Film footage from our hugely successful Breaking the Mould conference is now live on the Financial Mail Women’s Forum Youtube channel. Some of the most successful female role models gathered at the InterContinental Hotel in Park Lane, central London, earlier this month to inspire a generation of young women to aim high in their careers. But if you missed Breaking the Mould, you can now watch clips here.
On Monday March 1 classical singing star Hayley Westenra, 22, who is also Unicef’s youngest-ever ambassador, joined other stars lending their support to the conference, which aimed to broaden the career horizons of young women, encouraging them to consider non-traditional jobs.
We organised some top flight panels of speakers for the conference which looked at apprenticeships and careers to do with the senses such as optometry and food. We also took a look at some of the ‘hidden’ jobs to be found within big organisations, ranging from things like PR and marketing to community programmes and sponsorship.
There was a panel of women who have completely changed career direction, showing that wrong choices can be righted and also suggesting the flexibility which may well be needed with ever longer working lives. We had speakers on technology and telecoms and looked at the possibilities associated with entrepreneurship.
Model-turned-entrepreneur Caprice Bourret also spoke to the 350-strong audience, while the climax of the day was the live final of the MoneySense Apprentice Challenge, judged by stars of BBC’s Apprentice, Margaret Mountford, Saira Khan and Tim Campbell.
Full list of speakers:
Lisa Buckingham, Editor Financial Mail and Founder FMWF
Caron Jones, Director of Human Resources, InterContinental Hotel London Park Lane
Caprice Bourret, model-turned-entrepreneur (click here for conference clip)
Hayley Westenra, classical singing star (click here for conference clip)
Apprenticeships panel:
Rachel Rawlinson, Retail Qualifications Manager for B&Q
Natasha Munro, 2nd Year Adv’ Apprentice in Customer Service, BT (click here for conference clip)
Jane Crane, Senior Resourcing Manager, Network Rail
Lauren Norris, Apprentice, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars (click here for conference clip)
Jenna Weston, Gas Engineer for British Gas (click here for conference clip)
Sleuthing panel:
Phillippa Williamson, Chief Executive of the Serious Fraud Office (click here for conference clip)
Gill Evans, Detective Chief Inspector, Metropolitan Police Service (click here for conference clip)
Anne Evans, Senior Inspector of Air Accidents (Engineering) at the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB)
Secret jobs in a big organisation panel (RBS/NatWest):
Carolyn Currie, Head of Women in Business for NatWest and RBS (click here for conference clip)
Andi Keeling, Head of Learning for RBS (click here for conference clip)
Louise Johnson, F1 Sponsorship Manager for RBS Group (click here for conference clip)
Fiona Cook, Group Community Investment Manager for RBS (click here for conference clip)
Second thoughts panel (speakers who have had a career change):
Maxine Benson, Co-founder of everywoman
Karen Gill, Co-founder of everywoman
Sarah Hunt, Founder Equity FD
Telecoms:
Danuta Gray, Chief Executive of Telefonica O2 Ireland
Enterprise:
Sara Murray, Founder of Confused.com and buddi
Charity panel:
Jane Keeper, Director of Operations at Refuge
Juliet Lyon, Director of the Prison Reform Trust
Sophi Tranchell, Managing Director of Divine Chocolate Ltd
Jasmine Whitbread, Chief Executive of Save the Children
Senses panel:
Heena Thaker, Optometrist for Specsavers
Justine Waloch, Physiotherapist for Associated Newspapers
Alex Tilling, H&H Bancroft Wines
Elizabeth Tempest, Audiologist for Specsavers
Helen Munday, Director of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs for Coca-Cola (click here for conference clip)
Technology panel:
Wendy Tan White, Founder of Moonfruit.com
Holly Tucker, Co-founder of Notonthehighstreet.com
Helen Cook, Sales Leader for IBM Global Technology Services across UK and Ireland (click here for conference clip)
Maya Moufarek, Regional Marketing Manager Consumer Apps EMEA for Google
MoneySense Apprentice Challenge judges:
Margaret Mountford, British lawyer, business woman and TV personality (Lord Sugar’s former aide on BBC’s The Apprentice)
Saira Khan, Founder Miamoo and former contestant on The Apprentice
Tim Campbell, Founder Bright Ideas Trust and former contestant on The Apprentice
Pictures have been added to the FMWF Facebook group – FMWF: Women in Business (click here).
Tags: Caprice, celebrity, Hayley Westenra, Margaret Mountford, Saira Khan
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