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Women Who Lead

From Retail to Royalty to Running Her Own Show: Astrid Davies on Leadership for "Accidental Leaders" and Why Groupthink Dooms Organizations

After 35 years leading high-performing teams across private, public, and voluntary sectors—navigating everything from high street retail to property (where she worked with Royalty and Hollywood A-listers)—Astrid Davies MA FIoL decided she wanted to "run her own show." In 2017, she founded Astrid Davies

Law

Dian Trabulsy on Legal Gaps Stalling Women-Led Startups and Building Faith-Aligned Businesses

Dian Trabulsy spent nearly fifteen years in New York City working for some of the nation's top law firms and Wall Street companies, navigating the complexity of corporate law, AI governance, and regulatory compliance. But the pace and culture left little room for the values that mattered most

Women in VC

Investors Aren't Your Customers: Sutin Yang on Why Founders Waste Years Fundraising, the 2-Minute Deck Rule, and Why Angels Beat VCs in This Market

Sutin Yang sold candy on the playground at age 6, started trading stocks at 16, and spent 12 years in finance—first on J.P. Morgan's trading floor, then investing in hedge funds—before finally doing what she'd always wanted: starting her own business. After hitting

Law

The AI Legal Trap and Peloton's Music Mistake: Stephanie Furgang Adwar on IP Protection from Day One, Mandatory vs. Optional Enforcement, and Building the First 100% Women-Owned Law Firm Certified by The She Mark

Stephanie Furgang Adwar has spent over three decades building one of the most respected intellectual property practices in entertainment and brand protection—first alongside her father at Furgang & Adwar, and now as co-founder of Adwar Ivko, formed through her 2023 merger of her firm with Ivko Law Group.

Women Who Lead

Walking Down Fleet Street With a Roll of Whiteboard Charts: Sallee Poinsette-Nash on Building Brandable & Co. From a Borrowed Meeting Room to World-Leading Firms, and Why AI Remains a Thought Partner (Never a Decision-Maker)

Sallee Poinsette-Nash spent 20+ years holding CEO and COO positions, working with HNWIs, and building her reputation as someone who could "work with the unworkable" before she founded Brandable & Co. in 2018. But when she finally left employment to launch her award-winning people-brand strategy

Women Who Lead

From 'Physically Sick' at Public Speaking to Hosting Award Ceremonies: Ilona Alcock on Building Elevate from Pandemic Redundancy and Why Strategic Networking Beats Spray-and-Pray

Ilona Alcock moved to Manchester in 2015 knowing exactly one person. When the pandemic hit five years later, she and co-founder Katie Robson were both made redundant—and instead of job hunting, they launched Elevate, a business development consultancy that's since become the world's first

Law

Privacy by Design Beats Retrofit Compliance: Shanti Hubbard on Legal Infrastructure That Scales and Avoiding Expensive Mistakes with IP Ownership and Contractor Misclassification

Shanti Hubbard co-founded Chan Hubbard PLLC in 2014 after years practicing at nationally premier law offices, including Skadden Arps and the Bronx Defenders, where she started her legal career as a public defender fighting for clients in the courtroom. Today, based in Brooklyn, she advises startups and growth-stage

Women Who Lead

AI Doesn’t Replace Creativity — It Accelerates It: Inside MConverts’ Approach to Modern Video Content

Manik Kochian founded MConverts to solve a problem most B2B brands know too well: content takes too long to produce, campaigns fall flat, and growth gets stuck. Based in Stockholm, her agency combines AI-powered video production with years of content marketing experience to help businesses create high-impact promotional

Women Who Lead

From All-In Diversity Project to Defy the Odds: Kelly Kehn on Building Industry-Wide Change and Why "Everyone Knows Everyone" Is Your Superpower

With over two decades in gaming and tech, Kelly Kehn has built a reputation as a connector, changemaker, and multi-award-winning leader who brings people together to build purpose-led businesses. In 2017, she co-founded the All-In Diversity Project, an industry-led non-profit that benchmarks diversity,

Women Who Lead

From Profound Loss to the BEM: Zoe Bennett on Building the MBCC Awards Through Grief, Why 'Things Happen For Us' Not To Us, and Coaching Resilience Without Burning Out

Zoe Bennett, BEM, didn't set out to become known as "The Motivational Queen." In 2011, her father Errol was brutally murdered in Jamaica, leaving her traumatized and fighting a three-and-a-half-year battle for justice. She had to identify his mutilated body. She received

Women Who Lead

From Puppy Mill Rescue to C-Suite Search: Vips Kirrage on Building Two Businesses Without Overthinking It

Vips Kirrage co-founded ConsultantBox in 2000 alongside her husband Simon, building a boutique executive search firm that has placed senior leaders across Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies for nearly three decades. Specializing in board-level searches for CEOs, CTOs, CISOs, and senior SAP, cybersecurity, and AI/ML leaders,

Women Who Lead

From the Magnetic North Pole to the Boardroom: Sue Stockdale on Leading Through Uncertainty, Building Global Podcasts, and the Explorer Mindset

In 1996, Sue Stockdale became the first British woman to ski to the Magnetic North Pole, selected from 500 applicants despite being a novice Arctic explorer. Since then, she's traversed some of the world's most extreme environments—from Antarctica to Greenland, Patagonia to the Wadi Rum