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Speakers
Lou Nylander
EVENT EMCEE
Marketing strategist and community builder with 18+ years of experience driving impact for global brands in digital advertising and media. As founder of Wildflowers of London, I've built a thriving 800+ member collective that empowers professional women, while leading global marketing teams at PubMatic, AOL/Huffington Post, and Unruly. I specialise in B2B marketing, revenue generation, and team leadership, with a proven track record of transforming complex propositions into compelling narratives that drive growth. Recognition includes Highly Commended for "Profit before Purpose" at Lloyds Business Banking Awards (2023), and serving as a Board Member at Pancreatic Cancer Action. Passionate about democratising marketing expertise and fostering inclusive cultures, I work as a trusted Fractional CMO for purpose-driven startups and scale-ups.
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Eleanor Mills
Eleanor Mills is a campaigner, Founder, bestselling-author and award-winning journalist and editor. Her book Much More to Come: Lessons on the Mayhem and Magnificence of Midlife, published by HarperCollins in August 2024 is a Times bestseller and she is the founder of Noon.org.uk – a platform and community of women in midlife, she calls them Queenagers. Eleanor’s mission is to change the narrative around older women in our culture to something more positive and fit for purpose which befits their pioneering status. To do that she became an entrepreneur at 50 setting up noon.org.uk in 2021. Prior to that, for 23 years, Eleanor was a senior executive on The Sunday Times; the paper’s Editorial Director, award-winning Editor of The Sunday Times Magazine, a columnist and she has interviewed everyone from David Cameron and Theresa May to Sheryl Sandberg, Harry Styles and the Dalai Lama. She was Chair of Women in Journalism UK from 2014-2021. She still writes regularly across UK newspapers and magazines, gives regular keynotes for global corporations on gendered-ageism and getting to gender parity and runs programmes within companies to help them retain their Queenager talent.
Stacey Delaney
Stacey Delaney is the Managing Director for UK and Northern Europe at Taboola, the world’s leading performance platform. She collaborates with brands, agencies, and advertisers to facilitate customer acquisition and drive outcomes at scale while supporting publishers with their revenue and audience goals.
As a member of the EMEA leadership team, she takes an active role in fostering an inclusive environment for all employees, particularly advocating for underrepresented communities. Stacey is a passionate advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. She actively champions initiatives that support women and LGBTQ+ professionals in the workplace. As the founder of Taboola Pride, the company’s LGBTQ+ employee resource group, and a dedicated mentor at Bloom, she is committed to fostering a more inclusive industry.
Felicity Ashley
Felicity Ashley is an inspiring speaker, mindset coach, and corporate strategist dedicated to helping teams and leaders navigate change, build resilience, and achieve extraordinary success. With a 20-year career in blue-chip marketing, she combines business acumen with real-world experience to empower professionals in overcoming challenges and fostering high-performance cultures.
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Her philosophy—"Mindset over Matter"—is more than a belief; it’s a way of life. Felicity has lived this firsthand, from leading in the corporate world to rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic while unknowingly battling cancer. As a working mother of three, she understands the demands of balancing professional ambition with personal responsibilities, making her insights both relatable and actionable.
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Felicity has worked with leading organizations such as Barclays, Aston Martin, Centrica, Baringa, GSK, and Ofcom. Her expertise has been featured on BBC South, BBC Sport, Lorraine, and The Telegraph.