Conference 2026
Balance the Board Conference 2026
Attendees
| First name | Last name | Role | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly | Addison | Founder, EVP & Managing Partner | Balance the Board, Elevate Talent |
| Stephanie | Aitken | Director | Stephanie Aitken Consulting |
| Lara | Altamimi | EA Senior Leadership Team | Elevate Talent |
| Imogen | Anderson-Arnold | Global Head of Search Operations | Elevate Talent |
| Vicki | Angelo | Head of People | JDM Food Group |
| Leanne | Armstrong | Director | Black Ivy Design |
| Carly | Arnold | Chief R&D Officer | Nomad Foods Europe |
| Claire | Arnold | MD | CA Partners |
| Vivienne | Artz OBE | CEO | Women Business Leaders Review |
| Deena | Ataid | Director | Heriots |
| Haroon | Bashir | Associate Professor in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion | University College Birmingham |
| Arun | Batra OBE | Former Executive at Uber, and Partner at EY | Uber, Snap, Ex-EY |
| Dagmar | Binstead | Unleashed Women Ambassador | The Hunger Project |
| Nicola | Bird | Founder | Nicola Bird Art |
| Bozena | Birt | Partner | AlixPartners |
| Nikki | Bowmaker | Chief People Officer | Vixio |
| Tamara | Box | Chair, NED & senior advisor | Portfolio |
| Oana | Brasoveanu | Photographer | The Makers |
| Diana | Brightmore-Armour | INED | Marsh |
| Kathryn | Britten | Partner & Managing Director | AlixPartners |
| Joy | Burnford | Founder | Encompass Equality |
| Estelle | Candau | Associate | Goodwin Procter LLP |
| Gemma | Carver | Head of Consumer Industries EMEA | Adobe |
| Gem | Catlin | Chief Operating Officer | Fractional |
| Heather | Ceresia | HR Business Partner | Elevate |
| Lee | Chambers | CEO | Male Allies UK |
| Rishan | Chopra | Founder & CEO | Adgent |
| Sophie | Clark | Group Director of Resourcing | Entain |
| Romy | Clay | Property Director | Flat Iron |
| Jason | Cotta | CEO | JCC Advisory & Consulting Ltd |
| Sasha | Covington | Eurasia Operations Director | JLL |
| Charlotte | Cox | Founder | Sunbrand |
| Matt | Crumpler | Group CFO | Arcturus Restaurant Group |
| Rebecca | Davies | Director of Programmes and Partnerships | Moving Ahead |
| Alex | Dawson | Chief Balance Officer | Balance the Board |
| Caroline | Diehl MBE | Founder | Social Founders |
| Liz | Dimmock | Founder & CEO | Moving Ahead |
| Elena | Doldor | Professor of Leadership & Diversity | Queen Mary University |
| Ronan | Dunne | Chair, NED & Strategic Advisor | Six Nations Rugby, uFurnish, Kore Labs |
| Annemarie | Durbin | Board Chair | Yorkshire Building Society |
| Lynette | Eastman | Chair, People, Pay & Culture Committee and NED | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
| Donna | Edmead | Resourcing Operations Manager | Entain |
| Kiran | Elliott | Founder & HR Director | Flourish HR & Coaching |
| Ben | Elsey | Founder & Director | Macen Associates Ltd |
| Helen | Evans-Morris | Lead Strategist | Great State |
| Cristina | Fedi | Head of Brand | Flat Iron |
| Charlie | Fey | Managing Partner, Consumer & Lifestyle | Elevate Talent |
| Claire | Flowers | Partnerships Director | Potter Raper Ltd |
| Ben | Fried | Global Managing Partner Entertainment & Gaming | Elevate Talent |
| Simon | Godfrey | Deputy Chair | Scope |
| Claire | Good | Chief Operations Officer | Travelodge Hotels Ltd |
| Sinead | Greenaway | Director, Technology | Ex BBC |
| Mary | Gregory | Founder & CEO | Mary Gregory |
| Amy | Grilli | Founder | Five Hour Club |
| Armelle | Guillet | Fractional CMO | Growth & Marketing |
| Helen | Hannan Evans | Founder and Managing Director | The Listening People |
| Lynnette | Happ | Partner, Media & Entertainment | Elevate Talent |
| Gill | Hardy | Founder | Gill Hardy Advisory |
| Bernadette | Harrison | Head of Programme Mgt & Product Sustainability | Rotork PLC |
| Stephanie | Hatton | Managing Partner, Media & Entertainment | Elevate Talent |
| Will | Hawkley | Partner, Global Head of Leisure & Hospitality | KPMG |
| Gaby | Heppner-Logan | Independent Board Committee Member | Dept for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade |
| Maddi | Hopcraft | Comms Campaign Specialist | Vodafone Business |
| Tracy | Isacke | CEO | Redberry Consulting |
| Davinia | Jash | Head of Strategy | Marks & Spencer |
| Kerensa | Jennings | Chair, NED, Strategic Advisor | Knight Frank, Southern Water, Sir John Soane's Museum |
| Aisling | Kemp | Founder & Strategic Advisor | Teampak Consulting Ltd. & Newly Weds Foods |
| Bev | Kennard | Senior Project Manager | McMullen and Sons |
| Linda | Kennedy | Director of Investment & Growth (Property) | Punch Pubs |
| Áine | Kerr | Entrepreneur, NED & Broadcaster | Personally Speaking, Clinch Wealth Management |
| Lucy | Kidd | Co Founder | Collaboration Equation |
| Jennifer | King | CEO | Blended AI Education |
| Vicky | Kingsnorth | Conference Administrator | Balance the Board |
| Gina | Knight | Head of People | Flat Iron |
| Isabel | Knight | Founder | Fearless Female Investors |
| Samantha | Liebenberg | Founder | Closer Crystals & Galleria |
| Jeannette | Linfoot | Founder | Brave Bold Brilliant |
| Paula | MacKenzie | CEO & Board Advisor | PizzaExpress |
| Theano | Manolopoulou | Senior Legal Counsel | Duco Technology |
| Christine | Martin | Co Founder | Peach 20/20 & Boardwalk |
| Karen | McCabe | People Director | JoJo Maman Bebe |
| Sally Ann | McNab | Vice President International Strategy | Vertex |
| Becca | Meadows | Co-Founder | The Foundry Ltd. |
| Fiona | Mellor | Executive Talent Director | Associated British Foods |
| Jodi | Molyneux-Webb | Senior Strategic Partnerships Manager | Vodafone Business |
| Jackie | Moody-McNamara | MD | Be Brilliant |
| Melody | Moore | Director | Liberare Consulting |
| Mark | Moreau | Global President | Elevate Talent |
| Kat | Morgan | Head of Commercial Finance | McMullen and Sons |
| Rachel | Morris | Executive Coach & Partner | Motion Learning |
| Sarah | Morris | Founder | Danu Ireland |
| Ceri | Moyers | Founder | Circle Partnership |
| Ileana | Nitu | Finance Director | Egis |
| Tove | Okunniwa MBE | Group Partnerships Director | BBC |
| Cordelia | Osewa-Ediae | Founder & Principal Consultant | Cemsed Consultancy Ltd |
| Simon | Parsons | Founder | SP Exec |
| Seema | Paterson | Director | Smile Be Curious Limited |
| Vanessa | Pazos | Founder | Noba Capital |
| Stacy | Picker | Head of Production | JDM Food Group |
| Rob | Pierre | Founder | Investor |
| Teresa | Quinn | Head of Global Security | TUI Group |
| Kavita | Reddi | Chair and Co-Founder | Remco and Voxta |
| Kath | Reynolds | Founder & CEO | Balance Recruitment |
| Tara | Rule | CEO & Founder | Tara Rule Ltd |
| Katherine | Russell | Independent Director & NED | Urban Land Institute, Real Harbour Capital |
| Ben | Saffer | CEO | Supervision |
| Mariana | Saraceni | Founder | The Happiness Consultancy |
| Cathy | Sebborn | Finance Controller | McMullen and Sons |
| Sam | Sheriff | Chief People & Places Officer | Allwyn Entertainment |
| Kate | Simon | Partner | AlixPartners |
| Monika | Simonaityte | Head of ATC Technology | Manchester Airports Group |
| Sara | Smalley | Co-Founder | The Foundry Ltd. |
| Claire | Smith | Founder | We are Kin Studio |
| Roseanne | Spagnuolo | Chief Research & Data Officer, Regulatory Intelligence | Vixio |
| Bert | Stemarthe | Executive Coach | Motion Learning |
| Stephanie | Stirling | Head of Finance | Flat Iron |
| Jenny | Stratham | Property Director | McMullen and Sons |
| Samantha | Swan | Employer Brand Manager | Entain |
| Micky | Swindale | Partner, Global Head of Sales Enablement | KPMG |
| Charlie | Tatum | Resourcing Advisor | Entain |
| Louise | Tierney | Operations Manager | Bloomberg |
| Nicola | Tilbury | Director | Potter Raper Ltd |
| Anna | Tomkins | Group Talent Director | BSI Group |
| Anni | Townend | Co Founder | Collaboration Equation |
| Eme | Udoma-Herman | COO | Fora |
| Valentin | Verzeanu | Videographer | The Makers |
| Andy | Wardlaw | Senior Partner, Media & Entertainment | Elevate Talent |
| Louisa | Watson | Marketing Director & Sustainability Lead | Wyboston Lakes |
| Julie | Weaver | HR Operations Manager | Hall & Woodhouse |
| Amelia | Webb | Account Manager | Newly Weds Foods |
| Sue | Whalley | Chief People & Performance Officer | Associated British Foods |
| Katherine | White | People & Culture Director | Wyboston Lakes |
| Ariel | White-Tsimikalis | Partner | Goodwin Procter LLP |
| Emma | Woods | Chair, Plural Non-Exec Director | Ancient + Brave, Great Portland Estates, Saga Plc |
| April | Woodward | Procurement Director | JDM Food Group |
| Salle | Wroblewski | Regional Director | Amber Taverns |
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