Panel Discussion 11:45am – 1pm
Female Entrepreneurship
Female founders are reshaping industries with innovation, resilience, and entrepreneurial drive. Join us as we explore the strategies, mindsets, and networks that empower female entrepreneurs to thrive.
Panel Moderator Ben Evans
Dr. Peace Ani Director – Occasio Consulting Ltd WBS Alum and Alumni Network Ambassador Dr Peace Ani’s career and entrepreneurial interests span over two decades across Investment Banking Capital Markets, Specialty Insurance Market, Asset Management and FinTech. She has also held and currently holds several voluntary roles as a Board member, Trustee, School Governor, co-chair of the WBS Women’s Professional Network, speaker and mentor. Peace is a skilled strategic problem solver, providing thought leadership, fresh perspectives and technical expertise as a change maker across multiple and varied stakeholder groups, supporting senior leaders to foster and drive a high-performance culture leveraging over 20 years of experience in corporate governance, problem solving, risk management, and organisational culture change. Peace is a Warwick Business School multiple award winner for Best Supporting DBA Student and Best Thesis Paper Presentation. Peace was previously nominated for the National Diversity Positive Role Model Award.
New Business Director at AtkinsRéalis and Vice Chair of the EDI Charter for Rail WBS Alum Ben Evans is the 2024 everywoman in Transport and Logistics Male Agent of Change and New Business Director at AtkinsRéalis. He leads strategic growth initiatives to help transport clients across the UK and internationally tackle challenges in digital transformation, decarbonisation, and sustainability. With over two decades of experience in transformation and management consultancy, Ben has supported clients including Network Rail, HS2, National Highways, the Cabinet Office, and Heathrow. He is Vice Chair of the EDI Charter for Rail and a founding member of AtkinsRéalis’ UK and Europe Health and Wellbeing Steering Committee. Ben holds an MBA from Warwick Business School, where he focused on customer relationships in professional communities of practice.
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