"BGP Talks": A Conversation with Susanne Given, Chairman at MADE.COM and Rodney Bell, Founder-CEO at Hone & Strop

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"BGP Talks": A Conversation with Susanne Given, Chairman at MADE.COM and Rodney Bell, Founder-CEO at Hone & Strop

By Mayor's International Business Programme & Business Growth Programme

Date and time

Thu, 7 Jun 2018 17:30 - 20:30 GMT+1

Location

Campari UK

The Shard, Level 27 32 London Bridge Street London SE1 9SG United Kingdom

Description

Join the Business Growth Programme and The Mayor's International Business Programme for a conversation with Susanne Given, Chairman at MADE.COM and Rodney Bell, Founder and CEO at Hone & Strop to discover how she helped to grow the business and hear her latest insights on design, innovation and technology. This is also an opportunity for networking with peers while enjoying some drinks from Campari and the view from the Shard.

BGP Talks is a series of events, which aims to bring top executive business leaders to share their story and give insights on the latest trends in technology and innovation. The format is more of a conversation, a fireside chat style event, by invitation only, held at unique locations across London.

Please bring your ID with you.

About our VIP Guest Speaker:

Suzanne Given Headshot

Susanne works with and supports start-ups and early stage digital businesses in the consumer and tech segments and holds various board and advisory posts. She is Chairman of Made.com, Outfittery Gmbh and Push Doctor Ltd., and holds non-executive board seats with Eurostar International Ltd., Tritax Big Box REIT Plc and Al Tayer, a Middle Eastern luxury group.

During her executive career, she worked across the consumer spectrum, from the luxury retailer Harrods to mainstream department stores John Lewis and House of Fraser, and within the ever-expanding global off-price segment as Managing Director of TK Maxx UK/Ireland.

Her most recent executive role was as COO for Superdry Plc. She is credited with the turn-around of the Superdry contemporary fashion brand and for re-establishing investor confidence in the public markets, taking the share price from low single digit to high teens over a three-year period.

Our moderator:

Rodney Bell

is the Founder and CEO of Hone & Strop. He is a former managing principal at Anthem Capital Partners in Los Angeles where he assisted many start-up, emerging and mid‐market companies with capital formation projects, strategic partnering engagements and corporate development assignments. Mr. Bell also spent six years as an Investment Banker at the Investment Bank of Kidder, Peabody & Co., in Boston, Massachusetts.

Hone & Strop is an online marketplace and luxury lifestyle community for affluent men that combines the expertise of personal stylists and a content rich destination where affluent men explore, research and shop the curated inventories of hundreds of independent men’s luxury brands boutiques worldwide.

Agenda:

5:30pm - Registration & Networking

6:15pm – Welcome by Nick Royle, Head of the Business Growth Programme at London & Partners

6:20pm - Conversation with Susanne Given & Rodney Bell

7:00pm - Q&A

7:30pm - Nibbles & Networking

8:30pm - End

Credit Value: 3



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The Mayor’s International Business Programme is tailored to fit your specific international growth ambitions. An exclusive programme, it provides a bespoke mentoring scheme, delivered by leading entrepreneurs and business leaders; expert advice and workshops; targeted trade missions; and access to live leads and opportunities. The programme is open to fast-growing companies in London operating in three broad sectors: technology, life sciences, and urban.

Tailored to your business growth ambitions, London & Partners’ Business Growth programme offers free impartial business advice and support to SMEs to grow across London. Partly funded by the European Regional Development Fund, the programme helps unlock your business potential by identifying barriers to growth and providing tailored solutions including mentoring, workshops, business growth advice and opportunities across our London network.

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