F = presents #FORAFOUNDERS – Balance for Better #FORAHER

Prominent business network F = has gathered together a panel of high achieving women to talk about the Importance of Balance, with a strong emphasis on Mental Wellness. Chaired by F = founder Danielle Newnham, panellists include Poorna Bell, Jo Wimble-Groves and Ruth Cooper Dickson who will discuss their journey to success and how they manage the highs and inevitable lows.

Poorna Bell

An award-winning journalist, charismatic public speaker and published author, Poorna Bell works extensively across several areas including women’s journalism, women in business, wellness, mental health and champions issues affecting the BAME community. The former UK Executive Editor and Global Lifestyle Head for HuffPost, Poorna now works as a freelance journalist and editor for titles including The Pool, The Guardian, Red magazine, Stylist, Women’s Health, The Debrief and the Daily Telegraph. She is also the founder of Fix My Life Workshops and Events and a popular public speaker and event facilitator.

Jo Wimble Groves

Jo Wimble-Groves is the co-owner of Active Digital, an award-winning mobile telecommunications company she runs with her brother for over twenty years. A self-confessed ‘accidental entrepreneur’, Jo put her hand up and took an opportunity to run a business with her brother at just sixteen years old, dropping out of college at the same time. The organisation is now a multi-million-pound company and holds several global awards for customer experience.

Ruth Cooper Dickson

Ruth is the Founder of Champs, the wellbeing consultancy. She is a hands-on wellbeing specialist focus on practical outcomes. An experienced Mental Health First Aider, she has supported over 500 individuals on a voluntary basis. Ruth has a personal lived experienced of Generalised Anxiety and Panic Disorder throuout her corporate business and career. which fuelled her passion for launching Champs. Since 2015 she has been on a journey of recovery and appreciates the struggles of dealing with daily life whilst trying to maintain positive mental health.

Danielle Newnham

Danielle Newnham is author and co-founder of F =. Having started in the startup space in 2006, Danielle was on the founding team of one of the UK’s first mobile agencies – ubinow – which was later sold to Havas.

During her time in the tech industry, Danielle noticed the lack of visibility of women and, in turn, started F = to highlight women’s stories of success and empower women through fashion. F = shares weekly interviews with game-changing women and sells female empowerment apparel including their famous GIRL POWER t-shirts with proceeds going to Worldreader. Danielle’s most recent book – Female Innovators at Work – highlights 20 pioneering women in tech.

Drinks from 6.00pm, starts promptly at 6.30pm.