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Women Who Lead
Dr. Silja Litvin brings a rare combination to executive coaching: a background as a clinical psychologist, over a decade as CEO of PsycApps, an evidence-based mental health company, and firsthand experience navigating the pressures of building and running a business. In addition to leading her company, she also works
Consulting & Advisory Partners
Whole Person Conversations™ trains wealth advisors to hear the loss inside a client's transition, not just the numbers. Founded in 2021 by Melissa M. Douaire, the practice brings awareness to the meaning and validation that losses crave and require, teaching emotional fluency as a retention discipline through four
Women in VC
Tahira Dosani has spent her career betting on the idea that serving the customers everyone else calls "too risky" is actually the biggest opportunity in fintech. She has backed more than 75 early-stage fintech startups, including four unicorns, through roles at Accion Venture Lab and LeapFrog Investments.
Women Who Lead
After 30 years leading teams across the private, public, and voluntary sectors, Astrid Davies made the leap into consultancy to do something she couldn't do as an employee: work with a wider range of clients, on her own terms. Today she runs Astrid Davies Consulting, helping leaders navigate
Consulting & Advisory Partners
ENVOLV was founded to make sustainability and ESG accessible to SMEs and mid-market businesses. As a 100% women-owned consultancy, ENVOLV develops strategies that empower businesses to grow sustainably, unlocking new investment, customers and developing a purpose-driven culture that adds value. From fractional leadership to full project design,
Women Who Lead
Vanessa Garcia knows that hiring the right leader can make or break an organization, yet too many executive search firms treat it like a transaction: fill the role, move on to the next one. She set out to do things differently, and in 2015, she and a business partner launched
Women Who Lead
For nearly 20 years, Helen Burness worked across global law firms, barristers' chambers and one of the UK's first alternative legal service providers, watching the legal sector from every angle. What she saw again and again was a visibility gap: brilliant founders and smaller legal businesses doing
Women Who Lead
After more than a decade teaching law and splitting her life between Portugal and San Francisco, Eleanor Lumsden made a choice many people only dream about: she stepped away from academia to build something entirely her own. Today, from her home base in Madeira, she is the founder and curator
PR Partners
Big Top is an independent communications agency founded by Charlie Le Rougetel, delivering creative PR, digital campaigns, social content, award entries and honest strategic support that gets people talking and taking action. Since 2014, we’ve worked with award-winning events and brands including New Scientist Live, Business Travel Show,
Legal Partners
The Cartwright Law Firm, Inc. has been representing clients for more than 70 years and is dedicating to fighting for the justice each and every client deserves. Visit website
Women Who Lead
After two decades leading ESG departments and shaping diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy for major organizations, Gemma Branney made the leap into entrepreneurship. In March 2025, she co-founded ENVOLV alongside Mhairi Cameron, a woman-owned sustainability consultancy that spans media, tech, recruitment, professional services, events, and the charity sector.
Women Who Lead
Sonia Hunt's career reads like a masterclass in intentional design. After more than 20 years as a marketing executive working with brands like Apple, TiVo, LVMH, Califia Farms, and Sephora, where she won the 2015 WWD Digital Innovator of the Year award, she made the leap from operator