Role Model Event at Holland Park School
Thu 19 Nov 2015 | 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Organizer
Holland Park School
Airlie Gardens
London
W8 7AF
Tel: 02079081000
Web: http://www.hollandparkschool.co.uk
Farid Tejani
I am an entrepreneurial, deep-expertise fintech specialist, focused on building commercial high-tech businesses. I have an honours degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics and an MBA from Imperial College London.
I've developed eight successful fintech firms, failed numerous others, advised around 200 founders and executives as well as achieved one IPO. I work variously as a strategy consultant, CTO/CPO/CCO/CEO, agile coach, venture partner and NED.
Ignitr Consulting Ltd
About the Business Leaders
These business leaders have been chosen because their companies are growing quickly. Combined they employ 84+ people.
About the teacher and students
The event was created by Richard Northover for 75 students at Holland Park School aged Age 15 - 16.
Event description
This is the fourth event in a week-long series of inspirational talks to Year 11 students.
We have embedded inspirational talks to our curriculum by substituting traditional tutor time activities with talks that will raise the aspirations of our students.
Year 11 students will be split into two groups and hear from 2 business leaders in 2 simultaneous 30-minute sessions. This will run for the whole week during Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Holland Park is a highly successful and over-subscribed comprehensive school in the heart of west central London. It is recognised as "an outstanding school" by Ofsted, recorded as one of the country’s top performing specialist Humanities Colleges and praised in the Good Schools Guide as a school which "has seen a steep and continuing rise in results".
Career planning for staff and students is intentionally diverse and personalised, building on capacity and believing that aspiration is for all. Very little at Holland Park happens by chance or accident: this is a planned, well-articulated institution which relishes its responsibility for driving forwards fast and is passionate about equality of opportunity.