Online event
Female-led businesses: best tips for scaling to success
Friday 06 March at 12:00PM
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Join us this International Women’s Day for an inspiring conversation with three extraordinary women entrepreneurs who have built innovative, purpose-driven businesses and taken them to the world.
What you’ll learn
- Hear from three extraordinary women entrepreneurs about their journeys and honest insights into challenges faced - and how they overcame them
- Gain practical strategies for building confidence, managing risk, and entering new markets
- Recieve advice for women looking to grow at home or take their first step into exporting
Description
Across the UK, women’s entrepreneurial participation is rising faster than ever, with more women stepping into leadership, exporting, and building high-impact ventures - yet many continue to face barriers in access to finance, scaling, and international expansion. This session brings these realities to the forefront while spotlighting the women who are overcoming them.
Hear from Export Champions Grace Olugbodi (BeGenio) and Shalom Lloyd (Naturally Tribal Skincare), alongside Emma Jones CBE, UK Small Business Commissioner and Founder of Enterprise Nation, as they share powerful insights on overcoming barriers, leading with confidence, and seizing global opportunities.
This session will offer practical advice, real-life lessons, and a celebration of women who are reshaping industries - at home and internationally.
Whether you’re considering your first overseas customer or scaling an established business, this interactive, discussion-based webinar will celebrate the achievements of women founders who are breaking barriers and scaling globallyoffers. Hear real-world guidance, lived experience, and inspiration from women who have done it.
Speakers
Shalom Lloyd MBE
Founder and Director, Naturally Tiwa Skincare
Shalom is a British-Nigerian business leader with 29+ years in the pharmaceutical industry. She is Founder of Naturally Tiwa Skincare, CSO at Emerging Markets Quality Trials, and GM for The Body Shop Nigeria. Passionate about diversity, sustainability, and women’s empowerment, she also drives initiatives in clinical trials and Nigeria’s shea industry. A TEDx speaker and Honorary Professor, Shalom was awarded an MBE in 2024 for services to International Trade and Women in Business.
Grace Olugbodi
Founder, BeGenio
BeGenio is an early stage, social impact business creating products that helps children love maths. The company’s aim is to make maths fun and less daunting for kids and their parents using EdTech. BeGenio uses play-learning, maths gamification and creative, innovative teaching methodologies to increase confidence, fluency, critical, analytical, creative thinking and eradicate mathematical anxiety. Its vision is to help 10 million children love mathematics and eradicate maths anxiety. BeGenio’s main export markets are the USA, Taiwan and Africa / Middle East. Grace’s advice to anyone thinking of exporting is to “just do it as you never know until you do. Your story may be just like mine
Emma Jones
Small Business Commissioner, Department for Business and Trade
Emma focuses on supporting and advocating for small businesses, ensuring they receive the resources and attention necessary to thrive.
She has gained a wealth of experience having founded and lead Enterprise Nation, StartUp Britain and Techlocate.com.
Emma has a deep understanding of enterprise development, public policy and media relations to help empower entrepreneurs and small firms.
As a Non-Executive Director at Ramsgate Space she drives initiatives to revitalise the town's high-street and boosts enterprise through community-focused action.