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Lucy Clifton's path to the top of Spotlight Communications began in 1998, when she joined the then Prince of Wales's International Hotels Environment Initiative, an early introduction to luxury travel. It was there that she met the long-term business partner with whom she later founded
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Access to AI tools does not automatically change how people work. That is the lesson Tina Saul took from her time at Meta, where early access to AI came without the practical training, visible sponsorship or protected time that teams needed to actually learn. It was only after she did
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Francesca Rahimi grew up watching her mum work as a cleaner, and she saw how physically demanding the job could be and how much the right tools matter. That early view of everyday effort became the seed of FancysOfficial, a brand built around a simple idea: cleaning should be easier,
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At 18, Dr. Iris Wright faced the possibility of up to 20 years in prison after being wrongfully accused of a crime. Her daughter was removed from her care, and she spent years rebuilding her life before receiving a pardon. Long before that day came, she decided that her circumstances
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Construction materials testing is rarely the first career that comes to mind, yet it sits behind every safe and reliable building project. Before concrete, soil, or asphalt goes into the ground, it has to be tested, and the people in laboratories and out in the field depend on the right
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With 20 years in communications across HSBC, Societe Generale, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Solactive, Barbara Mahe built her career in a male-dominated industry, where she learned to let her work speak for itself. Along the way, she also learned how to show CEOs and senior executives
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Latris Latrelle Oliveira is a fashion entrepreneur, creative strategist, media founder, and runway producer whose work spans fashion, media, luxury experiences, and global creative industries. Her entrepreneurial journey began in 2014 with the founding of Pretty Posh Lingerie, a boutique inspired and supported by her late mother. Her passion for
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Latris Latrelle Oliveira is a fashion entrepreneur, creative strategist, media founder, and runway producer whose work spans fashion, media, luxury experiences, and global creative industries. Her entrepreneurial journey began in 2014 with the founding of Pretty Posh Lingerie, a boutique inspired and supported by her late mother. Her passion for
Ty Vaughn is an entrepreneur, adventure travel curator, and founder of AdventuressTy, a luxury adventure travel company inspiring people to step beyond their comfort zones and experience life more boldly. Founded in 2019, AdventuressTy began with local California adventures and has grown into a global travel brand creating curated group
After more than 35 years in sales, including senior roles leading teams responsible for multi-million-pound revenues in the media industry, Moira Barnes saw how traditional sales approaches can leave people feeling pressured and uncomfortable, as though they had to become someone they weren't. In 2018, she
Bamboo Bridge did not start with a grand business plan. When her husband Dave needed help finding suppliers in China for his hardware startup, Leah Geng stepped in. Friends soon asked for help with their own products, and one project led to another. Today, Leah is the Founder & CEO
Anna Gahramanov is the founder of Elite Media Empire, a Miami-based agency that installs revenue systems for small businesses. Her work brings CRM, advertising, offers, and sales together into one integrated machine, so that every lead is captured, tracked, and followed up on. Her path into systems started close
After a 20-year career spanning people-centred systems, complex project delivery, organisational transformation and leadership development across Asia and Europe, JJ Byun, Founder and Managing Director of BYUN & CO, began asking a different kind of question - not how systems change, but how people do. That curiosity, shaped by
After more than a decade working in marketing across independent labels, distribution companies and management teams, Alison Lamb made the leap into self employment in 2023 with the launch of Project Allies. Her decision came at a pivotal moment, both in her own career and in the wider industry, as
Sara Ellis is the founder of Stone & Sky Self-Mapping and creator of the Human Translation Method. Late-diagnosed as neurodivergent after a lifetime of trying to understand a world that often misunderstood her, Sara combined that lived experience with years spent translating complicated information in healthcare to build
JC Wilde is the Co-Founder of J & J Publishing House, where she is also a Writer and the Editorial Director of the company, which she runs alongside her wife, JFo—a Co-Founder, Writer, and Illustrator. Together they are dedicated to the conscious creation and publication of books
Make Lemonade is a UK-based independent brand and communications strategy consultancy specialising in AI intelligence and authority for luxury brands and agencies. We help luxury travel and hospitality brands remain visible, discoverable and recommended as artificial intelligence informs and curates brand reputations. Preferred contact email: maria@make-lemonade.co.
Ethel Rio Cohen has seen the insurance industry from every angle. She previously helped build an insurance agency, which she later sold, and now she is the founder and CEO of Ensurance, a U.S. insurance-shopping company that helps people shop for better insurance prices and coverage options across
Debika Sen Chaudhury spent years working as a growth consultant for SaaS startups before she noticed a pattern that troubled her: companies kept hiring more SDRs, pouring money into marketing, and pushing new product versions, only to repeat the same cycle a few months later with a new agency or