Past Speakers

Kennedy, Email Marketing Heroes
Event: Twenty Twenty Bar, Newcastle

Laurie Stirling, Growth Cashflow & Exit Strategist
Event: The Word, South Shields

Nic Readman, Voice Coach, Voiceover & Podcaster
Event: The Angel View Inn, Gateshead

Ian Levy, Founder, Team Training Group
Event: Beacon of Light, Sunderland

Ann English, Founder, Create Intrigue
Event: The Alchemist, Newcastle

Georgina Williams-Hodgson, Founder, Nousana
Event: The Angel View Inn, Gateshead

Sharon MacArthur, Founder, Miss Menopause
Event: Durham University, Durham

Yulia Dzenkovska, Founder, Service Design North
Event: Twenty Twenty Bar, Newcastle

Chris Scorer, International Schools Manager, Century Tech
Event: Digital Up North Hub, Gateshead College

Shane Knox, Director, Not Another Statistic Northeast CIC
Event: The Old Rectory, Houghton-le-Spring

Alan Green, founder, Alan Green Photography
Event: Northern Design Centre, Gateshead

Aoife Forbes, founder, Forbes Finishings
Event: Spanish City, Whitley Bay

Anne-Marie Chiswell, Assistant Principal Business and Community,
Bishop Auckland College
Event: McIntyre Centre, Bishop Auckland

Moira Barnes, Managing Director,
Moira Barnes Sales Consultancy
Event: Mercure Newcastle George Washington Hotel, Golf & Spa

John McDonald, Founder,
Eagles Wings Consultancy
Event: The Customs House, South Shields

Lisa Bean, Founder,
LisaBean.com
Event: Sheepfold Stables, Sunderland

Helen Morrell, Founder,
Morrell Financial Management
Event: Orbit, NETPark, Durham

Nicola Halse, Founder,
Riverside Marketing Solutions
Event: One Trinity Green

Claire Pickersgill, Founder,
House of Hype & Co.
Event: The Core, Newcastle

Dave Head, Founder,
Northern Designers
Event: The Angel View Inn

James Hanson, Director,
Layers Studio
Event: Arts Centre Washington

Paul Lancaster, Founder
Platform, UK Startup Week
Event: Tapyard Studios, Newcastle

Mark Renney, Director
Wubbleyou
Event: The Fire Station, Sunderland

Danny Harris, Senior Delivery Lead
Waterstons Ltd
Event: Waterstons, Durham

Dr Justine Carrion-Weiss, Director
The Blooming Platypus
Event: Holiday Inn Jesmond, Newcastle

Jon Place, Director
Integrity Technology Solutions
Event: Chaopraya, Newcastle

Nicola Farndell, Founder
Life Now Coaching
Event: The Word, South Shields

Chris Stephenson, Design Lead
Vida Creative
Event: Toffee Factory, Newcastle

Jamie Pell, Managing Director
AM Training (North East) Ltd
Event: Gateshead College, Gateshead

Empire Creative Learning team
Sunderland Empire Theatre Trust
Event: Sunderland Empire Theatre

Samuel Marriott-Dowding, CEO
Marriott Communications
Event: The Lumen, Newcastle

Lesley Renwick, Business Growth Consultant
UberElla
Event: Diego’s Joint, Sunderland

Graham Robson, Business Advisor
Business Doctors
Event: Ravensworth Golf Club, Gateshead

Ann English, Visual Strategist
Creative Intrigue
Event: The New Sundial, South Shields

Emma Crowe, Managing Director
Social Plus NE
Event: N.E BIC, Sunderland