Emma O'Toole

Founder, Yoga with Emma

I live in Wicklow with my husband and dog Alfie. In 2008 when the business world was collapsing my job in technology as a software tester was in jeopardy and I was given notice of redundancy. Thankfully, I kept my job but I understood that this might happen again. With sound advice from my Mum, she said "turn a hobby into a career". I graduated as a yoga teacher from The Elbowroom, Dublin in 2011 and progressed to a diploma in pre-natal yoga in 2016. I completed 40 hours of intensive Ashtanga yoga training with David Swensen and Level 1 & 2 of Be Activated for Therapists with Douglas Heel. I believe that "This vehicle we own as our body is amazing. Mindset and Movement heals everything."

Wendy Stunt

Entrepreneur and Director of Go DigiCard

Wendy Stunt is “Entrepreneur of the Year 2019”, and a Director of Go DigiCard. She is a Visionary Consultant and an Ambassador at the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. Go DigiCard is an innovative Irish Company bringing businesses together with digital business card solutions. Since its establishment, the company has sold to over 150 companies and has quickly entered the UK and German markets. As an Ambassador in the Dublin Chamber of Commerce Wendy works with many companies on their online digital strategies and social media marketing. She is passionate about helping companies connect in the digital world. Wendy has highly developed communication and conversation skills and experience with leadership, she has a wide network of contacts both in Ireland and across Europe. She has received many award nominations including “Irelands Most Inspiring Business Woman 2019” and most recently was announced winner in her category of “Entrepreneur of the Year 2019” in the Irish Women’s Awards.

Samantha Hearne

Business Coach and Mentor, Samantha Hearne Ltd

Samantha is a CEO, business mentor and success strategy coach for women wanting to use the online space to build a solid personal brand, grow an engaged dreamy community and sell out their offers and services online. Samantha is a public speaker, self-published author and obsessed with supporting women in their success. A best-selling author, YouTuber and social media influencer, Samantha is sharing her message with the world.

Harriet JW

Founder/CEO, Secret Sessions & GIRLS TO THE FRONT

Harriet JW is the founder of the artist network and Podcast GIRLS TO THE FRONT, a platform to connect and educate artists that identify as womxn. She is also the founder and host of the music platform Secret Sessions. What started as a YouTube channel has grown into one of the UK’s most well respected live shows and music brands. Harriet has worked with 100s of influential artists and creators, from male acts like Ed Sheeran, passenger and Bastille to females like Kacey Musgraves Mahalia and Freya Ridings.

Petra Zink

Personal Brand & Digital Strategist, Speaker, Coach and Consultant

Petra Zink is a certified Personal Branding and Digital Strategist, Speaker, Career Coach and Consultant - specialised in the Future of Work.

She is the Founder of impaCCCt and The360Talent.Co - both companies are designed to future-proof individuals and organisations through re-inventing careers and business models and building brands that are agile to change.

Petra recently launched the Future of Work Campus, a podcast and a monthly membership for driven corporate professionals who want to not only survive but thrive in this fast-changing world of work.

Nick Gold

Managing Director, Speakers Corner

With a firm belief that successful events which deliver maximum ROI for both attendees and organisers can be held anywhere, Nick Gold draws on his 20+ years of consulting experience working with 7,500 speakers and servicing 1,000+ events per year to address the pain-points and opportunities that exist for event professionals. As Managing Director of leading UK & International speaker bureau, Speakers Corner, Nick has turned a bespoke entertainment bookings agency into a market-leading speaker bureau and consultancy which sits at the heart of the events industry. Nick also manages the business with his brother Tim, which also makes him well placed to comment on how family and business can work together!

Nick Gold was elected President of the International Association of Speaker Bureaus (IASB on May 1, 2020, and is the first British national to hold the role.

Rioch Edwards-Brown

Founder, So You Wanna Be In TV?

Rioch started So You Wanna Be In TV? after her son was shot and stabbed while in school. She did not want revenge and reached out to the community to give something back. She diversified into Creative, Tech and AI to enable social mobility for over 8,500 financially disadvantaged young people through free training and employment. A diversity advisor, Gen Z Expert and Futurist, Rioch is one of the most influential women in diversity and future-proofing industry in the UK. She is the founder of a disruptive, next-generation not for profit social enterprise, with human-centred values creating positive social impact in collaboration with corporates and brand sponsors.

Her social impact helps futureproof FTSE100 and Fortune 500 companies through game-changing talent, campaigns and consultancy. Practical steps are provided to help brands transition alongside the disruptors for new markets by envisioning and executing new models for the future. Rioch says, “If you’re not listening, engaging untapped diverse communities, Gen Z and how they are doing things differently, it’s not that you are not in the game, it’s that you don’t even know that the game exists.”

She was named one of the Top 20 Global Innovators in STEM + Arts 2020, Most Influential Women In UK Tech, Financial Times Top 100 BAME Leaders in UK Tech, and a European Diversity Awards Winner.

Dermot Daly

CEO, Tapadoo

Dermot is the founder of mobile app specialists Tapadoo. Tapadoo was founded in 2009 just after the release of the iPhone SDK. They have a strong focus on mobile app development (iOS and Android) and primarily work in the sectors of Fintech, MedTech, Pharma and Utilities. Tapadoo has clients in Europe, the US, the Middle East and the Caribbean.