Sharold is the Founder and Chief Vision Officer (CVO) of Seven Palms Consultancy, a strategy and innovation firm helping organisations lead through complexity with clarity, purpose, and measurable impact. With over 23 years of experience, including 17 at the Financial Times leading digital publishing and transformation, she brings a rare blend of commercial strategy, systems thinking, and creative leadership.
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Sharold advises boards, founders, and executive teams on stakeholder engagement, inclusive governance, and ethical innovation. Her deep expertise in DEIB is woven through every solution, ensuring growth is equitable, intentional, and accountable. At critical inflection points, her approach brings commercial acuity with a human-first ethos.

A Fellow of the RSA and FT Non-Executive Director Diploma holder, Sharold is known for her calm clarity, strategic depth, and people first approach. Through Seven Palms, she supports leaders in building cultures, products, and strategies that are fit for the future.

Seven Palms Consultancy contributes 7% of its business revenue to good causes. The SSEC brings together likeminded entrepreneurs and business owners who want to make a positive impact, hence, it was a natural alignment, powerful association and easy decision for Seven Palms to be involved with the event.

Rachel Bashabe is a fashion designer and the founder of Veryldesigns. A luxurious African print fashion online house that specialises in creating and selling bold print African fashion that’s aimed at showcasing the beauty of bold prints as well as challenging men & women to step in confidence with styles that are modern, classy and very eye catching.

Currently Rachel consults with British council Uganda as the UK Partner on their new programme on supporting female startups in Uganda in an incubator programme called Creative DNA which helps to grow and provide access to diaspora markets for these ladies. She has also exhibited her fashion mind in the corporate space by designing bespoke staff uniforms for Socially Conscious Entrepreneurs conference 2024-25.

Fiona Harrold is a media expert leading one of the UK's fastest growing PR agencies. A PR guru, she is the go-to for clients wanting to achieve global exposure for themselves and their brands. The Times of London calls her 'one of the new gurus.'

Her bestselling book, 'Be Your Own Life Coach' is still revered as the leading title in its field after 25 years.  Fiona secures coverage for her clients in global publications that reach millions. She knows there is nothing more powerful than getting featured in the press!

"Fall in love with your customers problem - not your solution to it"; a lesson that a lot of business owners I am lucky enough to work with would share with their younger selves.
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Nick has a Passion for supporting people and businesses and has built a strong network and a track record for spotting and signposting opportunities for those he is aligned with, having worked for NatWest in the small business marketplace for over 30 years.

Great listener to business owner challenges with suggestions made on the back of those to introduce people to like minded solutions to the identified needs. Nick also helps business community organisations to build their offer and range of events, workshops, contacts and reach to help their local business economy thrive.

NatWest and I are delighted to host the Sociallly Conscious Entrepreneurs Annual conference again this year as it always succeeds to bring together such a positive and like minded community to help one another thrive, aspire and learn and looking forward to many meaningful conversations on the day.

Adrian is a Financial Adviser with a mission to help business owners and their families secure their financial future. With over a decade of international experience in Investment and Corporate banking, he has worked with some of the world’s largest financial institutions, including UBS, HSBC, NatWest, Barclays, RBS, Accenture, Visa, Bloomberg, and Deloitte.

Adrian specialises in financial protection and generational wealth transfer, helping families and entrepreneurs build and pass on wealth in a tax-efficient way. His expertise ensures that business owners not only grow their wealth but also protect it for future generations.

Linda Attram is a powerhouse property investor and developer with 25+ years of success building a multimillion-pound portfolio across the UK, Caribbean, and Ghana. From Land Development to Buy to Lets, HMOs, Serviced Apartments, she's mastered it all and leads with expertise. An award-winning entrepreneur, author, international speaker, and mentor at Westminster University, Linda is passionate about empowering the next generation of property professionals.

Named Global Woman Club Regional Director of the Year (2023) and Inspirational Mother of The Year (Inspiration Awards for Women 2023), Linda brings unstoppable energy to everything she does, all while being a proud wife and mum of three. Her work has inspired and empowered aspiring property professionals, especially women, giving them knowledge, confidence, and opportunities.

Seb Brantigan, co-founder of DBSS Digital is a Digital Marketing and Automation Veteran, Speaker, and Author who has been in the industry for nearly a decade. Seb has worked with several 7 and 8 figure earners to scale up their marketing using advanced automation, in particular email, SMS and WhatsApp marketing. He has worked with some of the UK’s most prolific property, business & wealth coaches and mentors.

Seb's main focus is assisting service-based businesses to buy back their time by offering done-for-you lead generation and marketing automation. In a typical month, Seb manages the send of 1-2 million emails, text messages and WhatsApps per month for his clients and
his own companies. In addition to his almost 10 years of digital marketing experience personally, Seb is also the author of 'Social Marketing Success' which became Best Seller in multiple categories on Amazon launch day.

Jackson Ogunyemi aka Action Jackson isn’t just a speaker he’s an experience. Known for his E4 Method (Energy, Entertainment, Empowerment, Education), he blends comedy, music, and storytelling to create unforgettable events. With a background in NLP, his talks connect deeply, inspiring bold action and lasting change. Described by Simon Cowell as “an unstoppable force for happiness,” Jackson has delivered 1,500+ talks worldwide to CEOs, entrepreneurs, and leaders. Clients include Google, Amazon, LinkedIn, McDonald’s, AstraZeneca, and Boeing. With 25+ years’ experience, his sessions ignite motivation, build resilience, and equip audiences with tools to thrive in today’s fast-paced world.

Eighteen years ago, I delivered a talk at a primary school. Among the students was a young girl who dreamed of becoming a speaker. Inspired, she gained work experience with us and later pursued her passion. Today, she is a world-renowned motivational speaker, traveling the globe. Witnessing lives transformed like hers is the true measure of our impact.

A great part of my work is helping people become more conscious about life and their role within it. The Socially Conscious Entrepreneur event is the perfect place to connect with like-minded individuals driven by purpose, impact, and positive change. For me, being in such a room is the way forward.

Deirdre LaBassiere LL.B (Hons), FTLS is a governance strategist and social impact leader, Chair of WAITS (Women Acting in Today’s Society) and the Legacy Centre of Excellence, and founder of LaBassiere Consultants. Creator of Governance with SOUL™ (Stewardship, Orientation, Understanding, Legacy), she helps entrepreneurs and purpose-driven organisations embed conscious leadership, aligning ethics, risk and performance to create resilient, investable ventures.

With two decades across housing, NHS, charity and CIC sectors, Deirdre builds board assurance frameworks, turns around compliance, and develops leaders to embed belonging and accountability. A sought-after speaker and facilitator, she champions “governance with heart and spine” strong controls, human-centred culture, and strategic assurance that outlives any single leader. She is also developing an eco-wellbeing resort and affordable homes model on her family estate in Dominica.