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Alessandra Caggiano

ClimateTech Investor

With over a decade of experience in the field, Alessandra Caggiano is a key player in climate initiatives, actively building communities at global and local level and championing sustainable innovation. Having transitioned from founder to mentor and now venture investor, she is driven by a passion for early-stage companies, drawing on her own experience and her natural curiosity for technology. A strong advocate for strategic partnerships, Alessandra is dedicated to ecosystem growth, diversity, inclusion, and long-term value creation. Actively involved with Women and Climate, she is globally engaged and fluent in several languages. Alessandra holds degrees in Business Management, an Executive MBA from the Quantic School of Business and Technology, and certifications in AI and Impact Measurement. She has held several academic positions, most recently at the European School of Economics in London.

Alex Godwin-Brown

Reputation Manager and Founder, BOAD

Alex Godwin-Brown is a publicist and reputation manager with over two decades of experience. She specialises in enhancing the public profiles of founders, philanthropists, CEOs, and family offices. Her expertise spans corporate, consumer, personal PR, and crisis communications working across a spectrum of clients from British retailers and international auction houses to real estate magnates and private family offices. Alex operates in demanding environments, delivering comprehensive communications plans which incorporate digital marketing, event activations, and press coverage to accurately represent her clients' brands and values. Alex is committed to philanthropy, and serves as a Trustee for The Passage, an organisation which works to prevent homelessness and aims to transform the lives of those who have experienced homelessness.

Alexandra Forsyth

Security Delivery Senior Analyst

Alexandra currently works as a Threat Intelligence Analyst in London, UK and has been in the field of cyber threat intelligence (CTI) for years; known for carrying out industry-wide strategic research based on open-source reporting. AFRG(a.k.a. AF’sRetailGuide) was first created by Alexandra in the summer of 2023, and has since evolved to be an educational platform exploring retail, fashion, and cyber security through the lens of podcasts, blogs, events, presentations and so much more; with the hope to offer guidance, and build a community well equipped with knowledge about cyber threat trends and risks within the threat landscape. Her TEDx talk explores what it means to build a community today, how the trajectory has changed overtime and how we can collectively come together to inspire one another while fostering leadership, optimism and tenacity for greatness.

Disha Mittal

Service Designer

Disha is a dynamic service designer and dedicated design educator based in London. With a diverse portfolio spanning consulting big private sector organisations and working in the UK’s local government, she has successfully designed and improved services and products, crafted strategies, and helped companies develop compelling value propositions that truly resonate with users. Her work in the climate-tech space during her MA in Service Design at the RCA earned her the honour of meeting HM King Charles. She is featured in The Telegraph and Wallpaper. She has shared her insights at SDinGov and the Service Design Network conference, guiding service design processes that balance business needs with user-centricity. Disha has expanded her influence as a design educator and coach, mentoring start-ups and teaching service design across the globe whilst sharing her knowledge at top business schools like IIM in India. She is also the founder of Service Design Careers.

Dr. Emanga Alobwede

Head of Environmental Science

With over a decade of experience spanning academia, business, and government, Dr. Emanga Alobwede is a sustainability professional and interdisciplinary scientist. She currently leads the environmental science division at BX. Her academic credentials include a PhD in Environmental Biotechnology from the University of Sheffield, an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London, and a BSc in Environmental Science from the University of Nottingham. She served governmental roles as a Senior Soil Scientist and Policy Advisor. During her postdoctoral research, she co-founded a start-up on algae-based biofertilisers, winning several entrepreneurship awards. She has been featured on BBC Horizon, highlighted the potential of these biofertilisers to improve soil health and crop productivity, offering a sustainable alternative to conventional fertilisers.

Dr. Veena Babu

NHS General Practitioner

Dr. Veena Babu is a London-based GP, broadcaster, and health expert who frequently shares her insights on prominent platforms, including Channel 5 News, BBC Radio, and ITV, among others. A leading Bollywood dance choreographer, Dr. Babu combines her passion for lifestyle medicine with her expertise in clinical leadership. She has leveraged her medical background and creative talents to spearhead initiatives addressing health inequities globally, beginning with the launch of SADAH, the UK’s first charity dedicated to improving the lives of South Asian diabetic patients. Her innovative dance projects have garnered over 50 million views on YouTube, enabling her to raise thousands of pounds for various causes, including Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, the Royal Society for Blind Children, and Kerala Flood Relief. Dr. Babu's recent collaboration with WaterAid brought her to 10 Downing Street and the Houses of Parliament, where she worked closely with MPs on health think tanks.

Ellina Glebova

Psychology Student & Mental Health Advocate

Ellina Glebova is a BA Psychology student, passionate mental health advocate and speaker, and an editor with global experience in managing creative projects centered around mental health. Her advocacy journey is deeply personal, rooted in her own battles with anxiety disorder and depression during her teenage years and early twenties. These challenges ignited her passion for mental health advocacy and women's rights, inspiring her to return to academia and pursue a higher education in Psychology after taking a break due to panic attacks. In 2023, she gave a public talk in Moscow, Russia about the importance of discussing women’s mental health in the media, despite the controlled media environment. She also shares her story and insights about anxiety on her Instagram blog, @ellina.glebova, aiming to reduce mental health stigma in her home country.

Iria Martinez

Business Manager

Iria is a passionate Scuba Dive Master wearing the “successful woman in tec hat” in one of the largest IT companies in the world. With over 15 years of corporate experience, she currently focuses on helping start ups grow their businesses through top-notch cloud computing solutions. She’s an advocate of young talent and an active business mentor orienting new hires in their first professional steps. Iria completed her degree in International Business studies between Spain and England and holds an MBA from the American university Sacred Heart. She’s a multilingual, extroverted, and high energy outdoor lover who finds direction, peace and balance discovering the wonders of the underwater world. She has a mission, which is motivating others find, protect and nurture their passion as a mental vitamin to become their best self.

Juliet Fallowfield

Founder & podcast host

Juliet enables business owners to master their PR & podcasting in-house negating the need for an agency. Determined to change the perception of PR, Juliet decided 2020 was the year to go under her own brand following twenty years' communications experience with the world’s leading luxury brands including Burberry, CHANEL, De Beers Jewellers and Shangri-La Hotels. Recognising her problem-solving nature could be better satisfied by working with developing businesses, she founded the now B Corp-certified communications consultancy Fallow, Field & Mason. Having adapted and grown global communication departments in London, Sydney and New York, she has a proven global press network and record of success. She is also the host of the entrepreneurial podcast ‘How To Start Up’ by FF&M.

Melissa Dewar

Founder of The Modernists & Rescued

Melissa is an entrepreneur and philanthropist, leveraging her expertise in luxury architecture and design to create transformative platforms that bridge exclusivity with social impact. As the founder of The Modernists, she has revolutionised the hospitality industry, curating a vetted “Class Pass inspired” experience for inspiring spaces and fostering a community of discerning individuals. This innovative platform facilitates connections between luxury brands and an influential clientele. Parallel to her work in the luxury sector, Melissa’s compassionate spirit drives her non-profit initiative, Rescued. This new platform supports families affected by abduction, with a focus on Parent-Child Abduction cases. By connecting victims with volunteers who have overcome similar experiences, Rescued offers empathy and practical support. Her commitment to social causes led to her selection as a finalist in Miss Universe GB, where she advocated for families impacted by abduction.

Rachel Cockerell

Author and Historian

Rachel Cockerell is an author and historian. Her first book, Melting Point, is the story of her family’s journey from the Russian Empire to London, New York and Jerusalem, and her great-grandfather’s role in a long-forgotten project to help 10,000 Jews escape Russia for Texas. The book is formed entirely of interwoven first-hand accounts, taken from diaries, letters, memoirs, newspaper articles and interviews. Melting Point was published in February 2024, and has appeared in The Times, the Guardian, the Financial Times and the New Statesman. It has been called ‘a truly radical book’ (Andrew Marr), ‘extraordinarily original’ (Laura Cumming), and ‘groundbreaking’ (Anthony Beevor). Jonathan Freedland has said of Melting Point that ‘non-fiction will be different as a result’. Rachel Cockerell was born and raised in London. Her research for Melting Point has taken her to Texas, Ohio, New York, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. She has spoken about her work on CNN, LBC, Times Radio, and the BBC.

Yasmin Baba

Founder & CTO

Yasmin is an expert in building digital health products and is on a mission to close the gender health data gap to finally address the underrepresentation of women in medical research. Leveraging her background in engineering, AI, and UX, she is transforming the approach to women's health—making it more inclusive, data-driven, and empowering for women everywhere. Her passion was ignited by personal frustrations with the healthcare system, where it took 10 years to diagnose a reproductive condition that doctors still don’t fully understand. Known for her dynamic and engaging presentation style, filled with humor and real-life stories, Yasmin is a sought-after speaker in the FemTech community.

Yasmina Ellins

Founder

Yasmina Ellins is a dynamic entrepreneur who is on a mission to help heart-centred leaders achieve their moonshot impact through people — genuine “exponential relationships”. A Cambridge University graduate and bestselling co-author with the Founder of Reebok, Yasmina has helped countless entrepreneurs deeply connect with key mentors, friends and strategic partners to help catalyse their greatest dreams and impact in the world — including an Oscar-winning film director, an African monarch, a national Chief of Defence, and a Maroon 5 songwriter. As President of Maverick NEXT, a global invite only community for successful impact entrepreneurs under 30, Yasmina co-created the Maverick NEXT Impact Award, awarding young entrepreneurs mentorship from global business leaders and experiences like visiting Sir Richard Branson's home in the Caribbean, Necker.

Yin Noe

Head of UK & EU (China Automotive Alliance)

Yin Noe is an award-winning entrepreneur in both the tech and automotive sectors. In 2022, she was named one of Europe's Top 50 Most Inspiring Women in Tech by Financial Times, EQL:HER & Google. As the Head of UK & EU for China's largest automotive alliance, she connects UK and EU companies with some of the world’s most prominent electric vehicle manufacturers, including Geely, BYD, SAIC, and Chery. In her role as Director of Zondar China Energy & Technology, Yin’s entrepreneurial journey also includes co-founding PennyChain, a fintech startup that earned recognition as the No.1 Digital & FinTech Startup at Imperial College London and was admitted in the Techstars London '22 Cohort. She also co-founded Coillection, a cleantech startup that was awarded the Shell Smarter Future Award for turning waste cooking oil into biodiesel.