Rooms where decisions are made.
I speak from having done it, three turnarounds, several first-in-a-century appointments, and twenty-eight years of knowledge earned in the seat rather than beside it.
Enter the talksKnowledge earned in the seat, not beside it.
The talks
Subjects I am asked to speak on.
Each of these comes from a room I have stood in, not a slide I have borrowed.
- 01
Transforming Businesses, Empowering People, Driving Growth
The signature address. Three turnarounds, twenty-eight years, and a working method for leaders facing a business that must change faster than it wants to.
- 02
The Future of Luxury Commerce
Where desire, scale and technology meet, and how luxury houses protect meaning while pursuing growth.
- 03
Heritage Brands, Contemporary Relevance
How a hundred-year-old jewellery house changed its customer by two decades in eighteen months, and what transfers.
- 04
AI and the Knowledge of Leaders
A pragmatic frame for adopting intelligence where it compounds decision-making rather than decorating it.
- 05
Women, Power and the First Seat
On being the first female CEO of major retail groups, and building organisations where that ceases to be remarkable.
Each of these subjects comes from a room I have stood in, and a space I have lived.
On speaking
Formats
Keynote address
Thirty to sixty minutes, for conferences and industry summits.
Executive workshop
Half or full day with a leadership team, working on their business.
Board session
A closed conversation with directors on strategy and readiness.
Panel & moderation
Chairing conversations on retail, luxury, technology and culture.
Chapter Eight
AdvisoryNext: the advisory practice. How boards, founders and investors work with me through LEAD Associates, and what an engagement looks like.