Chapter Seven: Speaking
Rooms where decisions are made.
I speak from having done it, three turnarounds, several first-in-a-century appointments, and twenty-eight years of knowledge earned in the seat rather than beside it.
The talks
Subjects I am asked to speak on.
Each of these comes from a room I have stood in, not a slide I have borrowed.
- 01
Transforming Businesses, Empowering People, Driving Growth
The signature address. Three turnarounds, twenty-eight years, and a working method for leaders facing a business that must change faster than it wants to.
- 02
The Future of Luxury Commerce
Where desire, scale and technology meet, and how luxury houses protect meaning while pursuing growth.
- 03
Heritage Brands, Contemporary Relevance
How a hundred-year-old jewellery house changed its customer by two decades in eighteen months, and what transfers.
- 04
AI and the Knowledge of Leaders
A pragmatic frame for adopting intelligence where it compounds decision-making rather than decorating it.
- 05
Women, Power and the First Seat
On being the first female CEO of major retail groups, and building organisations where that ceases to be remarkable.
Formats
Keynote address
Thirty to sixty minutes, for conferences and industry summits.
Executive workshop
Half or full day with a leadership team, working on their business.
Board session
A closed conversation with directors on strategy and readiness.
Panel & moderation
Chairing conversations on retail, luxury, technology and culture.
Chapter Eight
AdvisoryNext: the advisory practice. How boards, founders and investors work with me through LEAD Associates, and what an engagement looks like.