About Us
As a team of four women running our own individual businesses, we have been continually amazed by the calibre of women who grab their lives and do something extraordinary.
We are making space and time with this wonderful event to showcase the extraordinary achievements of fabulous women, especially women who have had an ordinary start in life.
Our team:
Vicki Espin
Vicki is a professional corporate and executive coach with 18 years’ experience of working with UK and multi-national organisations representing a wide spectrum of business sectors. Working with senior individuals CEO’s, Directors and top teams, as an executive coach, within blue chip organisations in Europe wanting to move to a higher level of performance.
An accomplished speaker, Vicki has spoken at national and international conferences, and has co-authored a publication on cultural diversity.
Vicki holds an MA in Human Resource Strategy is a Fellow of The Coaching Academy, the largest coach training school in Europe. She is actively involved in coaching standards and is a member of the steering group for The National Occupational Standards for Coaching.
Vicki’s inspirational style of coaching means that she approaches every client relationship with a unique energy that results in the forming of transformational partnerships and leads to the achievement of powerful results.
Jackie Jones
Jackie has held a career in the Financial Services sector for 28 years. She has held senior roles leading large teams of people in Customer facing operations. Jackie has extensive experience in strategic planning and operational and management, creating a vision for the future and delivering that vision through the people she has led. Jackie has great experience in creating a culture where high performing teams are empowered to deliver results and holds a passion for developing the strengths and individual talents of others. Jackie is also an experienced executive coach and also a mentor for graduates. Jackie lives in North Staffordshire with her husband Keith, where her other passions include water colour painting, gardening and walking.
Liz Wray
Liz is a business psychologist who has worked in the public and private sectors, for the past 20 years, increasingly, in a global context.
Her passion is to work with individuals and teams, to increase performance in the workplace. Liz has particular expertise in learning methodology, using creative and unique approaches to development. Her current research interest is leadership within the current financial climate and how this impacts on stress and well-being.
She is a qualified medical and dental hypnotherapist and has actually scrubbed up and worked in partnership with an anaesthetist during a major operation.
Liz lives at the foot of the Yorkshire Wolds with her partner Paul and enjoys walking, reading and visiting National Trust properties.
Bess of Hardwick celebrates her 400th Anniversary this year and was the most Extraordinary Woman of her time!
Our Amazing Supporters
We are supported by a growing number of fabulous individuals and organisations who are contributing their time, energy, knowledge and outstanding skills to make Extraordinary Women a roaring success.
Nick Perry
Married with 2 young daughters, Nick Perry is 41 years old and has studied photography at college for 10 years and achieved City and Guilds qualifications to distinction level.
He has over 7 years experience of commercial photography, including:-
- portraits – both family and child portraiture
- weddings
- sport – including professional rugby, professional American football, formula 1
- business – portraiture for use on business websites
He is fully mobile with studio lighting and full top of the range digital SLR camera and lenses.
Liz Espin
Contemporary Florist
Liz Espin is married with 2 children and works in the Financial Services sector. Liz is a Personal Assistant to a Director of Independent Financial Advisers, Benson McGarvey Limited, a medium sized company and specialising in various areas of Financial Planning both for individual and corporate clients.
In her own time Liz focuses on her passion for Floral Art, with specific interest in the contempary Floral Designs. Liz has completed a two year part-time course and gained certificates in NCFE Level 1 and 2 in Creative Craft in flower arranging. Her inspiration comes from all the seasons and colours. She enjoys creating new designs for friends, family and her growing client base.
Fiona Dwyer
Fiona Dwyer presented, reported and produced for ITV Yorkshire’s live regional news/magazine programme, Calendar News, for fifteen and a half years. She has also reported live and recorded as-live inserts for ITN news and ITV’s former 24-hour news channel as well as presenting live daily radio news bulletins.
She is now a freelance voiceover artist and on-screen presenter. She has her own sound-proofed recording studio, complete with ISDN line, so she can offer voiceovers worldwide!
She has also set up her own PR & Marketing consultancy. Her expertise and experience as a journalist means that she knows and understands what makes a story and what reporters will write about. From copy writing and proof reading, press releases and column inches to full blown marketing strategies, corporate identity and re-branding.
Fiona Dwyer
Voiceover Artist
On-screen Presenter
PR & Marketing Consultant
Tel: 07515 631299
Email: Fiona@fdwyer.karoo.co.uk
Our Generous Contributors
Additional funds for Women V Cancer will be raised on the day through our luxury raffle. Which we are currently putting together.
