2023 Speaker List

Elevate

Ilona Alcock runs the first UK Carbon Literate business development consultancy, focussed on innovation, sustainability and community. As a champion of good business, Ilona sits on the GM Green City Comms Board and was named on Insider NW’s first Green Power List.

Avery & Brown

Russ Avery is an eco-entrepreneur, sustainable marketer, and CEO of purpose-driven brand consultancy. With over a decade’s experience in marketing sustainable brands, Russ has a deep knowledge of sustainable & ethical marketing practices.

Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub

Hannah Baron is an experienced sustainability professional with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education and charitable sector. She has over five years of experience in business development and relationship management.

Regenerative Business Mentoring

As a Regenerative Business Mentor, Jannine Barron supports business owners to understand and create conditions that are conducive to life. Inspired by nature, working with nature and giving back to communities in their business.

Small99

Having spent a decade working with and in small businesses, Adam understands the challenges owners have with limited resources. Most owners feel overwhelmed and Small99 was founded to cut through all the noise and help reduce stress.

Patagonia

Luke Broster talks widely about team building, strong work cultures and the great outdoors. He has a passion for building teams and developing motivated, effective and fun cultures. Skilled in Leadership, Coaching, Retail, and Sales.

Louisa Burman Ltd

Louisa supports SMEs to improve and report their impact while focusing on stakeholder engagement to help businesses co-design effective change. She advocates for place-based investment to unlock the ripple effects of social impact.

&Sisters

Charlie is the current Chief Executive Officer at &sisters. Charlie is on a mission to support millions of women with a sustainable menstrual health ecosystem. &Sisters has one of the largest plastic-free period care ranges in the UK

betternotstop

Hannah created betternotstop, a sustainable impact agency to help businesses create a positive impact. She also runs the Better Business Network, a peer-to-peer membership organisation for purpose-led business owners.

Play It Green

Having helped plant 1.5 million trees in his previous role, Richard has embraced sustainability and uses his psychology background to help facilitate change, repair the planet and increase the social impact of everyone he works with.

Praetura Ventures

David is a co-founder of the Praetura Group and boasts well over a decade of corporate finance and venture capital experience, having previously qualified as an ACA at KPMG.

The Manchester Metropolitan University

Hannah is passionate about helping to drive and deliver change that makes a positive contribution to society, particularly amongst communities which face working barriers. Hannah continues to make a meaningful contribution through her senior role.

The Royal Society of Arts

Patrick focuses on social innovation, community enterprise growth and helping ethical entrepreneurship He also helps to run a homelessness charity in Liverpool is an elected member of Liverpool City Council since 2011.

CommUnique Global

Gihan Hyde is an award-winning Cheif Executive Officer & Founder. Being B Corp certified, CommUnique becomes the first-ever Black, Arab, female-founded organisation to join the top 500 most impactful businesses in the UK.

Carbon Literacy Project

Stockport dad and social entrepreneur, Phil co-founded the Carbon Literacy Project in 2012. His staff team now numbers 30 and their training happens across six continents. He once rode a tandem to Manchester from Sydney.

Where The Mind Grows

Jennie-Kate McCreight focuses on helping people and businesses to be kinder to themselves and nature. She runs coaching programmes and experiences, helping business leaders to explore ways to enhance workplace well-being.

Farm Urban

After getting his PhD in epigenetics, exploring how environmental factors can affect our health and well-being, Farm Urban was born. Today Paul leads the business on its mission to transform towns and cities into greener and more inclusive places.

The People’s Powerhouse

Finn is passionate about social mobility and widening accessibility, particularly for Northern working-class young people. He coordinates media and comms aiming to bring voices to the debate about the future of Northern communities.

GOODFOLIO

Omid Pakseresht is an experienced product professional and entrepreneur with demonstrated experience working in data, AI, technology, and finance. He is the co-founder and Cheif Executive Officer at GOODFOLIO, an impact-driven investment platform.

Future Yard

Craig is the Founding Editor of Bido Lito! – The Liverpool Music Magazine. The magazine also runs a vibrant and successful creative agency. In addition to this in 2019 he also founded Future Yard CIC, with a view to utilising music as a force for positive social change in Birkenhead

1% for the Planet

Madelyn Postman has been a member of 1% for the Planet since 2008 and now serves on its UK & Ireland Steering Committee. Madelyn is also an experienced media speaker and is currently writing her first book, Sixteen Stories.

Islington Mill

Erika is the founder and director of Creative Economist, specialising in creative and community entrepreneurship and its capacity for transforming places. Erika has been widely recognised for her contributions to the creative and digital sector, the social economy and gender equality.

Doughnut Economics

Erinch leads DEAL’s work on businesses and enterprises. He was the CEO of the World Fair Trade Organization and currently sits on the board of the Social Enterprise World Forum and teaches at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

Women in Sustainability

Rhian is an award-winning author and founder of the International Women in Sustainability Network, a powerful collective of women changing the world. She coaches women to flourish in impactful careers alongside helping them to create a balanced and soulful life.

B Lab UK

Kyle is the Partnerships & Product Manager at B Lab UK, helping to support the growth of the B Corp community. With a background in social innovation, service design and criminal law, he combines these experiences to support people and organisations being.