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Ranjit Singh Boparan

Profile: Ranjit Singh Boparan is a food entrepreneur. He bought out Harry Ramsden fish 'n' chip chain and is the founder and chief executive of 2 Sisters, one of the largest UK processors of raw chicken. More

Mark Borkowski

Profile: Founder of Borkowski PR, one of the UK’s most innovative and dynamic public relations agencies, with clients ranging from Vodafone and Ikea to Amnesty International and American Express. More

Emma Bridgewater

Profile: When Emma Bridgewater became fed up of trying to find an attractive, UK-made earthenware cup and saucer as a present for her mother', she designed her own range and headed to Stoke-on-Trent to have it made. 25 years later, she runs a manufacturing company employing more than 150 people and producing internationally-renowned pottery. A passionate supporter of UK industry her unconventional approach has helped her succeed where so many before have failed. More

Helen Browning

Profile: Helen Browning owns Helen Browning Organics, one of the UK's first organic farms, which is based in Swindon. Hugely successful despite the recession, Helen took on her village pub three years ago and has turned it into a community food hub. Works full-time for the National Trust as external affairs director. More

Naomi Cleaver

Profile: Naomi Clever is best known as a presenter of popular television shows on the design and decoration of homes… and even food - Grand Design’s: Trade Secrets. She also designed the signage for Liberty of London and in the past 10 years has undertaken over 800 projects over a period of approximately 10 years, for clients such as Nike and Bafta, plus charities and many private clients. She has a current book out, The Joy Of Home. More

Nick Coffer

Profile: After his business fell victim to the economic downturn, life-long foodie Nick Coffer found a way to turn his passion for cooking into a thriving enterprise. Assisted by his son and eager apprentice, toddler Archie, Coffer creates his own family-friendly recipes and shares these with a global audience via his video blog, My Daddy Cooks. The popularity of the blog has catapulted Coffer and his son into the limelight and Coffer has now put together a cookbook featuring favourite dishes from the blog and more than 90 new family-friendly recipes, called with the same title as his 'vlog'. My Daddy Cooks.  More

Jane Davis

Profile: Author Jane Davis' debut novel Half Truths & White Lies won a national newspaper first novel award in 2009. Her success has prompted her to quit her career in insurance to focus on writing. Her novels play on the intrigue within the family that no-one outside has a clue about. She lives in Surrey. More

Dane Douetil

Profile: Dane Jonathan Douetil CBE has been Chief Executive Officer of Brit Insurance Holdings plc since April 19, 2005. He graduated from Birmingham University in 1982. More

Andy Fletcher

Profile: Director at Minor Entertainment, MD at Mediacart, and CFO at AIM Investments plc, Andy Fletcher is a company finance director and entrepreneur with significant experience of private and public market fundraising. In 2006, he led the AIM flotation of Interactive World plc which subsequently acquired a national newspaper group for £50million (renamed Sport Media Group plc), where he remained until July 2009. Andrew was previously the COO at ESP Holdings Ltd, and has experience of working with numerous Blue Chip companies, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Viacom, EMI Group and Rank Group plc. More

Paul Van den Heuvel

Profile: Paul Van den Heuvel is the founder of luxury publishing company VdH Books. Originally in the world of finance Paul was struck by the lack of guides on how to fill out one’s tax-return. He therefore immersed himself in the world of publishing in order to do something about the problem himself. The resulting book was, incredibly, a best seller. The publishing world was astounded and Paul very quickly found himself with a new career. Since then Paul has set up his own luxury publishing company VdH Books with the express mission to create truly beautiful books that can be sold the world over. After the success of The Most Beautiful Wine Cellars of the World Paul was commissioned by the Vatican to catalogue, in the most comprehensive and beautiful way possible, The Secret Vatican Archives. More

Andrew Hirsch

Profile: Andrew Hirsch is CEO of award-winning John Brown Media, a highly successful customer publishing group with some very high-profile clients: Waitrose, Virgin Group, John Lewis, Jaguar Cars, Disney, Aston Martin, Sky, and many more. The company are the world's leading contract publisher and Andrew is renowned for his wealth of industry insight across many sectors. More

Dr Luzi Hitz

Profile: Dr Luzi Hitz is CEO of European storm analysts, Peril. Over his career, Dr. Hitz, who is from Switzerland, has authored numerous catastrophe insurance related speeches and articles in renowned industry publications. He is married and has two children. More

Ross Howard

Profile: Ross Howard is COO Europe of Towers Watson, a leading global professional services company that helps organisations improve performance through effective people, risk and financial More

John Kay

Profile: A director of several significant corporations, including Halifax plc, Kay also took on the Directorship of the newly created Said Business School and is Professor of Management at the University of Oxford. Now a successful writer and regular columnist for the Financial Times, John Kay, who is from Edinburgh, is also Economic Adviser to the First Minister of Scotland. More

John Lloyd

Profile: A contributing editor at the Financial Times, John Lloyd writes a weekly column for the FT Weekend as well as features for FT Magazine, of which he was founding editor. His previous FT posts include labour editor, industrial editor, east Europe editor and Moscow bureau chief. He has been a reporter and producer for LWT’s London Programme and Weekend World, and editor of Time Out and the New Statesman. He co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, where he is Director of Journalism. He sits on the editorial board of Prospect magazine and on the board of the Moscow School of Political Studies. More

Deborah Meaden

Profile: Deborah Meaden is the no-nonsense female force of the BBC's hit business show Dragons Den. With an expansive portfolio of business prospects, she is regarded as one of the most ambitious and upfront business minds in the UK, having made her fortune in the south-west at the family holiday park. She left school at 16, studied at Brighton Technical College and went on to run the family business in Exeter. She may be 'out' in terms of the Den, but she is 'in' with Interview Hub and available for interview. Lives in Primrose Hill. More

Jonathan Naess

Profile: High-flying City lawyer who suffers from bipolar disorder. Jonathan left his law firm to set up Stand to Reason, a charity campaigning against stigmatising mental illness. Hugely articulate and the perfect subject for any piece on mental illness, disability, health or work/life balance. More

Trevor Baylis OBE

Profile: A UK inventor best known for designing the wind-up radio to help disseminate information about AIDS in Africa. Commemorated with the Order of the British Empire, Baylis was also awarded an honorary doctorate by Leeds Metropolitan University in June 2005. He now runs Trevor Baylis Brands plc, a company dedicated to helping inventors develop and protect their ideas and find a route to market. He is from west London. More

Theo Paphitis

Profile: Theo Paphitis is a multi-millionaire entrepreneur, Dragon, investor, broadcaster, author, and Chairman of Ryman The Stationer, who, in Spring 2011, launched his new lingerie brand, Boux Avenue, which is all about lingerie and nightwear for everybody - no matter what their age, size or style. More

Simon Pentol

Profile: London-based sports lawyer Simon Pentol is an efficacious legal whizz and one of the sports market’s most vibrant figures, an expert on everything from drug legislation in athletics to the Bosman ruling. More

Lewis Gordon Pugh

Profile: A high-profile environmental campaigner, Pugh is the only person to have swum long distance in all 5 oceans of the world. In August 2006 he became the first person to swim the length of the Thames from source to sea and, in February 2007, the first to swim at the North Pole. A former SAS soldier and maritime lawyer, he divides his time between London and South Africa. In March 2010 Lewis named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for 2010. Born in Plymouth. More

Levi Roots

Profile: Levi Roots is a cook, entrepreneur and musician and his rise to fame is one of the UK’s most heart-warming business success stories. He has released a book and has hosted his own cooking show on TV. More

Andrew Torrance

Profile: Andrew is CEO of Allianz. He is married with two children and previously spent time in senior positions at London Edinburgh Insurance Group and Boston Consulting Group. More

Mich Turner

Profile: Mich Turner is best known as founder of The Little Venice Cake Company and won the Harpers Bazaar & Chanel Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2006. She has written three books and boasts a client list that includes Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Gordon Ramsay, David Beckham and Paul McCartney. Mich has also enjoyed extensive TV work, including Heston Blumental's Feast and Saturday Night Takeaway. Comes from Devon. More

David Ure

Profile: Having headed Reuters PLC’s operations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East before taking on the role of Reuters strategic advisor, Ure is a leading expert on the digital delivery of commercial and financial information in a market place that is undergoing dynamic change. A non-executive director of Independent Television News, he produced the controversial report ‘What’s Happening To Our News?’. More

Pierre de Villemejane

Profile: Pierre de Villemejane runs Wedgwood, Royal Doulton and Waterford Crystal after helping buy the world famous brands out of administration. He has returned them to profit and, as a Frenchman based in the US running two of England's most prestigious names, he has a unique perspective on 'Britishness' and its value in the market place. More

Richard Ward

Profile: Richard Ward is Chief Executive of Lloyds Insurance Market having previously dragged the International Petroleum Exchange into the electronic age during his six years running the oil market. More

Ben Way

Profile: Ben Way, an English entrepreneur most recognisable for his appearance on Secret Millionaire, started his first company at the age of 15. He went on to raise £25 million in his teens, making him one of the first millionaires. Ben is available to discuss entrepreneurship, business, start-ups and his VC firm Rainmakers and its associated businesses. More

Danny Wong

Profile: Co-founder of Blank Label. Marketer, Journalist, Blogger, Public Relations specialist, Branding expert, SEO, Online Marketer. More

Tod Yeadon

Profile: Tod Yeadon is the Managing Director of award-winning VC-backed Quick.tv, the pioneering online interactive video service. Before Quick.tv, Tod had 20 years’ successful experience in the music industry, including spells as Head of Programming at Diamond Time Ltd, and as the Managing Director of Sister Networks plc. Tod is available to discuss tech start-ups, online video, video interactivity, entrepreneurship, and more. More