Connectors: talent
  • Yolande Letshou

    The La Geneve North Fashion Industry Group

    Yolande Letshou

    Yolande always aspired to be a journalist and Artist from a very early age. Due to having a mother with a strong business and entrepreneur background her interest in business grew which led to her starting her own retail fashion jewellery business at the young age of 18 which she ran successfully for two years. Her passion for writing led to her working for an online magazine whilst completing her last year at university. After graduating in Journalism (BA) in 2004, Yolande went on to work for a national paper, however due to her love and passion for fashion and business she gave her journalistic career a break and went on to work in the fashion fabrics buying department for John Lewis Head Office. In the summer of 2006 she left her full-time job at Somethin-Else Sound Directions Ltd and with the help of her mother Genevieve, an Interior designer and strong business woman, launched “La Geneve North magazine” a magazine “Reflecting Real Everyday Women” (www.lagenevenorth.co.uk) .In late 2006 she launched “Love Genevieve” (www.lovegenevieve.co.uk) her fashion art collection which captures her French heritage and is managed by her French agent Michel Betito. Since launching La Geneve North magazine, Yolande has …

  • Lucian Tarnowski

    Lucian Tarnowski

    Lucian (24) is the energetic face behind the Brave New® brand and founder of www.BraveNewTalent.com. An award winning young entrepreneur with a huge drive and passion for success. He has recently been awarded 5th place Natwest and RBS’s search for the UK’s ‘Top 15 up and coming Entrepreneurs’. Lucian has a ‘born global’ attitude with a strategy to match. He is the world’s youngest entrepreneur to join the UKTI (UK Trade and Investment’s) hugely successful Global Entrepreneur Program with Brave New Talent being described by the UK Government as a “Technology company of Exceptional Potential”. BraveNewTalent.com is the worlds first pre-employment networking site, connecting talent to employers online. The platform has plans to scale up globally but is launching initially in the UK and India. Brave New Talent will revolutionize the recruitment of student talent worldwide. Lucian was the UK’s first undergraduate entrepreneur to receive EU financial backing and Edinburgh University support. As a student he ran one of the UK’s only entirely student run charities - Take Heart India (www.takeheartindia.org). Through his fundraising efforts Take Heart has built an IT school in rural India training hundreds of blind students in IT skills. Lucian has worked with in India since …