Pete Stevens has worked in a variety of marketing, events and communications roles in the UK and abroad. He says: “I get a real passion for a great idea and enjoy delivering a great project or event. In the future I want to continue to develop my own ideas, whilst also giving back to the community.”

I’m the Events and Communications Manager at Women Into the Network (WIN) – a networking initiative based in the North East. I’ve been with WIN for six years, relocating from Durham to Hampton in Middlesex five years ago, where I continue to work remotely for WIN from my home office. I manage a membership of over 2,500 and deal with all the marketing and communications, events management and website development for the network.

Dave McTague works with Another Media, a design and communications agency based in Liverpool, operating across a range of fields including design, publicity, PR, events, marketing, distribution and advertising. He also works with RedHouse Originals, offering a range of artwork.

Clare founded Up (The Up Group Ltd) in 2007 having spent her career in management consultancy and co-managing a boutique head-hunting company. She read Management Sciences at Warwick University and has a long-held interest in everything business / entrepreneurially related!

Alasdair is currently sabbatical president of Oxford Entrepreneurs, the society for Oxford University student entrepreneurs and one of the largest networks for student entrepreneurs in the UK. In the past I’ve organised The Queen’s College Ball, been involved in a web start-up and designed rockets. I am currently working with Rajeeb Dey to launch Enternship.com nationwide and get young people experience of working on start-ups.

Maggie Berry is the Director of womenintechnology.co.uk. Maggie runs www.womenintechnology.co.uk , an online job board and networking forum for women working in the technology profession in the UK. She has been involved since womenintechnology’s inception in the autumn of 2004 and manages all aspects of the website and the networking and training activities that womenintechnology organises. The network has over 3,000 members and the job board is helping a wide range of investment banks and technology firms to recruit more women into their IT divisions. Her background is in technology recruitment within the financial services – she spent four years as a recruiter with McGregor Boyall Associates, a leading financial services recruitment consultancy. Prior to this she worked for NatWest as a Graduate Banking Manager, providing financial advice to final year university students and graduates. Maggie is a graduate of the University of East Anglia.

I have over a decade worth of experience working in the private sector with particular emphasis on managing retail operations for a big blue chip retailer. I have also setup my own businesses and successfully sold them on before I got involved with the Grid. Having caught the entrepreneurial bug whilst running my own businesses I felt I wanted to do something more than just make money, and try and make a difference and make a positive contribution to the disadvantaged people in deprived/regeneration areas. I am passionate about enterprise and enjoy engaging with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and am currently engaged in creating an entrepreneurial buzz in Bradford helping entrepreneurs from various backgrounds to achieve their maximum potential.

Jonathan English is co-founder of Skeleton Productions - a digital marketing company. He is a specialist at creating multimedia content and is currently producing online video clips for Sport England, Cambridge University, Nottingham University and a number of other corporate clients. Jonathan also developed the popular “The Big Uni Reunion”. It all started by bringing together Nottingham graduates who had moved to London – the events were designed to re-create nostalgic student nights out. Now they run regular reunions throughout the year in London for graduates from different universities across the UK.