Women, Leadership & Money | Hubs Live
In this session of Hubs Live, members had the opportunity to hear from Alison Haill, Heather Carter, Caroline Van Zyl and Helen Wright about their experiences as women in leadership positions.
Hubs Live is a relaxed opportunity for members to come and go as they wish and hear from other members and invited guests.
In this session of Hubs Live, members had the opportunity to hear from Alison Haill, Heather Carter, Caroline Van Zyl and Helen Wright about their experiences as women in leadership positions.
Recorded on 28th May 2021.

Alison Haill
CEO & Founder, Oxford Professional Consulting
Alison Haill, CEO of Oxford Professional Consulting and experienced coach working with senior leaders in the UK and abroad, is also mentor to other female entrepreneurs, coaches, consultants like herself who run expertise-based businesses. With them she shares new pricing strategies and her pioneering business approach, the ‘Effortless M.P.A.’ method, so they too can build a profitable sustainable business that they love and charge what they are worth

Heather Carter
Operations Director, Blenheim Palace

Caroline van Zyl
Senior Associate, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Caroline heads the private client, succession and tax, team in the Oxford office of Penningtons Manches, within the Private Wealth Group. She specialises in all matters relating to wills and estate planning, succession, tax, trusts and mental capacity, working with the firm’s specialist teams where appropriate, and counts amongst her clients entrepreneurs, academics, business men and women, and families seeking to optimise estate planning opportunities, and those with irregular structures, complicated affairs or difficult personal circumstances.
Having left school early and following instructive years as a junior civil servant, then working in Israel and living in South Africa, Caroline returned to complete her education, embarking on her Law degree at the University of Oxford with her three girls then aged between 3 & 7. She is a member of the Honourable Society of Middle Temple and after a period as a non-practising barrister, working in another top regional law firm in Oxford, was admitted to the Roll as a solicitor in 2008. Whilst regularly identified as a Next Generation Partner in professional legal directories, Caroline is just as likely to be found talking politics, feminism, education, fashion or the arts when the situation or company lends itself.

Helen Wright
Founder & Director, 9-2-3 Jobs
Helen Wright is the Founder and Director of 9-2-3 Jobs, which is an award-winning recruitment agency specialising in flexible roles for experienced professionals.
She is passionate about breaking the conventions of the nine to five – enabling talented professionals to thrive in flexible roles, while helping businesses harness the benefits of a flexible workforce.
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