Image Consultant and Director of Alicia Kite Academy

Alicia Kite is an independent Image Consultant and Director of Alicia Kite Academy with over 25 years experience in the image industry. She began her entrepreneurial career aged just 19, when she opened her first retail store in Sheffield. Alicia went on to open a further four successful shops across the Midlands and South Yorkshire, and had a business with a million pounds turnover. Selling top designer labels in both ladies and menswear including Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, Joseph, Nicole Fahri and Versace, Alicia Kite was amongst the first to introduce Moschino to the UK market. Over the years, Alicia went from strength to strength and when her personal circumstances changed, Alicia decided to share her knowledge with the public when she saw a gap in the market and launched Alicia Kite Academy. a training school for Image Consultants.

Alicia has helped thousands of people across all ages, shapes and sizes to discover their own individual style and make a positive change to their lives. Since leaving retail 14 years ago, Alicia continues to provide an array of consultancy services to individuals and companies alike including one-to-one and group sessions, training workshops, presentations, TV appearances and now with the Alicia Kite Academy, she provides the opportunity for new image consultants to build their own successful business... and so much more!

Visit: www.aliciakiteacademy.co.uk

Motivational Speaker, Coach and Consultant

Sue Stockdale brings a unique combination of business and adventure experience to her work as a motivational speaker, coach and consultant. She has inspired hundreds of business leaders and entrepreneurs worldwide to achieve goals they didn't think were possible by helping them overcome limiting beliefs and behaviours. Clients range from high growth businesses and Corporates to Rugby Football Union and Isle of Man Government. Her list of achievements is as impressive as it is varied: entrepreneur, polar explorer, athlete, author, coach, motivational speaker and consultant. In 1996 Sue became the first British woman to ski to the Magnetic North Pole, and has also been to Geographical North Pole, Antarctica and Greenland. As an athlete, Sue represented Scotland in 3000m and cross country events and more recently finished runner-up in Channel 4’s Superhuman. Sue has written two books - Kickstart Your Motivation, and Secrets of Successful Women Entrepreneurs and has an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Business Venturing.

She is highly respected in the women’s enterprise sector, and is Chair of the London Chapter of Women Presidents Organisation, a global organisation providing peer support for women business owners with annual turnovers in excess of £1million. Sue founded Mission Possible in 1997, a company supporting women’s business start up and growth, which she sold in 2009. Sue is now working with WEConnect Europe, the leading global supplier diversity initiative spearheading the connection of women-owned business and multinational corporations.

Website: www.suestockdale.com

Entrepreneur and Founder of Fink Cards

Lisa Warner is an enthusiastic and positive personality and a mother to four teenagers. She is on a mission to get families talking and believes that great family communication strengthens relationships and enables parents to raise confident, positive and sociable children. She founded Fink Cards (Family Interaction Nurtures Kids) in September 2008 to produce a range of products that start conversations. Within a year Lisa and her products had sold worldwide and been featured regularly in national media, including Chris Evan's BBC Radio 2 show, Radio 4's Women’s Hour, plus numerous magazine and newspapers articles, including She, Prima, Grazia and The Sunday Express.

Lisa and the Fink brand received further recognition when she won Female Entrepreneur of the year in the O2X Awards and became the only UK finalist in the Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards.

Once a teen mum and housewife, turned entrepreneur, Lisa is a believer in human potential, she has an inspirational and motivational spirit.

Lisa is currently working on developing new products and building volume sales both in the UK and abroad. She is also working closely with TV star and author, Sarah Newton to develop a new venture that supports and empowers young people to become successful public speakers.

You can find out more about Fink Cards by visiting www.finkcards.com

Trish Davidson

Founder and campaigner, Unchosen

Trish is a tireless campaigner who won the Extraordinary Personal Contribution award at the Extraordinary Women Awards in 2009 for her work in raising people's awareness about the horrific practice called human trafficking.  She set up her organisation Unchosen in 2008 which campaigns to raise awareness of Human Trafficking. Human Trafficking – which includes people being forced into the UK to work and be exploited – has become the second largest illegal industry worldwide, behind only the arms trade. The concept for "Unchosen" came about when Minister Stephen Newell and a group from his youth group organised a service called Stopthetraffik in May 2007. They invited along a nurse from Bristol, Ruth, who was just about to go and serve in Cambodia, with an organisation called Daughters. Daughters is a charity which looks after young girls aged 4 – 14 who have been sold into the sex trade primarily by their families. Trish says, “I knew then I had to do something, the mixture of poverty and human frailty simply broke my heart.”

It was whilst attending the Dublin Film Festival with her husband later in 2007 that Trish realised how she could help to make people aware of this human tragedy. Good documentaries based on thoroughly researched content can bring a succinct and clear message to a large audience and by not charging an admission could attract a complete cross section of people as an audience.

Nick Broomfield is the film festival's patron and regularly and gives talks about his work; his backing is a massive support for Unchosen.  At the inaugural festival in 2008 Nick praised festival founder Trish Davidson for "courageously" putting together the unique event. "The film festival tackles a tough subject none of us like to face, but sitting idly by and imagining it isn't happening is not an option for Trish or the team."

November 2009 saw the 2nd film festival in Bristol where more than 1,150 people attended. 2010 brings a further season in Bristol, also Bath and possibly Dublin.

Unchosen also facilitates meetings between the Police, City Council, University’s, NGOs to bring about the forming of ACT groups, Active Communities Against Trafficking.

Website: www.unchosen.org.uk