Theme: Be True To Who You Are

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Alice Stephenson

Founder, Plume Group

Alice’s story is one of survival and resourcefulness. At just 18, she faced the challenges of teenage motherhood and homelessness, yet refused to be defined by her circumstances. Determined and focused, she navigated the complexities of university while juggling her responsibilities as a young mother. Having qualified as a solicitor, Alice had proven that barriers could be broken down thanks to grit and passion, but her story doesn’t end there. She then set out to disrupt the legal industry by founding her own legal services company – Plume. Alice stands against the norms of a male-dominated, elitist legal profession. Taking aim at archaic traditions, outdated perspectives, and an industry rife with discrimination, Alice is outspoken about how authenticity, inclusivity and the humanisation of lawyers are the key to delivering much-needed change within one of the world’s oldest professions.

Jason Graystone

Founder

Jason Graystone is an author, entrepreneur, investor, and host of the Always Free Podcast. Since starting his first business at 22 years old, Jason’s love for investing & business helped him become financially free by the time he was 30. Jason runs an industry-leading education program to help people achieve true financial freedom. Jason enjoys nothing more than helping to empower others around money and wealth creation to design their best life. Jason believes that everyone deserves to live an inspired life. He says that “When we are free and able to focus on meaningful work, we become better human beings. The key to freedom is to find a balance between fulfilment, reward and inspiration.’

Lee Chambers

Male Ally

Lee Chambers was a highly regarded Tech CEO. Then he lost the ability to walk. It started a journey to explore the man that he was, without many of the things he valued. This TEDx talk showcases what he has found in the 10 years since becoming ill, and the role that male allyship and gender equality have played within this. He is a business psychologist and founder of Male Allies UK, an organisation that engages men in inclusion, builds the skills of allyship and works with boys in education. He has been featured on the Startups 100 Index, has received a Great British Entrepreneur Award, and sits on the board of CMI Women. In 2024, he received the Freedom of the City of London for services to equality in business. He is a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and a 2023 UN Women Changemaker. He speaks globally on allyship, leadership and masculinity, is the author of the upcoming book, Momentum: 13 Ways To Unlock Your Potential. He is the host of the Male Allyship Show.

Nick Raeburn

CEO

Nick Raeburn is a social wizard who is also slightly obsessed with humanising social media and guiding people in discovering their true voice. Helping them to unlock their digital destinies and attain their full potential. He publicly shares his story of childhood trauma and has reached over 10 million people on social media to date. Positively impacting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. He runs a company called Story Scale and is building a digital community called the Hall of Heroes which aims to help over 1000 people achieve their goal of finding their voice to impact the world around them, create revenue and find purpose. All with a nerdy (and playful) fantasy inspired twist. In his spare time (when he isn’t with his beautiful family) he works with a charity called a Band of Brothers, which aims to help young men who are at risk of entering the prison system to find older men to mentor them, building better communities as a result.

Pascalle Bergmans

Public Speaking Coach

Pascalle is an accomplished speaker, actress and Founder of PresenTales where she helps leaders and execs to deliver their stories with impact and passion. Originally from the Netherlands, Pascalle moved to the UK in 2016 and speaks 6 languages. Lives in Guildford with her husband Chris and 2 dogs Herbert and Archie. Fun fact: Pascalle started her stage career at the age of 4 and left the theater at the age of 22 to pursue a career in corporate. West-End career playing in musicals such as Wicked, Mary Poppins, and Robin Hood. Bachelor in Arts and Masters in Musical Theatre with a focus on communication. She believes that “Getting people’s attention is a skill, making them not want to stop listening is an art.”

Ryan Hopkins

Chief Impact Office at JAAQ

Ryan intends to engage a billion people in the betterment of wellbeing. He is a Best-selling Wellbeing Author and Global Keynote Speaker, the Chief Impact Officer at JAAQ, Executive Engagement Advisor for Bupa and previously the Future of Wellbeing Leader at Deloitte. Ryan is a TEDx speaker, LinkedIn Top Voice for Work-Life Balance and the leader of the UK’s Workplace Rebellion. Through his work, he has engaged an impressive 15+ million people on social media and delivered impactful talks to over 90,000 attendees at conferences and events and directly influenced the lives of over 750,000 people. He has collaborated with leading organisations like Microsoft, BBC, Bupa, Workday, Amazon, Workday and more. His work has been featured in Forbes, The Financial Times, The Economist, BBC and other respected publications.

Suzy Lockwood

Founder

Suzy is an entrepreneur of a VC-backed startup and ex-management consultant. She has spent her career delivering multi-million pound tech transformation programmes for the UK Government. As a Gen Zer herself, Suzy saw the untapped benefits this generation had to offer organisations and the workplace, and decided to do something about it. She co-founded ditto in late 2023 with her two co-founders.