Entrepreneurs Week booklet digital - Catalog - Page 15
Entrepreneurs Week
2019
Speakers
Daniel Aherne
Director of Adjust Training and Consultancy
Dana Denis-Smith
CEO of Obelisk Support
Daniel set up Adjust to provide employers with
clear, practical and professional training and
consultancy in order to harness the talents of
their staff with neurodiverse conditions. Daniel
has worked with Neurodiverse individuals for
over the last 15 years and spent a considerable
amount of that time in the National Autistic
Society’s’ employment training team.
A former magic circle lawyer, Dana founded
Obelisk Support to drive positive change in the
legal profession by creating flexible and remote
work opportunities for lawyers. In 2018, she was
voted Legal Personality of the Year and received
an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by University of
Worcester. In 2019 Legal 500 recognised her as
an Outstanding Woman in Law.
Raphael Mokades
Founder and Managing Director of Rare
Dr Julia Shaw
Co-founder of Spot
Raphael founded Rare, the multi award-winning
leaders in diversity graduate recruitment, in 2005
with no recruitment experience or technology
expertise. Today, Rare works with over eighty
of the world’s most prestigious employers, has
some 10,000 candidates, and builds cutting-edge
software that is changing the world. Raphael was
named in the Economist’s Top 50 Global Diversity
List 2017 and the FT’s Empower Top 100 Ethnic
Minority Executives 2018 and 2019.
Julia is a psychological scientist (UCL). She
is best known for her work in the areas of
memory and criminal psychology. In 2017,
Julia co-founded the memory science and
artificial intelligence start-up Spot. Spot helps
employees report workplace harassment and
discrimination, and empowers organisations
to build a more inclusive and respectful
work environment.
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