IWD Mentor Bios 2019.Pdf

Ark Elvin’s International Women’s Day Celebration Women Who Dare for Greatness 5 March 2019, 4 to 6 pm

Mentor Bios (4 pages) Jennifer Stoute Team GB Sprinter, Businesswoman, Actor, Model Jennifer was born in Bradford, UK but grew up in Barbados. She returned to the UK to do her “O” and “A” levels, and then went on to further her education as a personal trainer. In the meantime, at age 16, Jennifer was discovered as a sprinter and went on to represent GB over 20 times, which included two Commonwealth Games and two European Games, where she won both Gold and Silver medals. The pinnacle of her athletic career came at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, where she took home a Bronze medal distinguishing herself as one of GB’s finest sprinters.

After constant injuries, Jennifer was forced to retire from athletics earlier than she had expected. So, she changed tack. In 1996, she took on the role as ‘Rebel’ in the hugely popular TV show The Gladiators. She then when on to join cast and crew of the Hollywood film The Gladiator. This opened up doors to many other opportunities on TV and radio.

Jennifer is now a mother of two girls and balances family life with running a successful Athletics Agency where she combines her experience and knowledge of sport to manage over 20 world-wide athletes.

Shalina Crossly Lawyer, Lewis Silken Shalina studied Law at Kings College in London. Her entire professional career has been at Lewis Silkin, where she started her training contract as a solicitor in 2002 and was promoted to partner in the employment team in 2016.

Whilst Shalina is a generalist employment lawyer, her practice is largely focused on work in the professional service sector (mainly advising law firms on their HR issues) and high value discrimination litigation.

Having been at the firm for many years Shalina has been involved with many internal facing projects pertaining to the culture of the firm and career development for example, being a representative on the firm wide forum and latterly becoming the firm’s Training Principal.

Shalina is a mother to two children aged 6 and 8. She is a real foodie and when she has the time, she enjoys cooking for family and friends.

Claire Musgrave Partner and Finance Director, Marshall Wace Claire joined Marshall Wace in 2007 and became a partner in 2013. She was named one of Financial News's 100 Most Influential Women in Finance in 2017. Claire holds global responsibility for group financial reporting and tax, and shares responsibility for group corporate governance; she is the chairperson of the Marshall Wace Operating Committee, recipient of the 2017 Hedge Fund Journal 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds award.

Prior to Marshall Wace, Claire worked for Citigroup’s investment bank in the CFO team and for Schroder Salomon Smith Barney in London and Paris; She qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte & Touche.

Claire holds a BA (Hons) in Social & Economic History from the University of Birmingham.

Jouja Maamri Masters Student, Sutton Trust Fellow Jouja is currently studying for an MSc in Migration Studies at the University of Oxford, where she is researching how colonial legacies shape the relationships between Algerian migrants and the French state. Jouja completed her undergraduate degree in Political Science and Human Rights at Columbia University in New York. She has also studied in Nepal, Jordan and Chile.

Jouja recently worked at Regenerative Investment, an impact fund investing in companies enabling a better and more sustainable world. She has also worked with the US-UK Fulbright Commission and the Synergos Institute, and sits on the Sutton Trust Alumni Leadership Board.

Chloe Ferns Professional Dancer Chloe grew up in Glasgow and trained at The Urdang Academy in London. Chloe was the Choreography and Dance Captain on the Liam Payne World tour. She has worked with the following artists, either on their live stage shows or in their music videos: Little Mix, Elton John, Zara Larson, Kylie Minogue, Zara Larson The Voice, Lady Leshurr World Tour, Take That, Robbie Williams, 5 after Midnight, Ellie Goulding, FKA Twigs. She has also worked on the following shows: The Brit Awards, Eurovision, The Voice, X Factor, Jingle Bell Ball, Lip Sync Battle, Thriller Live Westend and World tour, The Brit Awards, Summertime Ball and Radio one Weekend.

In addition to her dance career, Chloe is the director of a successful property development and Investment Company.

My passion for sharing my story, with the hope that it will inspire young people, has led me to develop the IAM programme. IAM primarily focuses on helping young girls who may suffer with mental health or who are just a little lost in life. As these were some of the struggles I faced, before going on to achieve my dreams, I am really passionate about helping people achieve their full potential. The programme consists of various components, including dance, fitness and most importantly mindset training. Our aim is to help students develop self awareness and self love which in turn will enable students to become stronger - spiritually, financially and emotionally.

Krystal Roxx DJ, Designer Krystal Roxx is a high energy DJ and producer. She started her career in 2010 with Ministry of Sound and toured internationally with Taio Cruz. Her technical ability and passion for music has seen her as an artist in high demand for events in the UK, Ibiza, Germany and the US. She has taken her DJ sets and live shows to clubs and festivals appearing on line-ups alongside Bakermat, Felix Jaehan and around the world from playing 90,000 for the Euros to fronting regular early morning rave at Morning Gloryville where she plays alongside Fat Boy Slim, Basement Jaxx.

Caroline Bottomley Entrepreneur; Video, Music and TV Production Caroline runs Shiny, a network of world-class production companies, ad agencies, label and brand commissioners and broadcasters. The company discovers and supports the best emerging video directors via innovative events and awards. Caroline was named one of Pitch magazine's 100 Superwomen 2018. Previously, Caroline founded Radar Music Videos, she was the head of a TV production company and was a Live Music and Club promoter.

Caroline is a mentor in the She Says So network and for refugee children at Salusbury World. She is also on the jury panels for the AIM Music Awards, Creative Circle and the UKMVAs.

Tamala Anderson Architect Tamala grew up in the United States and went to a tiny rural state secondary school. She always knew she wanted to be an architect so went straight to study architecture in university. Despite knowing what she wanted to ‘be’ when she grew up, it was not a straight line. After university, Tamala travelled to London using some money she’d won on a competition and found a job; After about a year, she applied for and received a Rotary Foundation scholarship which sent her to Sheffield University – a place she had never heard of but it was free, so she went and ended up loving it. She took out a loan to pay for the second year and complete her architecture degree.

Travel was ‘career' defining for Tamala – she would travel or move, then find the job. After having children, she started working part time from home eventually setting up her own consulting business. Currently, Tamala is juggling family life with working part-time as an architect and also pursuing and MSc in Environmental Psychology.

Alice Sheriff Creative Brand Executive, Black Rabbit Alice is the founder of Black Rabbit London Ltd, a global brand consultancy that delivers creative solutions across Visual Merchandising, Spatial Design & Brand storytelling. Black Rabbit works across various sectors from Fashion & Beauty to Restaurants & Luxury Goods.

Before founding the business in London, Alice worked in the European HQ for Calvin Klein, Lacoste & Diesel heading up their marketing & visual departments. She started her career in Selfridges Oxford Street as a window dresser.

Alice studied Fine Art Textiles at UAL, Chelsea College of Arts, supported by foundation course in Art & Design at Camberwell College of Arts.

Oruj Defoite Broadcast Journalist Oruj is a journalist and broadcaster who has covered national and international stories while working for the BBC and ITV. She was a newsreader on the breakfast show GMTV. She reported live in the aftermath of the terrorist bombings in London on 7/7. She travelled to Davos for the World Economic Forum where she hung out with the Blairs. She’s been to the Oscars and met and interviewed almost every Hollywood celebrity including Jonny Depp, Scarlet Johansson, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron and Sharon Stone. She’s even been kissed by Will Smith and she can prove it because it’s on camera.

Oruj now works at Channel 4 News as a senior producer and broadcast journalist. She also works in the House of Lords advising on race and equality issues.

Polly Curtis Fmr Editor-in-Chief, HuffPost Polly joined HuffPost UK in August 2017 as Editor-in-Chief with 16 years of media industry experience. Immediate prior to joining HuffPost, Polly was Director of Media for British Red Cross during a time that included the organisation’s largest emergency response in decades, as they operationalised after the Manchester bombing, London Bridge and Finsbury Park attacks and at Grenfell.

Prior to her position at British Red Cross, Polly was most recently Digital Editor at The Guardian, where she led digital plans for the Scottish referendum, the EU referendum as well as the live coverage of some of the biggest breaking stories in recent times.

Priya Shah Senior Economist, Department of Work & Pensions, UK Government I grew up in Southall and have spent many Saturdays getting bored while my family shoppedon Ealing Road! I did my GCSEs and A-levels at Greenford High School and was the only girl who chose to study Economics at A-level. I believe this was because my Dad always told me I could be anything I wanted to be – it didn’t matter whether I was a boy or a girl. My mum never prioritised her education because that wasn’t the norm for women when she was growing up and she reminded me every day to try as hard as I could so that I didn’t have to stand on my feet all night at work like her – and so I did.

I completed my BSc in Economics at the University of Nottingham which provided me with a direct route into the Government Economic Service. I was then sponsored by my employer to study my MSc in Economics at the University of Warwick. Today I am a Senior Economist for the Civil Service and believe that is because even though I was afraid of failure - I still tried.

Dr Evadney Keith GP, Cardiologist Dr Keith trained at Southampton School of Medicine, finishing in 1996 as an accelerated student and completing post graduate training at Central Middlesex, St Marys (Paddington), The Royal Free and The Whittington Hospitals, before becoming a General Practicitioner. At the Hospital of St John and Elizabeth’s, her practice includes many local and international families. A member of the Royal College of General Practitioners, Dr Keith’s special interests include Cardiology and Minor Surgery.

Maria Griffin UK&I Quality, Railway Safety and Performance Director, Altstrom As a graduate mechanical engineer, Maria’s career began in railway rolling stock, progressing to Engineering and Project Manager. Moving into railway signalling, Maria held senior management roles including Engineering Delivery Manager, Project Director and Technical Director. Maria now leads the Operational Functions for UK and Ireland, reporting to the MD.