Business Investment Accelerator Programme

This workshop is a pre-event delivered by Co-Innovate Brunel in partnership with Business Board Room and Natwest Business.

Co-Innovate Business Investor Accelerator Programme in partnership with NatWest & Business Board Room. A programme which will get you ready to pitch to our potential funders and investors.

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Pre-Event Agenda:

Networking
Q&A with Stewart Smith-Natwest Business & Sukhi Wahiwala - Business Board Room
Introduction to Co-Innovate Business Investment Accelerator Programme
Coffee Break with a Purpose

Wednesday 23rd November 2022 - 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Workshop Facilitator

Dr. Yuliana Topazly – Co-Innovate Entrepreneur Director

Dr. Yuliana Topazly is a Consultant Entrepreneur Director at Brunel University and a Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at Kingston University. She is also an award-winning social entrepreneur and an experienced business advisor. In 2016, Yuliana was named ‘Top 100 Most Inspiring Mentors in the country’ by The Sunday Times and the Centre for Entrepreneurs. She won Croydon Business Awards twice and most recently, Yuliana was named in WISE 2020 List: ‘100 Social Enterprise Leaders showing COVID, who is the boss!’

Guest Speakers

Stewart Smith – Local Enterprise Manager NatWest

Stewart is the local enterprise manager for North and North West London. He works with others organisations such as Brunel University London to make sure local businesses thrive. In practical terms this involves helping them to grow through learning, networking and securing funding.

Stewart’s main aim is to support and deliver local events (at present online) and to assist business development through his customer contacts and professional referrals.

Sukhi Wahiwala - Strategic Business Mentor

Sukhi Wahiwala is a successful serial Entrepreneur building and establishing a “Small Business Empire” and harnessing 7 generations of business success has become an established multimillionaire. Sukhis own unique methodology called "The SynaGus Method" creates clear, simple to follow strategies, to grow businesses and emotional intelligence, to reshape the bottom line profit & stability of thousands of Companies and individual lives around the world. Sukhi also Invests and Assists, through Mentoring, Multiple Companies across the Globe.

The Business BoardRoom is an invitation only Business Mastermind, Networking and Mentoring Program, exclusively run by Sukhi Wahiwala.

Craig Aitken - Brunel Business School

Craig is a very experienced Senior Executive with a solid background in seeding, growing and exiting high growth businesses in complex sectors. With a focus on financial and operational management he specialises in identifying operational efficiencies that enhance the profitability and effectiveness of a business or business unit. He is expert at identifying and capitalising on opportunities to maximise profitability and create significant shareholder value.

Craig is now working with Brunel Business School, helping local business owners develop the skills, and identify the opportunities, that will contribute to the growth of their businesses.

Why Co-Innovate and NatWest?

Co-Innovate at Brunel University London and its network of partners have already worked with over 900 London businesses since the programme started in 2012. Brunel University London has a global reputation of excellence in research, student employability and commercial impact.

Your business could be the perfect candidate for help and support through the Co-Innovate programme. We work with partner organisations like NatWest to gather and share expertise with owner-managers like you.

Why not get to know us better? Register for this event and see what we might do for you. When you have registered we will be in touch and will provide you with the joining instructions.