CC Insight Evening: Entrepreneurship

Tuesday 26 March 2024 – 7.00pm

Moorgate, London – (Address will be emailed to attendees prior to the event.)

Join us at the latest in our ever-popular series of CaterhamConnected Insight Evenings. At this term’s event we’ll be discussing insight from some of the UK’s most successful and experienced entrepreneurs.  Following our keynote speaker address, the floor is open to cafe-style networking. 

This event is open to the CaterhamConnected community of alumni, parents and Sixth Form pupils. Please note that we anticipate this event to be popular and places will therefore be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Please use the form below to secure your space.

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The event is supported by the Old Caterhamians Association.

This event is fully booked, if you would like to join our waitlist please email the Caterham Connected Officer via [email protected] .

Keynote speaker: Andrew Denton

Andrew joined Alfa in 1995 and became a member of the Board of Directors in 2003 as Sales and Marketing Director. He was made Chief Operating Officer in 2010 and became CEO in September 2016. Andrew is also Director and joint founder of the Leasing Foundation, an organisation that supports the leasing and auto and equipment finance industry through charitable activities, research, and development.

Camilla Bowry OBE

Camilla is the founder of charity Sal’s Shoes. Children tend to outgrow their shoes before they outwear them, and shoes are relatively difficult to recycle; so Sal’s Shoes finds children’s preloved shoes their new feet. In the last 10 years, the charity has distributed over 5,000,000 pairs of shoes in 60 countries around the world. In the U.K. Sal’s School Shoes Fund distributes new school shoes and PE trainers to school children in need. Last year over 30,000 pairs were given out. The charity now also operates 11 Sal’s shoes shops’ nationwide, in existing community spaces, where low income families can retain their sense of dignity, enjoy a shopping experience and exercise choice, without having to pay for the footwear they need. As Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sal’s Shoes, Camilla was awarded and OBE in the New Years Honours for services to Young People, to Education and to the Environment.

Hero Brown 

Hero Brown is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Muddy Stilettos, the UK’s No1 women’s luxury lifestyle website for ABC1 women living outside London. With a reach of 3.8million each month, Muddy is the trusted guide for smart, cosmopolitan women looking to make the most of their and their families’ precious time. Combining a witty tone with warmly engaging editorial, Muddy curates and makes insider recommendations on Things to do, Art & Culture, Kids, Home, Eat & Drink, Travel and Fashion for its fun-loving readers.

Muddy Stilettos began life at Hero’s kitchen table after she moved out of London, and was fuelled by a desire to discover the local area’s bests kept secrets. In Jan 2013 the site turned into a business, and now there are 28 ‘Muddy’ counties as well as a London site and newsletter for those in the city wanting Muddy’s take on the cultural highlights, and expert advice what to do outside the M25.

Aside from its lifestyle content, Muddy Stilettos also has a national Best Schools Guide and is now in the third year of its own Best Schools Awards, which celebrate holistic, modern education. Muddy also runs the biggest SME lifestyle Awards in the UK as well as a successful Best Places to Live series. Next up is Muddy Dating!

Louise D’Costa

Editor of free monthly newspaper the Tandridge Independent. After an 18-year career at the BBC, working on shows such as Panorama and Newsnight and within the newsroom, mum of three, Louise decided that the stress of juggling childcare, commuting and a high-pressure role had to stop, although she had no idea what she would do instead. Her only skillsets were writing and logistics.

In the spring of 2019, Louise spotted a Facebook post asking if anybody would like to buy the local newspaper  which began in 2006, and after thorough market research and several meetings with the then-editor she decided it would be her next move.

As a first-time editor, Louise had to learn a whole host of new skills quickly  (which included finance and advertising) and embarked on an extremely steep learning curve. Her skills which were hugely tested three months after her inaugural edition went to print, when the pandemic hit.

After successfully guiding her paper through the difficult covid years, the Tandridge Independent is now a well-known community paper across the district, and continues to grow steadily each month.

Adam Graham OC

Adam Graham is the founder and CEO of JustFix, a rapid home maintenance platform that is looking to disrupt the sector by making home repairs as simple as

booking a taxi or a takeaway. Prior to JustFix, Adam was the CEO of The Marketing Group – a global Plc, listed on the Nasdaq First North. Before that, he ran several successful marketing agencies with clients such as Bacardi, Virgin Atlantic and Headspace.

After finishing his A levels at Caterham, Adam attended Brunel University and it was whilst he was still at university that he founded his first business, iChooseRadio, which was a forerunner to Spotify and the first company to steam live music from the Glastonbury Festival in 2002. 

Adam Webster

Adam began teaching at Trinity school in 2006 and quickly became involved in the use of technology in education. He oversaw the introduction of one of the first iPad programs in the UK and more recently co-founded Sphinx AI, a start-up which is part of Caterham School, to build AI platforms that solve important or difficult problems for schools. Sphinx AI’s first release, RileyBot, is the first AI chatbot built exclusively for schools.

This event is fully booked, if you would like to join our waitlist please email the Caterham Connected Officer via [email protected] .