Our Awesome Speakers

Dr Adaku Jennifer Agwunobi is a creative: an entrepreneur, singer/songwriter and also PhD holder. She was the first Black doctoral researcher to obtain a PhD at Loughborough University London, where her PhD focused on the health and well-being of primarily Black entrepreneurs in the digital economy. She has two Masters degrees: an MSc Health Economics and MSc Marketing (with Distinction). Additionally, her first degree was BSc (Hons) Economics. Since finishing her PhD, she also did a Postdoc at the University of Oxford in the Department of Engineering Sciences, and she is also a fellow at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Saïd Business School.

In addition to her academic research, Adaku is an entrepreneur and a creative, recently winning an Oxford Hub Social Enterprise Award for her tech-savvy natural hair care and wellness brand called ‘hairgoals’ (www.hairgoals.co.uk) a company big on community and transparency, she will be releasing NFT's soon! Adaku is a huge advocate of doing more of what you love, integrating something that boosts your well-being into your daily life and actively seeking joy. To that end, creativity is a big part of everything Adaku does!

She released her 16-track album in November 2021, link: https://dradaku.lnk.to/thevibesareknown

She also released her new single "HOME" last month, link: https://dradaku.lnk.to/HOME

Charlie is writer, coach & consultant focused on empowering individuals to create organisations of the future. To do this, he's equipping 350+ young professionals with the skills to accelerate their careers in his Mastery In Your 20s community, coaching freelancers on how to become agency owners & consulting organisations on how to design hybrid outcome working environments. An award-winning three time entrepreneur, he's now building a portfolio career of interests that's enabled him to pursue his passions of self-mastery, operations & future of work. Let's connect on LinkedIn!

Anna is an enterprise educator, social entrepreneur, author, producer, and curator of creative content that inspires creativity and nurtures talent in diverse communities globally. She has over 30 years’ experience working in cross-disciplinary partnerships in the creative, education, digital, regeneration and social care sectors. ‌ 

Join Alice in the FutureSpace at 14:00pm for a 'Fashion Showcase' - click on the button below to find the session details and joining links.

Jess Strain

Award Winning Designer & Founder of Ovrbloom

https://www.ovrbloom.co.uk

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Jess Strain is the founder of Ovrbloom, a sustainable accessories business that creates transparency reports for every single product. Ovrbloom is disrupting the fashion industry by giving consumers the knowledge and tools they need to challenge the high street giants to do better in their supply chains.

Join Jess in the FutureSpace at 14:00pm for a 'Fashion Showcase' - click on the button below to find the session details and joining links.

Andres is an Entrepreneur at hand, a Designer at heart, and an Engineer in thought. He’s the Founder of Elefant an atypical design studio focused solely on enabling leaders to inspire their audiences through groundbreaking stories and visual presentations for every occasion. Founded in 2013, he has personally built +500 decks in a vast arrayof topics with a proven methodology clients love.

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Join Andres Online at 14:00pm for a session on 'Making your slides look sexy! (Finally)' - click on the button below to find the session details and joining links.

Beth is the Enterprise and Opportunities Officer in the Loughborough Enterprise Network team at Loughborough University. Her role supports entrepreneurially minded students to develop their skills, knowledge and offer general careers advice. As well as this, Beth is the founder of The Happy Hedgehog, whereby she sells bespoke and handmade jewellery and gifts via the online platforms Etsy and Amazon.

Eve provides careers coaching, careers advice and interview coaching appointments with a particular focus on finalists and graduates. She has School liaison responsibility for the School of Design and Creative Arts and creates and delivers careers workshops, presentations, events and skills sessions within SDCA to enhance the employability of our students and graduates.  In addition, she contributes to and hosts employer engagement events such as mock assessment centres and sector specific events.  She also liaises with the Doctoral College, co-ordinating career development support for Doctoral Researchers. 

Eve joined Loughborough University in 2009, as the Career Development Adviser supporting Postgraduate Researchers (PGR), after undertaking roles at both the Universities of Warwick (research) and Nottingham (research staff support).  Previous to that she worked as a Lecturer and Programme Manger in Further and Community Education.  A career in senior administrative roles in various industry sectors provided experience of working in the commercial sector.  She also has experience of running her own coaching and personal development training business.  Eve holds a master’s degree in Career, Education, Information and Guidance in Higher Education which informs her interactions with students to ensure a high quality experience.