Festival of Entrepreneurs Session
Welcome to the Festival of Entrepreneurs
Sir Liam Fox
Chair, FOE
FOE 2025 Keynote Sessions (Day 1)
Can Britain Compete? What growing businesses need to thrive in 2025 and beyond
Ian O’Donnell MBE
Non-Executive Director, FSB
Anthony Impey
CEO, Be the Business
Louis Taylor CBE
CEO, British Business Bank
Irene Graham
CEO, Scale-Up Institute
Sir Liam Fox
Chair, FOE
How to make a billion in 9 steps
Richard Harpin
Founder, HomeServe
Alex Chisnall
Content Director, FOE
AI with impact: How founders are using it to scale smarter
Piers Linney
Co-Founder, Implement AI
James Smith
Founder, Critical Cloud
Dominic Kos
Founder, Cleverfox AI
Sabrina Stocker
Founder, Two Comma PR
Rob Hanna
Host, Legally Speaking Podcast
What It Really Takes to Build Fast - without breaking
Dom McGregor
Founder, Fearless Adventures
Samuel Pearton
Chief Marketing Officer, Polyhedra Network
Boris Diakonov
Founder, ANNA Money
Jo Dalton
Founder, JD&Co
Sabrina Stocker
Founder, Two Comma PR
Talent that scales: How top founders build teams that drive growth
Niki Avram
Advisor, Workwell
Roei Samuel
Founder, CONNECTD
Simon Gardiner
Co-Founder, Carrington West
Rob Hanna
Host, Legally Speaking Podcast
Scaling with Purpose: Founder Lessons from the Frontline of Innovation
Giovanna Forte
CEO, Forte Medical
Amanda Allan
Head of Charities and Financial Institutions, Barclays
From Startup Shelf to national brand: How consumer founders scale fast
Claire Warner
Founder, Æcorn Aperitifs
Laura Fullerton
Founder, Monk
Melissa Snover
Founder, Remedy Health
Mark Rushmore
Co-Founder, SURI
Jeanette Linfoot
Founder, Bold Brave Brilliant
The AI shift: How AI is reshaping marketing and business — and how founders can lead it
Piers Linney
Co-Founder, Implement AI
Alex Chisnall
Content Director, FOE
The story of LUSH: Building a global brand with values at its heart
Rowena Bird
Co-Founder, LUSH
Alex Chisnall
Content Director, FOE
FOE 2025 Keynote Sessions (Day 2)
When Women Lead: the founders and funders fuelling smarter growth
Catalina Valentina
CEO
Elixr
Luize Silina
Investment Analyst
Future Planet Capital
Jeanette Linfoot
Founder
Bold Brave Brilliant
Sheetal Singh
Interim Head of Innovation Banking
Barclays
You're Hired! Lessons from BBC TV’s The Apprentice
Tre Lowe
Founder
SOBO Club
Sabrina Stocker
Founder
Two Comma PR
Daniel Elahi
Founder
Revival Shots
Pete Cohen
Founder
Pete Cohen
James Burtt
Founder
Phonic Media
Who supports the CEO? Why great founders don’t lead alone
Rebecca Drew
CEO
Vistage
Raj Thiruchelvarajah
Founder
Hytro
Darren O'Reilly
Co-Founder
WholeSupp
Heba Bevan OBE
Founder
Utterberry
Rob Hanna
Host
Legally Speaking Podcast
Family, focus and fast growth: How Absolute Collagen became a UK success story
Maxine Laceby
Founder
Absolute Collagen
Darcy Laceby
Co-Founder
Absolute Collagen
Alex Chisnall
Co-Founder
Festival of Entrepreneurs
From protein bar to powerhouse: scaling the Grenade brand
Juliet Barratt
Co-Founder
Grenade
Jeannette Linfoot
Host
Brave Bold Brilliant Podcast
The story of Ted Baker: Creativity, culture and global brand building
Ray Kelvin CBE
Founder
Ted Baker
Alex Chisnall
Content Director
FOE
Scaling Smart: what fast-growth founders do differently
Raj Thiruchelvarajah
Founder
Hytro
Darren O'Reilly
Co-Founder
WholeSupp
Daniel Elahi
Founder
Revival Shots
Kostas Mavroulakis
Founder
Empact Ventures
James Burtt
Founder
Phonic Media
The founder’s edge: mindset strategies from the world of elite sport
Pete Cohen
Coach
Pete Cohen
James Burtt
Founder
Phonic Media