel of the Year", which she rescued from the brink of recession, and now addresses international audiences. Her simple message is "Reach your full Potential".
Barbara Chambers has over 14 years of marketing and event management experience, working with organisations such as ACEA, Women's Environmental Network, M&M Cosmetics and Oasis UK. She is a marketing graduate and a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Prior to starting her own business, Barbara worked with GE Capital and Gyro Communications, where she worked on client accounts such as Dixons, Currys and Hewlett Packard.
Barbara's key strengths are in the area of strategic marketing, brand development and marketing promotions. Her knowledge and relationship within the charity sector and niche marketing are key assets for clients wishing to create marketing opportunities.
Baroness Warsi
Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion and Social Action
Sayeeda Warsi is a member of David Cameron's Shadow Cabinet and has been politically active from her early college days when she was elected as the Vice President of the Student Union. She was instrumental in the launch of Operation Black Vote in West Yorkshire in 1996 and she stood as a candidate in the 2005 general election. In June 2005, she was appointed a vice chairman of the Conservative Party with responsibility for cities. In June 2007, Sayeeda was appointed Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion and in October 2007 she was appointed Shadow Minister for Social Action.
Brenda Emmanus has had an exciting and varied career in the media. Her warm and vibrant presentation style can be seen as BBC London’s Entertainment Correspondent'. Prior to this Brenda made her mark as one of the main presenters on BBC 1's 'The Clothes Show', as well as regular appearances on 'This Morning', 'Money Matters' and 'Black Britain'.
Brenda's journalistic skills have led to her interviewing some major international celebrities including actors Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Matt Damon and Alicia Silverstone; musicians such as Jennifer Lopez, Mick Hucknall and Celine Dion, and numerous soap opera and sports stars.
Celine Loader graduated with a Masters Degree in Development Economics from Reading University , after which she worked for the software giant Microsoft for eight years, holding various middle to senior positions, including Strategic/Marketing Planning Analyst, Internal Communications Manager and Regional Product Manager (Africa & Middle East).
In 2003, she set up her own media company, Aspire Media Ltd, which launched the international glossy magazine ASPIRE - a premier lifestyle magazine aimed at a multicultural audience of upwardly mobile women of colour.
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