Speakers

Founder

Session: B Corp

Co-Founder

Amy is Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer of the multi award-winning Tribe Impact Capital, a dedicated impact wealth manager and B Corps. She has over 29 years’ experience in sustainability, both leading in-house teams (Microsoft and Bank of America) and as a management consultant specialising in climate and sustainability (PwC and EY). Amy serves as a Trustee to B Lab UK and is also an Advisor to fellow B Corps, Greenheart Consulting. She sits on the Global Steering Group of the Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI) and the Investment Committee of The Blue Cross (having previously served as a Trustee). Amy has both BSc and MSc degrees in environmental studies. In her spare time, she serves as Head of Catering and Entertainment for her three-legged rescue Staffie.

Session: Money Matters

Corporate Projects Manager

In her role at Triodos Bank UK, Amy’s focus is on affecting positive change within the banking. Recognising the pivotal role that finance has to play in creating a just and nature positive transition, she works across the financial and wider environmental sector to raise awareness and to create a more responsible and impactful finance industry.

Session: Money Matters

C3PO (Chief People, Planet & Purpose Officer)

Andy Hawkins is C-3PO, founder of Business on Purpose a Certified B Corp, a qualified B Leader, Co-chair of the Bristol & Bath B Local and has been in business for more than 30 years helping companies transform the way they work.

He also spent 5 years doing community development in Africa and a further 5 years in environmental services.

These experiences are now helping clients assess and improve their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) utilising the B Corp process and B Impact Assessment.

Having supported hundreds of clients across a range of sizes and sectors, he is well placed to provide support how, where and when it is needed.

Session: To B or not to B

CEO / Founder

Ayan Said is a leading figure in global sustainability and stakeholder engagement, blending expertise in science, education, and social entrepreneurship. With a focus on our environmental, social and governance issues, she uses an intersectional lens to identify and address interconnected challenges. Ayan's impactful career includes collaborations with F500 companies and international organisations like the UN, Future Forums, African Union, and she shares insights worldwide as a keynote speaker. She founded Voicing Voices to champion intersectionality and efficiency, driving transformation across regions with innovative methodologies. Committed to shifting narratives and fostering sustainable progress, Ayan invites us all to humanise systems by being brave enough to come as we are.

Session: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Founder

Elliot launched Ecologi which has helped businesses fund over a hundred climate and nature projects globally, as well as provide SMEs with high-integrity carbon footprinting for free.

Elliot is also Senior Advisor to a large nature restoration charity West Dorset Wilding and Board Advisor at The Climate Lobby.

Session: Biodiversity

Estate Manager

Gil Martin is the Estate Manager at Belmont, a regenerative business focused on the delivery of environmental and societal change through a blend of landscape scale nature restoration, climate change mitigation and community regeneration. The business comprises a number of sites including Belmont Estate and Watercress Farm in the Southwest, Aberarder Estate in the Highlands of Scotland, and a number of wider partnerships.

With a background in ecology, conservation and regenerative agriculture, and a focus on delivering nature-based solutions funded through the creation of innovative natural capital products, Gil is far from a conventional estate manager. His focus on process driven, complex ecosystem restoration has led to him overseeing nature recovery in the form of rewilding, rewetting and peatland restoration across the UK.

From working in traditional land management on farms and estates across the country, to conservation at national NGOs such as the National Trust, Gil now oversees Belmont’s ambitious plans for ecosystem restoration, combining the tenets of his extensive experience in ecology, food production, and commerciality into one powerful approach.

Session: Biodiversity

Senior Finance Advisor

Huw has spent over a decade working to make banking and investments a force for good.

He headed up the Retail Banking side of Triodos Bank in the UK between 2010 and 2019, and led the development of the UK’s most sustainable Personal Current Account. As a member of the senior management team during this period, he helped raise the profile of sustainable finance and showed that it was a credible alternative to banks which contribute to the climate crisis.

In recent years, he has been Senior Finance Adviser at Make My Money Matter, the innovative and impactful campaign co-founded by Richard Curtis. In this role Huw has engaged with the pensions and banking industry in various ways on key climate topics including fossil fuel expansion, deforestation, and climate solutions.

Session: Money Matters

Founder

Joanna Randall is founder and director of employee owned and B Corp communications and marketing agency Purplefish. 

Based in Bristol but working nationally and internationally she has led and managed several businesses in her 30-year career.  She also advises corporates, public sector and charitable organisations on their communications messaging, campaigns and engagement with audiences.

She is a proactive member of the South West business community and devotes time to advising start up businesses through to scale ups on their marketing activities, brand creation and communicating with customers, clients, investors and staff to get the right attention. 

A qualified business coach she is also an active mentor and a trustee of theatre charity Insane Roots which focuses on taking theatre into unexpected locations to reach wider and diverse audiences. She also teaches yoga in her spare time, is mum to two and spends time walking the dog and listening to podcasts.

Session: Amplify Your Message

Founder

Journalist: TV and radio presenter: author: mentor: Musician (The Membranes), best-selling pop culture author (Stone Roses, Punk rock -an oral history, Manchester - the North Will Rise Again and upcoming book ’The Art Of Darkness - the history of Goth): public speaker: Head of Louder Than Words - the UK’s biggest music and books festival: Head of about to be launched big scheme for training young people in green and eco jobs - the Green Britain Academy.

Session: Manifesto for a Green Britain

Inclusion & Cohesion Specialist

Session: Being Inclusive without being intrusive

Partnership Manager

Kyle Soo is the Partnerships & Product Manager at B Lab UK, the charity helping raise awareness of the B Corp movement nationwide.

A criminal lawyer for almost ten years, Kyle shifted his focus to business as a force for good with a particular focus on combining design, facilitation and storytelling to create networks and communities in service of people and the planet. He is also a Lego Serious Play Facilitator and runs the popular PechaKucha Nights in his home city of Manchester.

Session: B Corp

Managing Director

Nina is the MD at creative video agency, Skylark Media. Her background is in advertising and publishing for the likes of Influencer Intelligence, Creative Review and Marketing Week. She's led talks at Advertising Week New York, London and Festival of Marketing. At Skylark, she oversees a talented and growing team of award-winning creatives, working for the likes of Samaritans, Blue Cross and the British Council.

Session: Amplify Your Message

CEO

Sam Rowe is the CEO of multi-award winning Istoria Group, a women-owned collective of creative agencies based in Bristol and Indianapolis. The group offers clients complementary skill sets across exhibition & event design (Ignition); spatial design & branding (Phoenix Wharf); and strategic communications (Caroline).

Sam is also the CEO of Ignition which was awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development in 2020. She is a champion of sustainability, pioneering a new kind of business model that was founded on the principle of putting people and planet before profit. Ignition is accredited with ISO 20121 - Sustainable Event Management, in addition to ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 for Environmental and Quality Management.

Sam oversees the core strategy of the group and spearheads its continued growth and expansion into new territories and markets. The group has won numerous awards, amongst them ‘Creative Agency of the Year’, ‘Employer of the Year’ and ‘Best Eco Company’.

Istoria Group is truly entrepreneurial and comprises an incubator hub where promising start-ups get funding, mentoring and office space to give them the best chance to succeed.

Istoria Group works across a wide range of client sectors, from aerospace and defence, engineering, pharmaceutical, healthcare and beauty to higher education, F&B, retail, hospitality and the cultural sector.

Sam began her career with a major aerospace and defence company, working in business strategy and marketing, including the management of major global contracts. Sam attended Swansea University and gained a 1st Class BA in Spanish and Italian, as well as a MSc in Management from University of Bath. Sam is a regular speaker and press commentator.

Session: Amplify Your Message

Nutritional Therapist

Sarah is a qualified and experienced Nutritional Therapist and Nutritional Genomics Practitioner. As a full member of BANT (British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy), registered with the CNHC (Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council) and a member of the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM), recognised as the leading institute in functional medicine in the USA.

Operating her own private practice in Bristol, Sarah specialises in metabolic health, energy management, stress, and gut health. Simultaneously, she dedicates part of her time as a resident Nutritional Therapist at the UK's first metabolic health center in Bath.

Sarah employs a personalised, functional nutrition approach, offering bespoke nutrition and lifestyle plans underpinned by advanced nutrition and metabolic assessments. She conducts metabolic health workshops, delivers corporate workshops, and provides nutrition training. Passionate about sharing her knowledge, Sarah frequently engages diverse audiences through presentations and talks.

Before immersing herself in the world of nutritional therapy, Sarah began her professional journey in marketing and events in London. With a 1st class degree in marketing, she worked with many top FMCG companies.

Session: Mental Health & Wellbeing