Claire Gates, Managing Director, borro
Claire has over 10 years experience in the financial services sector working for major blue chip companies. Having previously led the Retailer and Partnership section of GE Capital in Central & Eastern Europe, Claire was most recently Managing Director at Virgin Money, where she established Virgin Money Canada. Claire brings a wealth of consumer finance leadership to the business. Website: www.borro.com

Lorraine Collins, Executive Director for Enterprise & Development, Uxbridge College
Lorraine Collins has been working at Uxbridge College since June 2003. Her current role is Executive Director for Enterprise and Development and she has a particular interest in introducing new initiatives to help employers improve their business competitiveness. Part of her remit is also to ensure that students leave the College with the qualifications, skills and attitude which will make them suitably equipped for employment and an asset to employers. The College works with over 500 local employers ranging from sole traders to large multi nationals. It understands how to support the challenges and opportunities that businesses face from recruitment and retention of appropriately skilled staff to in- work training and supporting their future workforce needs. Website: www.uxbridge.ac.uk

Tom Nabielec, Founder, Perfect Storm Media
Tom Nabielec is an experienced Internet entrepreneur having started Perfect Storm Media with its "Pay-per-Sale" business model. Perfect Storm has won awards for its work, including being nominated 3 times at the 2010 Affiliates4U Awards, including Best Paid Search Partnership. Perfect Storm is backed financially by Chris Mathias of Arbor Ventures. Tom has worked with entrepreneurs most of his career, having previously been a technology investment professional at General Atlantic Partners, a $10 billion global private equity fund. He began his career in the New York office of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Investment Banking Division. Website: www.perfectstormmedia.com

Jim McDonald, Director of Finance & Deputy Chief Executive, Canterbury City Council
Jim McDonald has over 38 years experience in local government finance and has been a director at Canterbury since 1996. During that time the council has won a number of awards reflecting its commitment to providing high quality services to its community. Jim is passionate about high quality public services and believes in empowering staff to seek continuous improvement. That is reflected in the performance of services he has been responsible for and in his department being awarded the Customer Service Excellence accreditation and the IiP Work Life Balance accreditation.
Website: www.canterbury.gov.uk

Sally Pritchett, Director, Something Big
Sally Pritchett has an extensive back-ground in client side brand development, commercial, training and operations roles for global hospitality organisation Compass Group. She jumped ship to run Something Big nearly ten years ago and now works closely with clients to define their marketing strategies and solve challenging marketing conundrums. The company prides itself on delivering an enviable mix of creativity coupled with an ability to positively impact on the bottom line. High profile clients include DHL, Kraft Foods and Thomson Airways as well as range of dynamic SME's.
Website: www.somethingbig.co.uk

Ian Hughes, Managing Director, Consumer Intelligence
A graduate of Harvard Business School, Ian has always had a passion for information technology and combined IT with Marketing at M&S and MM Group where he created the first Internet shops for Wallace and Gromit. Ian formed eCharity.com during the .com boom before going on to become founder of Consumer Intelligence which provides access for companies to high-quality information about their price competitiveness to inform their marketing, pricing and product strategies. Ian is driven by a passion for information - the way it is collected, analysed, designed and delivered.
Website: www.consumerintel.com

Howard McKenzie, Managing Director, HMSL
Howard McKenzie left the public sector in August 2009 when the Principal of Jewel and Esk College in Edinburgh which was regarded as one of the most innovative and successful colleges in Scotland. He is now a consultant to West George College in Glasgow, a private sector International College; Non-executive director of Hunter Wealth Management (IFAs) and carries out overseas consultancy for a variety of Companies and organisations. He is also a published romantic novelist.

David Connor, Managing Director, Coethica
Coethica is a specialist CSR consultancy with particular unique expertise in successfully engaging with the smallest of businesses. David has successfully engaged social media to raise awareness of CSR and generate direct business benefits. He has a very successful blog of his own and is also a guest blogger on several of the world's biggest CSR / sustainability networks. He also has around 4000 followers on Twitter making him the 3rd most followed CSR specialist globally. Previous to Coethica David spent eight years winning awards at Everton Football Club as Community Business Manager and also as Technical Director to England Amputee football squad. Website: www.coethica.com

Andrew Areoff, Director, Areoff
Areoff are a multi-award winning insurance and financial services website design specialist. What sets them apart is that rare ability to design sites that are search engine friendly, which in turn maximises online visibility and credibility but without sacrificing functionality and usability. Their overriding aim is to is to make their clients more effective online and ultimately to transform their website into a key revenue stream, sales tool or reputation building communication platform.
Website: www.areoff.com

Greg Ford, Managing Director, V1
Greg Ford has been managing director of document management and imaging software company, V1 (part of the Advanced Computer Software Group), since April 2012. He has 27 years' experience in UK software and services and for ten years worked at business software company, Sage, most recently as MD of the mid-market division.
Website: www.WeAreV1.com

Geoff Taylor, Director of Client Services, iForce Limited
Geoff Taylor has been working with corporate clients for 20 years and has significant expertise at providing outsourced solutions to organisations in the UK and across Europe. During his time at ING Bank he was instrumental in developing market leading services in vehicle leasing and was responsible for 35% growth in their portfolio. Since joining iForce, Geoff has secured its client base by focusing on great client service, innovation and ensuring iForce embed themselves in to each of their client's businesses. iForce has a rich client portfolio to be proud including John Lewis, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Cath Kidston, Paperchase and Fortnum & Mason.
Website: www.iforcegroup.com

Mark Hannay
Mark Hannay is a tech entrepreneur with several years experience of working at blue chip corporates within consumer, speciality and consumer finance. In 2009, the Oxford graduate co-founded 247Moneybox, an innovative and responsible lender, providing short-term consumer finance online. Mark is passionate about using technology to create new concepts within old sectors. More recently, Mark co-founded capexpand, a provider of loans to online merchants which sell using platforms such as eBay and Amazon.
Websites: www.247moneybox.com   www.capexpand.com