Our Speakers
Kim Wallace
The Deputy CEO of Social Enterprise Scotland.
Social Enterprise Scotland (SES) is Scotland’s independent, membership-led voice for social enterprise. For mo...
Ann Pike
Member of West Lothian's Integration Joint Board and the COSLA Health Board
Ann was awarded a BEM in the 2025 New Year Honours for services to the Third Sector in West Lothian, recognisi...
Yinka Fadina
Chief Auditor
Panelist: Life-Stage Inclusive Workplace Culture (Menopause, Menstrual Health, Mental Health) Yinka is a Chief...
Dr Megan M Crawford
An Associate Professor at Edinburgh Napier Business School
Keynote Speaker: Designing Tomorrow’s Participation Infrastructure; Data, Innovation and Collaboration for a M...
Frama Aboh
Event Anchor /Co-Designer
Frama Aboh is a senior risk and controls executive at State Street, with extensive experience in governance, e...
Gael Drummond
Group CEO of Firstport, Scotland’s agency for social entrepreneurs
Keynote Speaker: Enterprise and Leadership Pathways Designed for Real Lives Gael Drummond is Group CEO of Firs...
Gaelle Roger
Business Adviser at Business Gateway Edinburgh
Gaelle Roger (Panelist – Topic: Funding Readiness, Access to Capital and Practical Routes to Growth) Gae...
Abi Odedeyi
AI consultant and trainer
Abi Odedeyi: is an AI consultant and trainer, a strategist and a keynote speaker. She’s the Founder of CodeFre...
Susan McKellar
Manager at The Scottish Women’s Convention (SWC)
Panelist : Life-Stage Inclusive Workplace Culture Susan McKellar is the manager at The Scottish Women’s Conven...
Laurie Macpherson
Career Mentor
Panelist: Return to Work, Career Change and Progression After a Break Laurie Macpherson is a respected career ...
Prof. Kathrin Cresswell
Professor of Digital Innovations in Health and Care at the University of Edinburgh.
Keynote: People, systems and technology: lessons from complex change in healthcare The keynote will consider w...
Heena Vyas
Founder, Fierce Elegance | Movement & Nervous System Wellbeing
Heena is a movement-based wellbeing practitioner and IT Consultant who helps high-achieving women regulate str...
YINKA FADINA
A Chief Auditor, a seasoned audit portfolio Head of Audit of Payments, Retail Banking, and Technology
Yinka Fadina is a Chief Auditor, with 20+ years of experience in the financial services industry. A seasoned a...
LARA OYEDELE
CEO of Black on Board Ltd, chairs Hope Housing, and has served on the boards of Southern Housing Group and Housing 21
Lara Oyedele is a respected leader with over 30 years’ experience in the social housing sector and a longstand...
SOPHIE MEDLIN
Dietitian & Nutritionist | Chair, British Dietetic Association (London)
Sophie Medlin – Consultant Dietitian & gut-health specialist with nearly 20 years’ clinical experience, fo...
Bal Matharu – PhD(c)
Advanced Respiratory Physiotherapist & trauma-informed nervous-system coach guiding high-achieving women from survival mode to embodied freedom.
After 20+ years treating symptoms as an Advanced Respiratory Physiotherapist while living with hypothyroidism,...
PATIENCE OGUNBONA
Award-winning Executive Business, Leadership and Confidence Coach, Speaker and Trainer
Patience Ogunbona is an award-winning executive business, leadership and confidence coach, inspirational speak...
Marianna Penna
CEO & Founder of WOW Women of Worth London and Partner at LEXeFISCAL LLP
With a background in Economics and over 25 years’ experience in finance, PR and marketing across Italy and the...
Jemima Nelson
Author, entrepreneur and advocate living with Sickle Cell Disease.
Born in Ghana and now living in Britain, Jemima knows what it means to wake up not knowing how her body will r...
KEELY WOOLLEY
Founder of Metamorforsuccess and creator of Thrive Beyond Boundaries, #1 bestselling and award-winning author.
Keely works with high-achieving women leaders who are successful on the outside but feel something essential h...
Dr ROXANNE KEYNEJAD
Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist and Clinical Senior Lecturer in Women’s Mental Health at King’s College London, specialising in the social determinants of women’s mental health and gender-based violence.
Dr Roxanne works clinically in the Lewisham Perinatal Mental Health Team and leads research at King’s Women’s ...
Blessing Mutamba
A multi award-winning programme leader, TEDx speaker and national and international pageant queen
Blessing Mutamba is a multi-award-winning programme leader, TEDx speaker and national and international pagean...
