Meet the team

Partnerships Manager for the North East

Amelia spends her time networking with schools, colleges and key partners in business to champion the cause of Enterprise UK and get as many people as possible involved with our campaigns.

By night; she loves to indulge in cheap celebrity gossip and trashy reality television, watch Newcastle United play football and perform many “quality control tests” on cocktails for a number of local bars!

Head of Global Entrepreneurship Week

Benita heads up a small team which is responsible for the delivery of Global Entrepreneurship Week. They are building a worldwide movement of entrepreneurial people and so far have engaged more than 80 countries in over 25,000 events. 

Benita comes from a family of ukulele players and in her spare time (once GEW is over!), she writes comedic poetry.

Partnerships Manager, West Midlands

Communicating the work of Make Your Mark in the West Midlands to as many people in the region as possible and getting them engaged in entrepreneurial activity.

Caroline worked as a stand in for the actress Kristin Scott Thomas on the film Angels and Insects.

Got a question about our Regional Campaigns in the West Midlands? Send Caroline an email!

Education Partnership Manager – West Midlands

Chris works within the education - schools, colleges and universities, developing opportunities for individuals to be enterprising.

He plays many sports at club level such as Rugby and American Football, He is also a qualified coach for over 8 different sports!! from Basketball, Netball, Baseball and many more.

Got a question about the Education Partnershis Campaign? Send Chris an email!

National Partnerships Manager

Denise develops partnerships with corporate businesses, entrepreneurs and enterprising organisations. If one of these is you and you would like some enterprising support, contact Denise today!

Denise supports her local community by delivering a skills workshop on saturday afternoons

Got a question about National Partnerships? Send Denise an email!

Ambassadors and Networks Manager

The Make Your Mark campaign is supported by inspiring entrepreneurs and super-connected network leaders and it’s Eimear’s job to get them on board!

Eimear likes running (but only in nice weather) and is a big fan of shoes - she would really love to run her own shoe shop one day.

Got a question about our Ambassadors and Networks? Send Eimear an email!

Director of Campaigns

Elizabeth is responsible for work in education – schools, colleges and universities; women’s enterprise; ethnic minorities enterprise, communities enterprise and social enterprise.

Her favorite bus is the 88.

Women’s Enterprise Campaigner

Emma manages the Spark Network, a UK wide network of female entrepreneurs.

She has played cello at the Royal Albert and Festival Hall on numerous occasions and will be taking part in the 2009 London Triathlon.

Got a question about the Women’s Enterprise campaign? Send Emma an email!

Relationships Manager

Fiona is responsible for co-ordinating Enterprise UK’s relationships with stakeholders, funders and potential donors in order to maximise support for the organisation and its work in developing an enterprising culture in the UK.

She is a huge fan of musical theatre and have appeared in the likes of West Side Story and Jesus Christ Superstar. Luckily for her colleagues, there’s no risk she’ll be belting out show tunes in the office anytime soon.

Head of Communications

Hannah can normally be found searching for entrepreneurs who would be good on telly, predicting tomorrow’s headlines or making a cuppa.

She has green fingers and would like to run a horticultural enterprise in the country one day.

Got a question about Make Your Mark’s PR and communications? Send Hannah an email!

Head of Region East of England

Hazel is the Head of Campaign in the East of England.

She worked with Channel 4 on Rock School and stayed in  LA as a guest of Gene Simmons.

Got a question about campaigns in the East of England? Send Hazel an email!

Head of Region, Yorkshire and the Humber

Jane is Head of Region for Yorkshire and the Humber.

She is the great neice of Enid Blyton. She was recognised as a Young Achiever of the Year at the same event at Buckingham Palace as Zoe Ball and Denise Van Outen!

Got a question about our campaign in Yorkshire and Humber? Send Jane an email!

Policy and Research Assistant

Jonathan keeps his finger on the pulse of UK enterprise policy, collates policy responses and authors both our Enterprise Insights newsletter and policy twitter feed - The Enterpriser.

His ambition for 2009 is to design and patent a crazy invention.

Facilities and HR Officer

Kate manages the facilities for the organisation and provides HR support to Vanessa.

She is currently studying at the British Institute of Facilities Management and, having passed year 1, is keeping her fingers tightly crossed to pass year 2. Kate also loves travelling and good food.

Got a question about Make Your Mark’s facilities and HR? Send Kate an email!

Make Your Mark Club Education Officer

I manage the day-to-day running of the Make Your Mark Club, a national network of enterprise clubs based in schools and sixth form colleges.

I went to the same secondary school as Sir Isaac Newton – The King’s School.

GEW and Marketing Manager

Copywriter, marketer and strategiser extraordinaire, Lauren is the person to speak to if you want to find out more about Global Entrepreneurship Week!

Lauren is co-founder of an ethical fashion magazine nu magazine - the other founder being Amisha! Make Your Mark’s very own diva, she has been playing the piano since she was three.

Resources Administrator

Smooth Operator - Margaret works closely with the Resources team, providing professional and friendly administration assistance.

She loves playing music, photography and hanging out in Shoreditch.

Got a question about Make Your Mark’s facilities? Send Margaret an email!

Company Secretary

Melody is Company Secretary and oversees the central administrative functions - finance, facilities and HR.

Before 1999 she lived mainly overseas working in a wide range of organisations from not-for-profits in South Africa, British Government and Ulaan Baatar University in Mongolia, to English language schools in Yugoslavia.

Got a question about Make Your Mark? Send Melody an email!

Director of Regions

Director of our regional campaigns, Pam’s role is to bring the enterprise message to the regions and help place enterprise at the top of the agenda!

She has been a Councillor since 2003 and is currently Deputy Mayor to the directly elected Mayor in Hartlepool. A keen skier and snowboarder, she has been known to swap snow for waves on the old surf board.

Regional PR Manager

Rachel generates publicity for the campaign across the regions showcasing the exceptional work we do.

Her son plays lead guitar in a glam rock band called Knock Out Kaine. Uri Geller once bent a spoon for her in his house in Berkshire.

Got a question about our Regional PR? Send Rachel an email!

Head of Secondary Education

Richard manages the inspiring enterprise programmes that Enterprise UK delivers to young people, including Your Mark with a Tenner, the Challenge and the Clubs

He has driven a campervan, back-packed or hopped a train to a lot of different countries (37 so far) and wants to clock up the next 10 from the deck of a yacht

Project Manager

Sam project manages the Enterprising Places Network. She loves shopping, especially for shoe.

National Partnerships Co-ordinator

Sara provides top notch support to the Partnerships Team and is generally a bit bossy!

One unknown fact about Sarah is that she lived in Uganda as a child.
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Policy and Research Assistant

Silviya conducts research on enterprise policy, contributes to policy development and works to convey the Enterprise UK message to key stakeholders.

Silviya has experience working as a childcarer and her long-term ambition is to establish a network of children’s centres and playgroups in Bulgaria.

Entrepreneurship Now Co-ordinator

Sumeet works across all the projects in the Entrepreneurship Now Team – Make Your Mark in the Markets, Make Your Mark in Retail, Getting British Business Online and Spark Events

He loves a challenge – last year he completed the 3 peaks challenge for Bowel Cancer UK – this year he’s hoping to climb Kilimanjaro for Breast Cancer Research.

Online Content and Community Coordinator

Zarina manages the Enterprise UK community and forum. She strikes up and creates buzz around current events and competitions through various social media channels in order to drive people to promote campaigns, and also to expand the Enterprise UK community. Zarina also aids the development of Enterprise UK campaigns with their content and digital marketing strategies.