Members
Kate Wilson
Managind Director, Hello Mums
Kate is the co-founder of Hello Mums, an award-winning childcare service based in London, providing temporary childcare solutions for nurseries and private clients. With over a decade of experience in the childcare industry, she established the company in 2014 to support nurseries and parents, ensuring they receive the highest quality care and service.
Kate is also involved in educating the sector, including her Lunchtime Bitesize CPD sessions, which are concise, informative, free webinars designed to provide continuous professional development for Early Years Managers and Leaders.
Tony Byrne
Managing Director, Minerva Money Management
Tony is a Chartered Financial Planner and specialist in wealth and tax management for wealthy individuals including advice on investments and pensions, estate planning including the use of trusts and financial planning and tax planning.
He advises on three main stream areas: asset management (investments and pensions), wills and trusts, tax planning especially Inheritance Tax mitigation.
Tony is a regular speaker at events and conferences where he shares lessons from his inspiring journey and ways of becoming financially free.
Navin Kumar
Managing Director, Primed Talent
Primed Talent focuses on creating a strong pipeline of talent to ensure that our workforce has the right skills for the current and future industrial cycles. We expand the existing talent pool by 20%, via our unique systems & method, at current cost structures and matching performance/quality levels.
2 Main use cases:
1) Talent Development & Enablement for our clients – offerings include designing and setting up a talent practice, Training-led Recruitment, Technical Re/Up Skilling, Learning & Content Management
2) Delivering Services & Solutions for our clients via the new/expanded talent pool that we create – BPO services, IT services
Awet Ghirmay
Head of Investment Research, Minerva Money Management
Awet graduated with a degree in Finance & Investments at Coventry University and jumped straight into Minerva Money Management as an Equity Research analyst.
As the current Head of Investment Research, Awet is involved in Financial Analysis, Portfolio Management, Financial Modelling, Data Analysis, Capital Markets.
He regularly speaks at conferences and is a guest lecturer at universities.
Giuseppe Venturini
Managing Director, Adooa
Giuseppe is the founder and director of Adooa ltd, a boutique telecoms consultancy that provides services on software phone systems that integrate with a CRM or contact lists. As most calls are recorded, Adooa can help also with PCIDSS compliance (when people take credit card payments over the phone) and the analysis of past conversations with AI, that can be used to power a chat.
Giuseppe holds an MBA from Cambridge Business School and his technology interests relate to how AI is used to enhance (or to manipulate?) human conversations.
Tetiana Kobzar
Founder, Diversido
I’m Tetiana (or Tanya for short), the founder and director of Diversido, a bespoke software development company. We’re your one-stop shop for all technical needs, helping clients create mobile and web apps, websites, UI/UX designs, and even build tech teams by hiring the right specialists.
With a background in computer science, I speak both the technical and business languages, making it easier to bridge the gap between ideas and successful delivery. I also love rolling up my sleeves to support team management and project delivery.
I’m especially passionate about Gamification and Behavioral Design—creating experiences that engage, motivate, and deliver real impact is what drives me.