Speakers

Councillor Alex Ross-Shaw is the Executive Member for Regeneration, Planning & Transport on Bradford Council, with a brief that also covers Housing and Asset Management. Prior … Read More

Amjad is one of the founding partners of Seafresh in Bradford, which is one of the largest groups of independent specialist catering food service and cash … Read More

Andy became Chief Executive Officer of the Bradford College Group in August 2014. The Group consists of several associated or subsidiary companies, including City Training Services, … Read More

Becky Boyd is an expert digital marketer with nearly 10 years of experience helping businesses of all sizes to succeed online. Becky is incredibly passionate about … Read More

As an International e-Commerce Adviser for the Department of International Trade (DIT), Brett supports local companies who are looking to develop their international e-commerce and lead … Read More

Director and co-owner Christian Townsley will share his story of how in 2015 they turned their 10-year dream of making their own beer into a reality … Read More

Craig was born in Menston, 1965 and educated in Guiseley, Bradford University Management School and University of Pau Sur L’adour South West France. Craig is the … Read More

Craig spent 12 years in the Royal Air Force, initially as a Propulsion Specialist. His role changed towards the end of his Air Force career as … Read More

Dai Davis is a Technology Lawyer and Chartered Engineer. He holds Masters degrees in both Physics and Computer Science. He is a Chartered Engineer and Member … Read More

West Yorkshire Combined Authority is the statutory transport authority for the West Yorkshire conurbation including Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Halifax and Wakefield. Dave is responsible for bus … Read More

David is a member of the senior leadership team of the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, and was recently appointed as the Assistant Director of … Read More

Dawn Leak joined Bradford College as Director of Employer Responsiveness in December 2016. She is a Dual Professional who has operated in a number of Educational … Read More

Dermot is a programme manager with the University of Bradford who over the last three years led the delivery of the Digital Health Enterprise Zone programme. … Read More

Andrea is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Bradford. Her area of expertise is Cyber Security and as well as being at … Read More

Simon Parkinson is a Senior Lecturer in Computing Science within the school of Computing and Engineering at the University of Huddersfield. Simon’s research interest is in … Read More

Elizabeth has over 20 years experience in business banking and a portfolio of SME’s turning over 500k to £2 million with borrowing needs up to £500k. … Read More

Emma Roe heads up the Commercial team at Shulmans LLP. She has wide-ranging commercial experience advising clients across all manner of commercial contract, IP and IT … Read More

Faisal works as the Relationship Manager, NatWest Business Banking, Bradford, with a portfolio of 150 SME clients who have a turnover between £500k – £2m per … Read More

Florian Reinhardt will tell you about Finpoint, a disruptive FinTech platform that empowers businesses to get in front of more than 120 lenders with just one … Read More

Frances Day has worked with people and marketing all her life. Running a double glazing business with her father about 20 years ago lighted the entrepreneurial … Read More

Gary was appointed as Managing Director of Agenci Information Security in 2012 but began his career as an IT programmer back in 1985 and has had … Read More

Gerry Sutcliffe is a British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford South from 1994 to 2015, and was the Minister for … Read More

Ian Sharp is CEO of the Digital Health Enterprise Zone in Bradford, a partnership between the public and private sector to create a community of businesses, … Read More

Ian Ward has more than 30 years’ experience in the retail sector, beginning with leading fashion and food brands Marks & Spencer and Safeway. He joined … Read More

Jenny Lawson is Manager of the Enterprise Europe Network team at Bradford Council, working to help ambitious companies grow their business through international trade and innovation. … Read More

Following a 30yr Banking career, & possibly one of the last “old-style” Bank Branch Managers, Business Managers, & Staff managers, Jeremy’s career experience, knowledge & passion … Read More

Jonathan Douglas is Director of the National Literacy Trust – the independent charity committed to raising literacy levels in the UK’s most deprived communities. Jonathan joined … Read More

Following his appointment as British Rails youngest Station Manager at 21 in the South East, Keith returned to his native Yorkshire and in 1976 Co-founded an … Read More

Kersten is Chief Executive of Bradford Council. The District is enjoying a period of economic growth; growth of local companies and inward investment, major capital schemes … Read More

Mark Robson is Regional Director for the DIT in the Yorkshire & Humber region, which is now part of the DIT Northern Powerhouse team. He is … Read More

Mike Manaley a.k.a The Barefoot Broker has previously presented to us at the YEN Drinks his definitive guide to Prospecting & Pipelines. Today, he joins us … Read More

Nasser is Chief Executive of NMC Galaxy, specialists in retail consumer credit, retail financial services, FCA compliance, data management, and all aspects of BPO (on-shore and … Read More

Nick Garthwaite Nick Garthwaite is the president of Bradford Chamber of Commerce. Nick, the managing director of Christeyns, was unanimously elected at the Chamber’s annual meeting … Read More

Roger Marsh is Chair of the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the public – private sector partnership promoting the Leeds City Region’s interests on a … Read More

Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe was elected Leader of Bradford Council in May 2016. Susan is Bradford born and bred and she has served as councillor for Windhill … Read More

This energetic seminar will help you to understand the sales process better and encourage you to sell more. Terry has shared his knowledge in this fun … Read More

DCI Vanessa Smith is head of the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Cyber Crime Unit. She has served in West Yorkshire Police for 22 years, developing the … Read More

Chakra Corporate is a Mental Strength Training Programme designed to destigmatise mental health issues in the workplace and increase resilience to stress. Chakra was launched in … Read More