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Seminars for Success: Maximising Potential Speaker Profiles

		Jo Cameron from Alan Sugar's The Apprentice Jo is most noted for her recent appearance in the hit TV show The Apprentice. Her professional background is in the motor industry where she held a number for senior management positions. She is the former Head of Training at MG Rover Group. Latterly, she has been working as a Management Consultant in the area of Equality and Diversity with major clients both in the public and private sector.
		Laurence Bard, Director of Corporate Tax at Shaws Laurence is Director of Corporate Tax at Shaws. Qualified as both a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser, Laurence was a tax partner with one of the “Big Four” accountancy firms for over 15 years. Before joining Shaws Laurence built up his own independent tax practice, specialising in the field of research and development tax credits for start-up and established companies, which has enabled them to recover cash and help them on their paths towards success and profitability.
		Adam McGiveron, Partner at Martineau Johnson Adam is a Partner in the Corporate Department at Martineau Johnson specialising in company matters including private equity investments, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions. Adam regularly acts for companies and investors: recent transactions include acting for the company on the £12 million buy-out of Accura Holdings and acting for the venture capitalists on an £8 million investment in Covion Holdings.

		Gary Lennon, Director of ideas2Reality Gary leads Ideas 2 Reality, using 20 years experience, from start-up to multinational, successfully launching products and building sales reaching to UK, European and global markets. Ideas 2 Reality specialises in helping entrepreneurs and businesses to realise products and services by focussing on the essence of an idea, building intrinsic value and identifying key factors that will cause it to be successful.
		Steve Wright, Director, Sandler Sales Institute Prior to running Sandler Sales Institute in the West Midlands, Steve gained a vast wealth of international sales and sales management experience. His last assignment was turning around an ailing sales organisation in California, USA. Steve’s ‘must see’ presentation introduces a little known alternative way of selling efficiently and effectively by breaking all the rules.