Our 2026 Speakers .
Louise Saw
Business Growth / City of York Council
Dr Ikram Ul Haq
Senior Lecturer / York Business School
Ines Ouadah
Solicitor / Harrowells
Alison Norrington
Founder and Creative Director / storycentral
Dr Winojith Sanjeewa
University Lecturer / York Business School
Catherine Ellington
Coach, Mentor & Consultant
Ronke Lawal
PR Consultant and Founder / Ariatu PR
Phil Birchenall
Business Strategist / Diagonal Thinking
Ann Gurnell
Lecturer / York St John University
Helena Jones
Development Director / AY PE
Oswin Wan
Creative Art Director / Viridian FX
Dr Suzanne Livingston
Freelance Strategy Consultant
Louis Bamber
Joint MD / Button Down
Matt Rowley
Partner and Head of Commercial / Harrowells
Dr Brendan Paddison
Associate Dean / York Business School
Cherie Federico
Director / Aesthetica
Kit Monkman
Founder & Director / Viridian FX
Alison Grade
CEO and Founder / Mission Accomplished
Charles Cecil
Founder / Revolution Software
Farah Hussain
Founder / Farah Networking
Jessica Wright
Managing Director / Peel X
Mat Lazenby
Founder & Creative Director / LazenbyBrown
Chris Hassell
Founder and CEO / Ralph
Owen Turner
Founder/Managing Director/Creative Director, United by Design
