Founder of Develop Diverse, Jenifer Clausell Tormos, holds a PhD in chemistry and Technology Development and has over eight years of experience as a project leader. Her career developed in four different countries and originally focused on drug discovery for biomedical applications. After 10 years, Jenifer’s drive for gender balance and diversity had expanded and inspired her …
There are not many in the southern hemisphere who have not heard of Kendall Flutey, the co-founder and CEO of Banqer. Kendall was named the Young New Zealander of the Year in 2019, an accolade that came after she had already won the Young Maori Business Leader Award. Her business, amongst other things, has been …
By trade, Jamila is an experienced Accounting Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the apparel and fashion industry. Skilled in Market Research, Management and Corporate Finance with a Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance from Kingston University. By day, Jamila is the founder and Brand Director of Kahmune, a London-based luxury footwear brand …
Gulnaz Khusainova is involved an amazing array of projects and businesses. Sometimes its hard to keep up, but its always easy to be impressed. She is the founder and CEO of Easysize, a super-smart e-commerce engine that is using artificial intelligence and big data to dramatically reduce the waste caused by excessive returns in online …
Emily Brooke is cool – that’s a fact. More importantly, the products she helped developed are critical to the post-car world cities are trying to build. She is a British inventor, industrial designer and entrepreneur known for having developed the Beryl Laserlights – now just known as Beryl – used for the London bike rental scheme. She developed the …
As she was growing up, Yelitsa Jean Charles was one of many girls who didn’t feel that they matched the ideal beauty stereotypes portrayed through toys, clothes and the media. This is the reason she set out to fight for the right of every child to grow up unashamed of their looks, their skin colour …
Adèle is the founder and creative mind behind the eponymous African-inspired handmade fashion jewelry brand Adèle Dejak. Her creations are handmade pieces of mastery made from repurposed materials such recycled brass and aluminium. Her jellewery has been worn by celebrities such as Beyoncé, who hand selected the designer and her brand to be featured on …
Intorducing Susi Lennox, the co-founder of the Yes Yes Company – a natural and safe line of intimate products. The idea that started it all in 2003 arose between two friends, Susi and other co-founder Sarah Brooks. Sarah and Susi had met in the late 80s and were long-standing friends and colleagues who simultaneously reached …
Daphna Nissenbaum is the driving force behind TIPA, a revolutionary packaging company producing fully compostable waste. The aim was to be able to produce fully compostable waste that, in the companies own words, ‘nature won’t even notice’. The TIPA product has proved to be a success and the product range now boasts a range of …
Ursula Lavrenčič is the co-founder of Hopalai, the start-up behind the learning tool Kobi. She came up with the idea when she became confronted with the trials dyslexic children face while learning, as her daughter was diagnosed with it. Ursula’s eyes were opened not just to the practical issues of dyslexia but emotional ones as …