Due to popular demand, E2E & IWG's #ScaleUp2Success events
series returns to LONDON FOR AN EVENING OF INSPIRATIONAL,
entrepreneurial conversation with 150 UK entrepreneurs. Are you a
BUSINESS FOUNDER, CEO, Partner or Owner looking to scale your
BUSINESS? If so this event is a MUST attend for you.E2E and our expert
panel are on a mission to help the entrepreneurs behind the
UK's SCALING BUSINESSES OVERCOME THEIR BARRIERS TO GROWTH AND TAKE
IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL!
HOW WILL YOU BENEFIT FROM ATTENDING?
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You will have the opportunity to CONNECT with our inspirational
speakers and an entrepreneurial community of Founders, CEOs, Chairman
and Investors from Lodnon and the surrounding areas.
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You will have EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO E2E'S ECOSYSTEM OF SUPPORT BY
BECOMING AN E2E MEMBER [https://www.e2exchange.com/membership/] for
FREE, meaning invitations to our exclusive events, access to our £50m
financing facility for SMEs and many more corporate services at
discounted rates.
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At the event you will find a delicious range of drinks + canapés. Our
special guest, Eminent Wines, will also be presenting A SELECTION OF
WINES, CHAMPAGNE AND SPIRITS created bespoke for their clients.
THE PANEL:
RYAN KOHN, CO-FOUNDER - PROPERCORN
Ryan is the co-founder of PROPERCORN, the UK’s number one premium
popcorn company. In the space of just seven years, Ryan has taken
PROPERCORN from kitchen table startup to kitchen cupboard staple,
creating an award-winning brand with global distribution. Along with
his business partner, Ryan now leads a team of 40 from their offices
in London, selling more than 3 million packs of their popcorn per
month.
Prior to his time at PROPERCORN, serial entrepreneur, Ryan, founded
his own environmentally-friendly property company. Aged just 25, he
was recognised for his innovative development work, being awarded the
best single unit award in the UK Property Awards.
Passionate about people as well as the planet, in 2009 Ryan launched
the celebrated London For London campaign. The initiative, which
worked to help eradicate the issue of violence amongst young people,
received widespread support and endorsement from HRH Prince William.
In 2017, Ryan went on to launch an initiative called 10 For 10,
working with actor and friend Riz Ahmed to raise money for Syrian
Refugees. In two months, they raised over $215,000.
For the past 7 years, Ryan has brought not only extensive commercial
understanding and resilience to the PROPERCORN table, but also a
passion for conducting business in the right way. This year,
PROPERCORN became a certified B Corp. Now an ambassador for the
non-profit organisation, Ryan is a huge proponent and representative
for their vision: that one day all companies will compete not only to
be the best in the world but be the best for the world. On a
mission to encourage both people and business’ to live more
sustainably, Ryan also sits on the board of the Hubbub foundation.
Since lauching PROPERCORN, Ryan has also made mentorship of others,
both internally and externally, an enormous part of his working life.
His passion for entrepreneurship has seen him involved in Tesco’s
Back It initiative and Virgin Start-Ups while also giving advice to
over 200 businesses in the last 5 years. Ryan has been rewarded for
his efforts in both business and mentorship, receiving the prestigious
EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
@ryankohneco @PROPERCORN
www.propercorn.com [http://www.propercorn.com/]
Melanie Leach, CEO - Twofour Group
As Chief Executive of the Twofour Group Melanie oversees nine
companies producing a wide range of comedy, drama and unscripted
television. Prior to being appointed as CEO in July 2014, Melanie was
MD of Twofour Broadcast, during which time the company was named
Indie of the Year at the 2010 and 2014 Broadcast Awards.
Recent hits from the group include the Emmy
Award-winning Educating… brand (C4), Rose D’Or Winner, The Real
Marigold Hotel (BBC1) The
Jump (C4); Unforgotten (ITV1); Motherland (BBC2) and the
world’s fastest selling new format, This Time Next Year (ITV1).
Melanie began her career in production and continues to executive
produce some of Twofour’s most popular shows, including This Time
Next Year, and Channel 5's longest running series, The Hotel
Inspector.
Eddie Obeng - Educator, Global TED speaker, Author and Visionary
_“Our Secret Weapon” - Santander
_
HE’S THE PERSON BEHIND:
- the innovation bursts at Allianz Cornhill, Danone,
Rank, Cadburys
- the delivery of successful innovation projects at
IDEO
- the successful delivery of projects in Telefonica,
JPMorgan, GlaxoSmithKline, Cazanove, Electronic Arts
- the successful deployment of technology at
Citigroup - inspiring change and leadership in HSBC, Co-op
- the turn-around of Rolls Royce Motor cars & Magnet
... and much more
HE INVENTED:
- QUBE enterprise-learning social media
(http://QUBE.cc [http://QUBE.cc])
- the term ‘virtual teams’
- the R.A.B.B.I.TTM Innovation Model
- the 4 types of change - StickyStepsTM planning ...
and many more formidable tools, frameworks and concepts
WHAT MAKES HIM DIFFERENT?
Born in Africa and “brought up with a strong oral tradition” makes
him a brilliant orator and presenter.
“At 32 he was the youngest BUSINESS SCHOOL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN
EUROPE AT ASHRIDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL” and learned the skills and
competences needed to ‘herd cats’.
“An early career with Shell” prepared him for globalisation and
complexity.
“An entrepreneur and the Founder of Pentacle, the world’s first
Virtual BUSINESS SCHOOL” which forces him to ‘take his own
medicine’ and practice what he preaches.
“By 45 he had researched, and invented all the frameworks for an
entire alternative MBA”, based on the premise that the world is
complex and changes faster than most organisations can learn.
“A Professor at the School of Growth Innovation and Enterprise” at
Henley Business School which gives him good links to the rest of the
consulting and education community.
WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK OF HIM?
A ‘leading revolutionary’ - FINANCIAL TIMES
Energetic and impassioned - GOOGLE
Eddie is fab! - IDEO
The remarkable Eddie Obeng - CHRIS ANDERSON TED
The Rockstar of BUSINESS EDUCATION - DUKE CORPORATE EDUCATION
An agent provocateur - FINANCIAL TIMES
High energy, inspiring, thought-provoking, highly effective -
MICROSOFT
WE WILL ALSO BE JOINED BY...
RICHARD MORRIS, CEO - IWG UK
Richard is the CEO of IWG UK. He joined in 2014 following his role as
CEO of G4S’s UK & Ireland Division. IWG UK is the world’s largest
provider of flexible workspace solutions offering a fast growing
global network of 3,000 locations in 120 countries. Since joining,
Richard has consistently delivered year on year growth for Regus’ UK
division.
SHALINI KHEMKA - FOUNDER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND BOARD DIRECTOR,
E2E
Shalini founded E2Exchange (E2E) in 2011 with the mission to develop
the largest & most active entrepreneurial ecosystem in the UK to
enable extraordinary entrepreneurship.
E2E focuses on connecting Founders, champions entrepreneurship,
creates communities and invests capital via their GBP50m facility to
finance high growth companies. Coupled with this, E2E places leading
Non-Exec Directors on the boards of scale-up companies and provides an
ecosystem of support to Founders include a suite of world class
services at entrepreneurially driven rates. It’s Board includes:
Lord Bilimoria CBE DL, Duncan Bannatyne OBE, Kanya King MBE,
Hugh Chappell and Darryl Eales.
Prior to establishing E2E, Shalini was an Investment Director at LDC,
the private equity arm of Lloyd's Banking Group and historically, she
ran the Group’s 'plain vanilla' International Trade Finance
business. Shalini co-founded the world’s first online 'bank to bank'
trade finance company. She was a Management Accountant at Deutsche
Bank and worked in various finance related roles for Bankers
Trust, NatWest Bank and Coopers & Lybrand.
Shalini is a Member of the Mayor of London’s Business Advisory
Board. She is a Non-Executive Director of UK Export Finance (UKEF) and
a Fellow of Burton & South Derbyshire College. Shalini is also a judge
for the Great British Entrepreneurs Awards and The National Business
Awards. Shalini is a Champion for Tech London Advocates, a Member of
the Advisory Committee of the Commonwealth Entrepreneurs and an
Ambassador for Recordsure. She was formerly on the Advisory Board of
the Centre for Entrepreneurs (CFE), The Development Board of the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra and was a judge for IBM Smartcamp.
OUR HOST FOR THE EVENING WILL BE:
RUSSELL DALGLEISH, Founder and Managing Partner – Exolta Capital
Partners, Co-founder – Scottish Business Network, Serial
Entrepreneur, Investor, Board Advisor, Strategist and Chairman.
Russell Dalgleish is a Serial Scottish Entrepreneur and Investor,
Strategist, Innovator and Business Coach. He has focused his energies
on driving international growth for business in the SME sector.
Since 1999, Russell has run successful companies in the technology,
engineering, energy, electronics, entertainment and professional
services sectors. He has experience starting, building, growing and
exiting businesses in the UK and US.
His core areas of focus are: leadership, value creation and strategic
thinking. Russell is a regular speaker at events on leadership in
BUSINESS AND HAS SPOKEN AT CONFERENCES FROM LOS ANGELES TO ABU DHABI.
Currently, he is the Founder & Managing Partner of the consultancy
Exolta Capital Partners.
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DISCLAIMER: Please note that event timings and dates are subject to
change. Our event is designed for founders of growing businesses and
business leaders. We try where possible to keep exclusivity. Should
E2E deem your position as not suitable for our event, one of our team
will remove you from our attendee list and you will be notified. Overt
selling will be frowned upon.
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