Festival 2025
highlights
See the people, ideas, and interactions behind the Festival.
Sir Richard Harpin (Founder - HomeServe)
Rowena Bird (Co-founder - LUSH Cosmetics)
Piers Linney MBE (Co-founder - Implement AI)
Juliet Barratt (Co-founder - Grenade)
Ray Kelvin CBE (Founder - Ted Baker)
Maxine & Darcy Laceby (Co-founders - Absolute Collagen)
Mark Rushmore (Co-founder - SURI Toothbrush)
Sir Liam Fox (Chair - Festival of Entrepreneurs)
Louis Taylor CBE (CEO - British Business Bank), Irene Graham OBE (CEO - Scale Up Institute), Ian O'Donnell MBE (Deputy Director of Policy - FSB), Anthony Impey (CEO - Be the Business)
Melissa Snover (Founder - Get Nourish3d), Laura Fuller (Founder - Monk), Claire Warner (Founder - Æcorn Drinks)
Boris Diankov (Co-founder ANNA Money), Sam Pearton (CMO - Polyhedra), Jo Dalton (Founder JD&Co)
Dom McGregor (Co-Founder - Social Chain), Sabrina Stocker (Founder - Two Comma PR)
Catalina Valentino (Co-founder ELIXR)
Tre Lowe (Founder SOBO)
Giovanna Forte (Founder - Forte Medical)
Heba Bevan OBE (Founder - Utterberry), Raj Thiruchelvarajah (Founder - Hytro), Rebecca Drew (CEO - Vistage)
Darren O'Reilly (Co-Founder - WholeSupp)
Daniel Elahi (Founder - Revival Shots)
The 2025 sponsors, exhibitors, partners and speakers who are either founders of or represent the following organisations