Eilidh Martina Cole is a British crime writer. As of 2021 she has released twenty-six novels about crime, most of which examine London's gangster underworld. Four of her novels, Dangerous Lady, The Jump, The Take and The Runaway have been adapted into high-rating television dramas. She has achieved sales of over fourteen million in the UK alone and her tenth novel, The Know, spent seven weeks on The Sunday Times hardback best-sellers list.
A social enterprise is an organization that applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in financial, social and environmental well-being. This may include maximizing social impact alongside profits for co-owners.
Tamara Mellon is a British fashion entrepreneur who co-founded the luxury footwear brand Jimmy Choo. She founded her namesake luxury footwear brand, Tamara Mellon, with co-founder and CEO Jill Layfield and Tania Spinelli, chief data officer, in 2016.
Ruth Wendy Langsford is an English television presenter. She has presented various television shows, including This Morning (1999–2022), of which she is the longest-serving presenter, Gift Wrapped (2014), How the Other Half Lives (2015–2019), and Ruth Langsford’s Fashion Edit (2017–present). Since 1999, Langsford has been a regular panellist on the ITV talk show Loose Women, becoming a presenter in 2013. In 2017, she took part in the fifteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, in which she finished in ninth place.
Alison Watt OBE FRSE RSA is a British painter who first came to national attention while still at college when she won the 1987 Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Kanya King,, is a British entrepreneur who founded the MOBO Awards.
Jacqueline Gold was a British businesswoman who was the executive chair of Gold Group International, Ann Summers, and Knickerbox.
Dame Mary Lesley Perkins, is an English billionaire who is the co-founder of Specsavers, the British retail optometry chain.
Alexis Bowater is a Devon-born British newsreader, journalist and women's campaigner. In response to her stalking experience whilst main anchor at ITV Westcountry, she became the Chief Executive of the Network for Surviving Stalking and then campaigned for the laws to be changed in the UK and Europe. After stepping down as CEO, she set up her own communications and consultancy agency Bowater Communications.
The phrase women in business refers to female businesspeople who hold positions, particularly leadership in the fields of commerce, business, and entrepreneurship. It advocates for their increased participation in business.
Peter David Jones is an English entrepreneur, businessman, investor, and reality television personality, with interests in mobile phones, television, media, leisure, retail, and property. He is the last remaining original investor on the BBC One series Dragons' Den, and has appeared on other television programmes with similar formats.
Bunmi Koko was a Luxury Fashion Brand, based in London, England. Creative Director Bunmi Olaye and partner Francis Udom founded Bunmi Koko in 2009. The name was inspired by the designer's first name 'Bunmi' and the nickname given to her by her partner Francis; "Koko". The two phrases joined to mean, "God gave me my other half."
Eva Louise Rausing was a businesswoman and philanthropist, and a member of the Rausing family, which owns the food packaging business Tetra Pak. She was the wife of Hans Kristian Rausing, whom she met in a rehab clinic in her native U.S., and with whom she had four children.
Mindy Grossman is the former CEO of WW International. Her earlier career included executive roles at Ralph Lauren Corporation and Nike, and she was also CEO of HSN from 2006 - 2017. She has been listed on Financial Times's list of the Top 50 Women In World Business, and was ranked among Forbes' 100 Most Powerful Women In The World, as well as in Fortune's Top People in Business.
Diane Gilman is an American clothing designer and shopping channel television personality on HSN, where she is known as the "Jean Queen". May 2014 marked her 20th anniversary on the retail network, where she built her $150 million jeans empire. She is the number one selling fashion brand on HSN, and also appears regularly on TSC, QVCItaly, and QVCuk.
Frances McNeil, also writing as Frances Brody, is an English novelist and playwright, and has written extensively for radio.
Liz Hodgkinson is an author and journalist who has written more than 50 books. Her books have been translated into over 20 languages. She has also written articles for most of the major British national newspapers in London, and for magazines for women. She has taught journalism for a decade.
Edwina D. Dunn OBE is an English entrepreneur in the field of data science and customer business strategy. Since 2014, she has been the Chief Executive Officer of the consumer insights company, Starcount. She is also the founder of The Female Lead campaign. At the end of 2018, she was appointed to the board of the Government Centre for Data Ethics & Innovation.
Dame Alison Marie Rose-Slade is a British banker. She was chief executive of NatWest Group from November 2019 to July 2023 and the first woman to lead a major lender in the UK. She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 Birthday Honours.
Judy Piatkus is a British publisher, entrepreneur and author who founded Piatkus Books in 1979.
