female Non-Executive Breakthrough Weekend

Lisa proves that archetypes are a thing of the past when it comes to Non-Executive Directors – following her early work as an Entrepreneur and CEO, Lisa embarked on her NED journey at only 34 and has successfully grown her non-executive portfolio while having her two children. She has served on the boards of the Scottish Police Authority, Ethical Property Company and Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal. She current holds roles on the Boards of NHS Ayrshire and Arran, Ombudsman Services, the Scottish Land Fund and Forestry and Land Scotland. She keeps up her love of entrepreneurship through her role as a Virgin Start-up Mentor and Angel Investor.

A business consultant, writer and creator of Gen-i Events. Based in Cumbria she coaches clients across the UK and internationally. She researches and writes extensively on “The HOW Skill-set”, enabling people to implement change in their work and life through effective implementation plans, improved productivity and leveraging their habits to work for them. The founder of Gen-i Events, she creates residential events to enable business owners and managers to rest, reassess and refocus on their businesses goals and implement vital change, enabling them to thrive in life and work. Find out more

A business consultant, writer and creator of Gen-i Events. Based in Cumbria she coaches clients across the UK and internationally. She researches and writes extensively on “The HOW Skill-set”, enabling people to implement change in their work and life through effective implementation plans, improved productivity and leveraging their habits to work for them. Born from a passion to help others “Make Change Happen”, she created Gen-i Retreats to help business owners and managers implement vital change, enabling them to thrive in life and work.

Sue is an experienced Business Psychologist, Stress Expert, Behaviour Analyst & Author. Specialist in helping CEOs and senior executives manage stress. She is an international speaker & presenter and holds both a Batchelor of Science and a Masters Degree. She is a member of the British Psychological Society, The International Stress Management Association (ISMA), and The Health Professions Council. Sue regularly appears in the media and has been a guest/expert on ITV This Morning & BBC Panorama.

Mairi started out her career studying animal behaviour, and for her Ph.D researched the mating and reproductive strategies of wild samango monkeys in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. On returning to the UK she began some reproduction of her own and so changed tack to more family-compatible work by becoming a freelance science writer. She has written extensively on human behaviour, relationships, and competition for New Scientist Magazine, the Guardian, the Observer, the Sunday Times, the Independent, Huffington Post, Psychology Today, and many more. She lectures at the University of Edinburgh, and she runs workshops and speaks on the science of attraction, relationships, male/female dynamics, health & wellbeing, and success at work for women.

Mairi started out her career studying animal behaviour, and for her Ph.D researched the mating and reproductive strategies of wild samango monkeys in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. On returning to the UK she began some reproduction of her own and so changed tack to more family-compatible work by becoming a freelance science writer. She has written extensively on human behaviour, relationships, and competition for New Scientist Magazine, the Guardian, the Observer, the Sunday Times, the Independent, Huffington Post, Psychology Today, and many more. She lectures at the University of Edinburgh, and she runs workshops and speaks on the science of attraction, relationships, male/female dynamics, health & wellbeing, and success at work for women.