3 results for group: eoa-conference-2018


Chris McDermott

Joining Cambridge Weight Plan in 2003 as a PR Executive, Chris progressed to Communications and Marketing Manager and overseeing the business’ international network before becoming MD. Cambridge Weight Plan makes low calorie diet food products which are sold by UK network of 3500 self-employed consultants and globally by 30 independent distributors. The business is 100% employee owned through a trust and has 225 Stakeholders working within it.

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Alastair Sawday

Sawday’s has spent over 25 years finding, visiting and choosing brilliant places to stay - for people who love special. When Alastair was contemplating his ‘business exit’ he felt selling, in the traditional sense, was not an option. In November 2017 he changed the business to the current hybrid model - an employee owned, charitable, family company.

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Andy Street

Andy was elected as Mayor of the West Midlands in 2017, and works with council leaders and Local Enterprise Partnership chairs to deliver the region’s devolution programme. Before becoming Mayor, Andy combined a career at employee owned high street retailers John Lewis with a host of high-profile economic development roles in local and national government that have seen him awarded a CBE for services to the national economy

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