Marverine Cole is a multi-award-winning broadcaster and journalist. She is best known as a newsreader on ITV1’s flagship breakfast programme, Good Morning Britain (GMB).

This year she celebrates 23 years in the industry, having been a Reporter, Documentary Producer and Presenter for many of the UK’s other leading broadcasters, including Sky News, BBC 5 Live, Classic FM and BBC Radio 4.

When Marverine is not presenting TV News, she’s always busy wearing her two other ‘hats’. She often evangelises about craft beer on ITV’s Sunday morning programme, Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh – in her guise as an accredited beer sommelier.

As a transformative coach and mentor, Marverine candidly shares her career and life experiences, personal advice & guidance on her social media channels.

25 years ago Adam started out as an editor for a small independent production company. Since then there isn't a type of production or role that Adam hasn't done. Having directed and produced reality, documentaries, comedies and ad campaigns, Adam found himself as Head of Production at a global advertising agency. Since founding and building Sticks & Glass in 2018 they now specialise in post and live production with a focus on factual, documentary filmmaking and live sports. A world class live and post facility in the heart of Leeds.

Caroline Norbury, OBE is the founding Chief Executive of Creative UK. Dedicated to championing the creative industries, Creative UK invests in and supports creative ideas, talent and businesses, harnessing the power of the creative sector to build a fairer, more prosperous world. Creative UK has leveraged over £100m into creative businesses and projects across the country and uses its extensive membership and networks as a change maker and advocate for a world where creativity is valued and recognised as a driving force of our future.Caroline began her career working in community arts before becoming a film and TV producer, focusing on supporting new talent and those whose voices had traditionally been absent from mainstream media and storytelling.A member of BAFTA and the Royal Society of Arts, Caroline sits on the Creative Industries Council and co-chairs the Growth working group of the Council. Caroline is a founding board member of the Creative Industries Independent Standards Agency, (CIISA) and Chairwoman of the cross-industry “Roundtable” group focused on reducing bullying, harassment, and discrimination in the Creative Sector. Caroline is also a trustee of the PRS Foundation, supporting the development of new music and musicians, and previously Chairwoman of The Music Works, a small charity in Gloucestershire supporting young people in challenging circumstances to have better lives through music. She has two honorary doctorates from the University of Essex and Arts University Bournemouth.

Chantal Epp is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur, two-time World Champion Cheerleader, and the founder and CEO of ClicknClear, a pioneering music rights technology company. She is currently leading a transformative movement at the intersection of music, sport, and intellectual property, earning recognition as one of the 50 Most Inspiring Women in Tech in the UK.

Chantal’s entrepreneurial journey began at university with Synergy Sounds, a music mixing service for cheer and dance teams. After transitioning into the professional sync licensing world—working with major brands and digital creators—she witnessed the legal vulnerabilities of the sports world firsthand when a major record label sued the cheerleading industry. This served as the catalyst for ClicknClear.

Under her leadership, ClicknClear has secured global deals with all major record labels and publishers, unlocking a previously untapped revenue stream for the music industry. The company’s proprietary technology suite manages rights and verifies licenses for high-stakes disciplines like Gymnastics, Figure Skating, and Artistic Swimming. These efforts recently earned ClicknClear the prestigious WIPO Global Award from the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Beyond the boardroom, Chantal is a dedicated athlete and global advocate for ParaCheer. She has helped establish inclusive teams in over 18 countries by showcasing her wheelchair partner stunt routines. Alongside her partner, Rick Rodgers, she is currently leading the charge to see cheerleading recognized in the Paralympic Games.

A tech visionary and champion for equity, Chantal continues to break barriers, ensuring that both artists and athletes are protected and empowered on the world stage.

Fran McIntyre is the Managing Director of Innovate UK Business Connect.  In her role, Fran works across sectors and regions to bring people, ideas and resources together - ensuring that innovative businesses get the support, networks and visibility they need to accelerate growth at pace.
 
With a background in business leadership throughout UK and Europe, Fran champions culture, collaboration and impact.

Helen Godwin is the Mayor of the West of England. Elected in May 2025, she has started a new chapter for the region. Helen was born in the West, grew up and is raising her family there, and has worked as a local councillor and in business. 

Committed to bringing people together to make a difference that people can see and feel across Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol, and South Gloucestershire, her priorities are clear: reliable buses and trains that connect communities, affordable homes in the right places with essential services, and pathways to green jobs that power the region’s future economy.

Since May, the West has provided free bus travel for children during the summer, with over 900,000 journeys; launched a £5 million Youth Guarantee offering jobs and training to local young people; and secured an unprecedented £752 million for transport in the region. The West has also got the green light for the Portishead Line reopening, won a £25 million devolved fund for creative places, and signed a Strategic Place Partnership with Homes England to help build more affordable homes. Before Christmas, a new regional Growth Strategy was approved including plans for 72,000 new jobs over the next ten years and a proudly interventionist Child Poverty Action Plan was published.

Ida Levine is a Principal with Two Rivers Associates Limited consulting on policy, strategy and governance. She sits on the Board of Directors of the Impact Investing Institute with a focus on policy issues.  She also serves as a NED on the Boards of Creative UK and Creative UK Investments.  

Ida is a Governor of the Royal Ballet Companies. She also is a Trustee of Dancers Career Development (DCD), and the Maria Bjornson Memorial Fund, a grant-making charity in the performing arts.  Ida is the Honorary Patron of the Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition.  She was previously Vice-Chair and a Trustee of the Royal Academy of Dance, and received its President's Award.
 
Ida is a member of the Financial Markets Law Committee (FMLC) and the Advisory Boards of PRIME Finance Foundation, the UCLA Institute for Carbon Management and the UCLA Promise Institute for Human Rights Law.  
 
Previously Ida was Board Director, Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel for the Capital Group/American Funds where she founded the Governance and European Public Policy functions. 

Before Capital, Ida was European Counsel for JP Morgan Investment Management. Prior to this, she was a Partner at the international law firm Jones Day (London and New York).

Karim Palant is Director of External Affairs at  the BVCA, where he leads the Public Affairs, Communications and Research functions.

Karim and his colleagues tell the story of private capital through high-impact  engagement with policymakers, stakeholders and the media.

Karim also oversees the BVCA’s agenda-setting research programme, which  includes the Performance Measurement Survey - the largest primary research survey of its kind in the UK, and the annual Report on Investment Activity. He has two decades of experience in tech and economic policy. From 2015,  he led public policy and economic impact work at major tech firms - at  LinkedIn and previously Facebook. Earlier in his career, he served as Head of  Policy to the Shadow Chancellor.

Karim studied PPE at the University of Oxford, following his education at Calderstones Comprehensive School in Liverpool.

Marverine Cole is a multi-award-winning broadcaster and journalist. She is best known as a newsreader on ITV1’s flagship breakfast programme, Good Morning Britain (GMB).

This year she celebrates 23 years in the industry, having been a Reporter, Documentary Producer and Presenter for many of the UK’s other leading broadcasters, including Sky News, BBC 5 Live, Classic FM and BBC Radio 4.

When Marverine is not presenting TV News, she’s always busy wearing her two other ‘hats’. She often evangelises about craft beer on ITV’s Sunday morning programme, Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh – in her guise as an accredited beer sommelier.

As a transformative coach and mentor, Marverine candidly shares her career and life experiences, personal advice & guidance on her social media channels.

Stephen Welton was appointed Non-executive Chair of the British Business Bank in October 2023. 

Stephen has extensive experience as an investor in private capital markets around the world. He was the founder CEO of the Business Growth Fund plc (BGF) from 2011 to 2020, then Executive Chair between 2020 and 2022, and later Non-Executive Chair until July 2023.

In 2013, Stephen was appointed as an advisor to the UK Government regarding the establishment of the British Business Bank and, in 2017, served as a member of the Industry Panel advising HM Treasury on the Patient Capital Review. He was also a member of the Prime Minister’s 2021 Business Council and member of the Innovate Council from 2018-2021.

Prior to BGF, he was one of the founding partners of global private equity firm CCMP Capital (formerly JP Morgan Partners) and, before that, managing director of Barclays Private Equity and Henderson Ventures, which he also co-founded.

Stephen was awarded a CBE in June 2023 for services to Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship. Stephen is also NED of ICG plc a FTSE 100 global alternatives asset manager, and NED and Chair of Investment Committee for Emirates Growth Fund, a major new investment firm for the UAE under the ownership of the Emirates Development Bank.