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Taking My Business Internationally, What I Wish I’d Known: Top tips from Female Entrepreneurs!
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Are you a female entrepreneur, looking to explore opportunities to sell your products or services overseas, but not sure where to start? Don't miss out on hearing insights from two female CEOs who have succeeded in taking their business to the world.
What you’ll learn
- how to overcome any challenges and barriers to doing business with overseas customers
- top tips for entering new international markets
- the Department for Business and Trade support available for female-led businesses who wish to embark on a journey to selling overseas
Description
Want to learn about the opportunities and challenges for women in international trade? Statistics show that UK female-led businesses are still substantially less likely to sell their products and services internationally than those led by men... It is time to change that, and the UK Export Academy is here to help!
Ahead of October's Karren Brady's Women in Business & Tech Expo, join Helen Tonks MBE, Co-Founder of Hydraulics Online, and Elizabeth Vega OBE, Group CEO of Informed Solutions, and find out how they turned their business into a successful company selling internationally. This session will be full of fascinating insights and tips to help you take your business overseas, and you can listen to expert advice from a business owner like you.
Helen and Elizabeth will be answering key questions such as;
- how they took their first steps in selling overseas
- how they found their first international customers
- their advice for how to choose an export market
- how to tap into government support from the Department for Business and Trade
There will also be time for a Q&A session - so please bring along your burning questions for Helen and Elizabeth!
Speakers
Elizabeth Vega
Group CEO, Informed Solutions
Informed Solutions is a multi-award winning, independent management, information systems and technology consulting firm.
Elizabeth has been at the helm of Informed since 1992, overseeing its activities as the innovation and digital transformation partner of choice for large corporates and government departments. Earlier in her career, she was a governor for UTC@MediaCityUK, and was a main board director at techUK for four years. She also spent four years with the Australian Information Industry Association during her time at techUK, where she sat as national board director and deputy chair.
In October 2020, Elizabeth was recognised in the Queen's Honours List and awarded an OBE for services in Digital Transformation and International Trade.
Helen Tonks MBE
Co-Founder, Hydraulics Online
Helen is the vision and drive behind the growth of the multi award-winning hydraulic equipment supplier Hydraulics Online; from a business start-up with a blank sheet of paper to the Department for Business and Trade Northern Powerhouse Export Champion and global provider that they are today - serving customers across 20 sectors in 130 countries around the world.
Rimante Bang
UK Export Academy Adviser, Department for Business and Trade
Rimante has worked for a range of private and public sector organisations both in the UK and overseas. She has over 20 years of both import and export experience in various international markets, including 16 years living and working in South Korea, which allowed her to gain invaluable exposure to Asian markets and business culture. She has experience across retail, education, consumer electronics, food and nutraceutical sectors.