Our Speakers
Dr Monika Gostic
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE: WOMEN'S NUTRITION
Dr Monika Gostic, PhD, FHEA, is a scientist, university lecturer and functional nutritionist specialising in w...
Pepita Mwanga
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE: POETRY / SPOKEN WORD
Pepita Mwanga is a spoken word poet, lawyer, and international development practitioner based in the UK. She w...
Suzanne Steel
PANELIST 3 - TOPIC: Return to Work, Career Change and Progression After a Break
Suzanne worked as a nurse in the NHS before retraining as a careers adviser in her late 20’s. She joined Skill...
Hazel Brady
PANELIST 3 - TOPIC: Return to Work, Career Change and Progression After a Break
Hazel Brady, Principal and CEO. Hazel Brady leads strategic initiatives to enhance teaching quality, student s...
Linda Scott
PANELIST 3 - TOPIC: Return to Work, Career Change and Progression After a Break
Linda Scott is a strategic executive with more than 35 years’ experience across the private, public and ...
Kelly Wright
PANELIST 2 - TOPIC: Funding Readiness, Access to Capital & Practical Routes to Growth
Kelly Wright is the founder of The Refillery, an Edinburgh-based shop dedicated to environmental wellness thro...
Ruby Sweeney
PANELIST 2 - TOPIC: Funding Readiness, Access to Capital & Practical Routes to Growth
Ruby Sweeney has over 20 years of expertise in the events industry, where she has overseen and consulted on ma...
Rebekah Sun
PANELIST 2 - TOPIC: Funding Readiness, Access to Capital & Practical Routes to Growth
Rebekah Sun is the Chief Executive of Hatch Enterprise, a UK charity supporting underrepresented founders to i...
Tracy Thomson
PANELIST 2 - TOPIC: Funding Readiness, Access to Capital & Practical Routes to Growth
Tracy Thomson is a Loans Officer with Royal Bank of Scotland Social & Community Capital, helping charities...
Zahra Hedges
PANELIST - TOPIC : Building Life-Stage Inclusive Workplaces panelists
Zahra Hedges is a Glasgow-based board member and executive consultant with a career spanning business, governm...
Sheena Hales BEM
PANELIST - TOPIC : Building Life-Stage Inclusive Workplaces panelists
Sheena Hales BEM is the founder of Still & Co., creator of WAPI™ (Workforce Asset Protection Index) and fo...
Dr Tunde Dipo-Lawuyi
PANELIST - TOPIC : Building Life-Stage Inclusive Workplaces panelists
Dr. Tunde Dipo-Lawuyi is a Strategic People & Culture Leader with over 15 years of experience in HR, Emplo...
Susan McKellar
PANELIST - TOPIC : Building Life-Stage Inclusive Workplaces panelists
Susan McKellar is Manager of the Scottish Women’s Convention, where she acts as an ambassador for the organisa...
Dr Renata Osowska
CLINIC 3 - CONTRIBUTOR
ORGANIZATIONS: EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY & ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY CLINIC TOPIC: ‘I Never Actuall...
Prof. Poh Yen Ng
CLINIC 3 CONTRIBUTOR
ORGANIZATIONS: ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY CLINIC TOPIC: ‘I Never Actually Thought About It’; Naming ...
Emma Matthews
CLINIC 2 TEAM: Skills development scotland
Emma Matthews is an Area Manager for Edinburgh at Skills Development Scotland with over 20 years’ experi...
Beth Urquhart
CLINIC 2 TEAM: Skills development scotland
Beth Urquhart – career adviser Skills development scotland clinic team – Discover More About Yours...
Shona Mitchell
CLINIC 2 - Contributor
ORGANIZATION: Skills Development Scotland Shona Mitchell is a senior leader in Skills Development Scotland and...
Tolu Omokolapo-Oni
CLNINC 1 - TOPIC: Women's Health & Wellbeing at work
ORGANIZATION: West Lothian College Tolu Omokolapo-Oni is a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) at West Lot...
Dr. Eleni Papagiannaki
3RD KEYNOTE SPEAKER - PI of the Futures & Analytics (FAR) Hub, Edinburgh Napier Business School
Dr Eleni Papagiannaki is a Lecturer in Economics at Edinburgh Napier University and a Research Fellow at the I...
Gael Drummond MBE
Firstport Group CEO - 2ND KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Gael is the CEO of Firstport for Social Entrepreneurs. Gael is responsible for governance and strategy work ac...
Kaukab Stewart
OPENING ADDRESS
Kaukab Stewart is the former Minister for Equalities. Elected in 2021, Kaukab has built a reputation as a pass...
Kim Wallace
The Deputy CEO of Social Enterprise Scotland.
Social Enterprise Scotland (SES) is Scotland’s independent, membership-led voice for social enterprise. For mo...
Ann Pike BEM
PANELIST 3 - TOPIC: Return to Work, Career Change and Progression After a Break
Ann was awarded a BEM in the 2025 New Year Honours for services to the Third Sector in West Lothian, recognisi...
Dr Megan M Crawford
An Associate Professor at Edinburgh Napier Business School
Keynote Speaker: Designing Tomorrow’s Participation Infrastructure; Data, Innovation and Collaboration for a M...
Frama Aboh
Event Anchor /Co-Designer
Frama Aboh is a senior risk and controls executive at State Street, with extensive experience in governance, e...
Gael Drummond
Group CEO of Firstport, Scotland’s agency for social entrepreneurs
Keynote Speaker: Enterprise and Leadership Pathways Designed for Real Lives Gael Drummond is Group CEO of Firs...
Gaelle Roger
PANELIST 2 - TOPIC: Funding Readiness, Access to Capital & Practical Routes to Growth
Gaelle Roger (Panelist – Topic: Funding Readiness, Access to Capital and Practical Routes to Growth) Gae...
Abi Odedeyi
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE: AI PRODUCTIVITY LAB
Abi Odedeyi: is an AI consultant and trainer, a strategist and a keynote speaker. She’s the Founder of CodeFre...
Susan McKellar
Manager at The Scottish Women’s Convention (SWC)
Panelist : Life-Stage Inclusive Workplace Culture Susan McKellar is the manager at The Scottish Women’s Conven...
Laurie Macpherson
PANELIST 3 - TOPIC: Return to Work, Career Change and Progression After a Break
Laurie Macpherson is a respected career mentor and LinkedIn Visibility Strategist who has been supporting indi...
Prof. Kathrin Cresswell
First Keynote Speaker
Keynote: People, systems and technology: lessons from complex change in healthcare The keynote will consider w...
Heena Vyas
Founder, Fierce Elegance | Movement & Nervous System Wellbeing
Heena is a movement-based wellbeing practitioner and IT Consultant who helps high-achieving women regulate str...
YINKA FADINA
A Chief Auditor, a seasoned audit portfolio Head of Audit of Payments, Retail Banking, and Technology
Yinka Fadina is a Chief Auditor, with 20+ years of experience in the financial services industry. A seasoned a...
LARA OYEDELE
CEO of Black on Board Ltd, chairs Hope Housing, and has served on the boards of Southern Housing Group and Housing 21
Lara Oyedele is a respected leader with over 30 years’ experience in the social housing sector and a longstand...
SOPHIE MEDLIN
Dietitian & Nutritionist | Chair, British Dietetic Association (London)
Sophie Medlin – Consultant Dietitian & gut-health specialist with nearly 20 years’ clinical experience, fo...
Bal Matharu – PhD(c)
Advanced Respiratory Physiotherapist & trauma-informed nervous-system coach guiding high-achieving women from survival mode to embodied freedom.
After 20+ years treating symptoms as an Advanced Respiratory Physiotherapist while living with hypothyroidism,...
PATIENCE OGUNBONA
Award-winning Executive Business, Leadership and Confidence Coach, Speaker and Trainer
Patience Ogunbona is an award-winning executive business, leadership and confidence coach, inspirational speak...
Marianna Penna
CEO & Founder of WOW Women of Worth London and Partner at LEXeFISCAL LLP
With a background in Economics and over 25 years’ experience in finance, PR and marketing across Italy and the...
Jemima Nelson
Author, entrepreneur and advocate living with Sickle Cell Disease.
Born in Ghana and now living in Britain, Jemima knows what it means to wake up not knowing how her body will r...
KEELY WOOLLEY
Founder of Metamorforsuccess and creator of Thrive Beyond Boundaries, #1 bestselling and award-winning author.
Keely works with high-achieving women leaders who are successful on the outside but feel something essential h...
Dr ROXANNE KEYNEJAD
Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist and Clinical Senior Lecturer in Women’s Mental Health at King’s College London, specialising in the social determinants of women’s mental health and gender-based violence.
Dr Roxanne works clinically in the Lewisham Perinatal Mental Health Team and leads research at King’s Women’s ...
Blessing Mutamba
A multi award-winning programme leader, TEDx speaker and national and international pageant queen
Blessing Mutamba is a multi-award-winning programme leader, TEDx speaker and national and international pagean...
