Theme: Be True To Who You Are

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Alice Stephenson

Founder, Plume Group

Alice’s story is one of survival and resourcefulness. At just 18, she faced the challenges of teenage motherhood and homelessness, yet refused to be defined by her circumstances. Determined and focused, she navigated the complexities of university while juggling her responsibilities as a young mother. Having qualified as a solicitor, Alice had proven that barriers could be broken down thanks to grit and passion, but her story doesn’t end there. She then set out to disrupt the legal industry by founding her own legal services company – Plume. Alice stands against the norms of a male-dominated, elitist legal profession. Taking aim at archaic traditions, outdated perspectives, and an industry rife with discrimination, Alice is outspoken about how authenticity, inclusivity and the humanisation of lawyers are the key to delivering much-needed change within one of the world’s oldest professions.

Jason Graystone

Founder

Jason helps people achieve true financial independence and live their most inspired life. Jason Graystone started his first business at 22 years old. Since then, he has built multimillion-dollar businesses online as well as the service sector.As well as a successful entrepreneur, Jason is a professional investor, speculator and angel investor. His love for investing allowed him to become completely financially free by the time he was 30 years old.Jason has spoken on some of the worlds most reputable stages in the investing space as well as universities, schools, and for some large corporations including the MET police.

Lee Chambers

Male Ally

Lee Chambers is a British psychologist, male ally and speaker. He is the founder of Male Allies UK and Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing. Chambers was inducted as a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences in 2023. He has been interviewed by Vogue, The Guardian and Newsweek, and was recognised as a Gender Equality Changemaker by UN Women. He is one of the UK’s leading voices on male allyship and gender equity. He was named as a Marie Claire Future Shaper 2022, alongside Harry Styles and Tom Daley, and was inducted into the Black Cultural Archives in 2022 for services to Business and Health. He is trusted by publications such as Medical News Today, the BBC and Healthline, and recently featured as an expert in IKEA’s docuseries, “It won’t feel like home, ‘til it feels like you.” Based in the North West, and working globally, he is passionate about inclusive leadership, male allyship and menopause awareness.

Nick Raeburn

CEO

Nick Raeburn is a social wizard who is also slightly obsessed with humanising social media and guiding people in discovering their true voice. Helping them to unlock their digital destinies and attain their full potential. He publicly shares his story of childhood trauma and has reached over 10 million people on social media to date. Positively impacting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. He runs a company called Story Scale and is building a digital community called the Hall of Heroes which aims to help over 1000 people achieve their goal of finding their voice to impact the world around them, create revenue and find purpose. All with a nerdy (and playful) fantasy inspired twist. In his spare time (when he isn’t with his beautiful family) he works with a charity called a Band of Brothers, which aims to help young men who are at risk of entering the prison system to find older men to mentor them, building better communities as a result.

Rebecca Ajulu-Bushelle

Founder, 10,000 Interns Foundation

Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell is an ex-elite athlete who swam for both Great Britain and Kenya over a 10-year career. She is a former British Champion, world number one and the first Black woman ever to swim for Great Britain. Honoured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2023 in the Social Impact category and TIME’s list of 18 Black leaders working to end the racial wealth gap, Rebecca is also the CEO of the 10,000 Interns Foundation, a non-profit that champions underrepresented talent. Rebecca studied Fine Art at the University of Oxford. She lives in London but still calls Kenya home. These Heavy Black Bones is her first book. @raajulubushell

Remel London

Presenter, DJ MC

Remel London is one of the most exciting breakout names in British broadcasting. Known as the face of SKY One’s What’s Up TV and the previous host of Saturday afternoons on CAPITAL XTRA, Remel is also the founder of creative platform The Mainstream which provides key networking opportunities, live events, workshops, digital content and podcast interviews to support diverse talent in developing their career in the mainstream media space. A defining voice within the culture, she’s played key roles in the development of the iconic music platform Link Up TV, working as lead presenter and producer as well as being the weekly host of London’s top live music event ILUVLIVE. Her extensive knowledge of music and entertainment led to her joining the MOBO Awards panel before going on to host the MOBO’s official Red Carpet, the Music For Youth Proms at the Royal Albert Hall a record seven times and the official host of the Notting Hill Carnival since 2020.

Ryan Hopkins

Future of Wellbeing Leader at Deloitte

Ryan intends to engage a billion people in the betterment of wellbeing. He is a Best-selling Wellbeing Author and Global Keynote Speaker, the Chief Impact Officer at JAAQ, Executive Engagement Advisor for Bupa and previously the Future of Wellbeing Leader at Deloitte. Ryan is a TEDx speaker, LinkedIn Top Voice for Work-Life Balance and the leader of the UK’s Workplace Rebellion. Through his work, he has engaged an impressive 15+ million people on social media and delivered impactful talks to over 90,000 attendees at conferences and events and directly influenced the lives of over 750,000 people. He has collaborated with leading organisations like Microsoft, BBC, Bupa, Workday, Amazon, Workday and more. His work has been featured in Forbes, The Financial Times, The Economist, BBC and other respected publications.

Suzy Lockwood

Founder

Suzy is an entrepreneur of a VC-backed startup and ex-management consultant. She has spent her career delivering multi-million pound tech transformation programmes for the UK Government. As a Gen Zer herself, Suzy saw the untapped benefits this generation had to offer organisations and the workplace, and decided to do something about it. She co-founded ditto in late 2023 with her two co-founders.