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Women Who Lead
Michelle Andrew has been called "the human LinkedIn" by a VP at Goldman Sachs, and it's not hard to see why. With 16+ years of cross-industry expertise spanning fintech, proptech, and telecoms, she's built a reputation for connecting the dots between tech scale-ups and
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Sandra Fava spent years as a partner in the Family Law Department at Fox Rothschild LLP, a national Am Law 200 firm based in Morristown, New Jersey. Despite professional success, she grew tired of being "treated differently from the men in the room" and left to found Fava
Women in VC
Shruti Shah knows what it feels like when investors override your instincts and how steep the price is when you let them. As co-founder and COO of Move Loot, a Y Combinator-backed online marketplace for used furniture, Shah and her team raised $22 million and led national expansion, building a
Women Who Lead
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 Consulting, an
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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
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
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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. A
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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 agency, she had
Women Who Lead
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 Carbon
Law
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 companies on
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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 videos, product
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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, equality, and inclusion across the global gaming