Royal Business Fair 2024

Avalon Adjei-Maison

Innovation and Growth Specialist, Innovate UK Business Growth

Avaolin is an Innovation and Growth Specialist for Innovate UK Business Growth with experience in supporting innovative SMEs across the West Midlands to understand the funding options available including navigating grant funding opportunities. In addition to this, he has experience supporting companies looking to expand into overseas markets.

Vic Beaumont

Managing Director & Founder, Insightful Group Ltd

Vic is a highly accomplished HR director and talent specialist passionate about helping businesses achieve optimal HR performance to drive profit and growth. Her career has seen her in leadership roles such as Chief People Officer at the Gambling Commission and HR Director at the Information Commissioner's Office.

Vic is the Managing Director and founder of Insightful Group, a leading firm in HR Consultancy and leadership recruitment. She founded Insightful Group with one goal in mind - to help individuals and organisations reach their full potential.

Mike Whiles

Business Adviser , Business Growth West Midlands

Mike is a confident, driven and enthusiastic self-starter, with the ability to set up & execute a clear plan. He builds exceptional relationships, fostering collaboration with internal and external stakeholders (public/ private/ voluntary / community) at all levels to create new business opportunities, and implement strategies in accordance with objectives/ targets thus maximising ROI, whilst delivering exceptional customer care to enhance customer retention.

Graham Allsopp

Deputy CEO, Ark Media Group

Graham was crowned Young Professional of the Year at the 2024 Royal Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield & Tamworth and Cannock Chase Chamber Awards.

He has worked his way through the ranks at Ark Media, from camera operator to deputy CEO and has been a driving force in the company’s expansion into three separate businesses – Ark Video, Ark Social and Ark Studio.

He will be sharing his extensive experience of using video for business marketing.

Kate Curry

Director, CUDOS Creative

Kate Curry is Director of CUDOS Creative, a brand, design and marketing agency in Sutton Coldfield which has been boosting businesses for over a decade. Specialising in characterful brand identities, impactful marketing strategies and innovative design, CUDOS works with ambitious businesses that want to make a difference and stand out from the crowd. Kate’s expertise is shared in this talk about how to build and grow a successful brand, and capture your perfect customers, through compelling visual communications.

Anita Ellis

Copywriter & Director, Lexicomm

Meet Anita. Copywriter, linguist and cheese enthusiast. Anita specialises in clear brand messaging, punchy website copy and compelling case studies. 

When she’s not helping business owners communicate their superpowers, she’s getting creative in the kitchen or devouring the dictionary to win at Scrabble.