Role Model Event – online webinar

About the Business Leaders

These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly.

About the teacher and students

The event was created by Anca Ionescu for 150 students at Dixons Fazakerley Academy aged Age 12 - 13.

Event description

Inspire our students

Join our interactive online event where inspirational leaders from the world of business share their unique career journey. By sharing insights, career guidance, lessons and tips to motivate and inspire we hope to support young people to make informed decisions about their future.

Similar to a TED Talk, speakers will share their career journey for 8 - 10 minutes, followed by a lively Q&A session where students can ask questions online.

Speakers Profile:

• Katie Blainey - Publishing Director, RS Assessment from Hodder Education. Katie works at one of the most diverse educational publishers in the UK. Her experience spans primary, secondary and independent schools, publishing print and digital resources. She currently leads a team who creates new data-rich tests and assessments that help teachers better support children's learning. She is an advocate of quality customer research and evidence-backed decisions. She also is on the executive council of a BESA, an educational suppliers association.




• Nadia Woodhouse - Strategy and Ops for EY's Global Center for Board Matters and Strategic Advisor to B Lab. Thinker, writer and activator for EY’s Global Center for Board Matters – helping board directors think about what’s after what’s next || Strategic advisor to B Lab, supporting a community of businesses that serve people and the planet || Yoga instructor in residence at EY London || Aspiring to be in service of the greater good.




• Jim Close - Regional Vice President for Kofax. He brought value to clients through the application of experience in complex technology solutions. He is devising solutions that deliver strong ROI using software, hardware, comms & people and works directly with clients and via resellers and systems integrators.

Age Appropriacy: This type of event is appropriate for any student aged 5 through 24. Refer to our white paper pages 10 and 11 for more details. This white paper summarizes more than 100 externally validated research papers on career pathways for students.