NEXTGEN LONDON INVITES YOU TO
Spring Shopping and Networking Fundraiser
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Do you have what it takes to leave a successful career in finance and launch a new business? Learn inspiring insights as the female founders of Madderson London and ElevatHer share their experiences and advice over cocktails. After the discussion, browse the collections and add to your wardrobe; 15% of sale proceeds will benefit 100WF's Investing in the Next Generation initiative and 2019 UK beneficiary, Founders4Schools, to encourage Maths4Girls.
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6:00 PM Registration
6:30 PM Event Begins
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The program will begin
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6:30 PM
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Networking reception before and after session.
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The Garden Room, The Ivy City Garden
Dashwood House, 69 Old Broad Street
London
, EC2M 1QS, United Kingdom
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PARTICIPANTS
Sara Madderson & Helen Hughes
Madderson London
Sheena Shah
ElevatHer
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BENEFICIARY
Founders4Schools
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Sara Madderson & Helen Hughes
Co-Founders, Madderson London
Sara was inspired to create a contemporary British womenswear label after spending a decade working in finance. From the trading floor - and while pregnant with her first child - she dreamed of designing a more inspiring maternity wardrobe for herself and all professional women. Filled with this sense of purpose, she approached her childhood friend Helen Hughes to join her as a co-founder and in 2012, Madderson London launched its first exclusive maternity collection.
With a passion for empowering women, Sara’s goal was to celebrate and elevate women with clothing that makes women look and feel their best, whatever their stage in life. Fast forward to 2014 and Madderson London’s first womenswear collection was launched, bolstered by women requesting non-maternity versions of their line. And so the brand’s mission for making women feeling confident and inspired grew. The result is beautifully crafted wardrobe heroes, produced with integrity in the UK & Europe.
Sara and Helen have had a colourful journey, juggling 5 children between them as well as 5 years of a London-Hong Kong relationship after Helen’s family relocated with her husband’s job. The business has been built on FaceTime and WhatsApp with many ‘can’t-make-it-up’ moments along the way! Their secret: embrace the chaos. With Helen now back in the UK, Madderson is going from strength to strength and the two women are focused on building a tight community of strong women around their brand.
Sheena Shah
Founder, ElevatHer
Sheena Shah is the Founder of ElevatHer; A networking app for women in Finance and Technology. Sheena graduated from Aston University with a degree in Business and International Relations. Before founding ElevatHer, she spent almost 10 years in the financial services – starting her career on the graduate scheme for Goldman Sachs, she then moved to Morgan Stanley’s Sydney office and most recently worked for a proprietary trading firm Maven. Sheena decided to leverage her financial acumen with her passion of philanthropy to make a career transition and focus her efforts and impact on empowering and supporting women in finance through the launch of ElevatHer. Sheena credits her career and the opportunities she received to the mentors and friendships she has invested in. However, as she climbed the corporate ladder, she couldn’t help but notice how few of these woman were around (women made up 25.5% of senior roles in 2016). Through the struggles Sheena faced in hunting for meaningful connections and strong relationships she started creating ElevatHer.
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Madderson London
Madderson London is a British womenswear label, established in 2011 by childhood friends Sara Madderson and Helen Hughes. Our vision is to create beautiful clothes while being a force for good in the world.
We are an aspirational brand that offers indulgent, luxurious clothing for women at a price point that represents good value. Think of us as bringing the same craftsmanship, fabrics and romance of the great luxury fashion houses and translating them into a modern, wearable wardrobe for women with busy lifestyles. By creating clothes that are built to last, we are championing a slower, kinder alternative to fast fashion.
Our mantra is Be Kind, and sustainability and integrity inform all of our decisions, from how we choose our fabric mills, to how we treat our suppliers, our team and our customers, championing clothes with longevity and giving back to the community. To this end we have a 1-for-1 giving programme, Books for Schools, where we donate a reading book to a British primary school for every order that we receive. Our intention is to elevate the next generation and empower them to Dream Big.
Founders4Schools
Founders4Schools is an award-winning charity dedicated to improving employment prospects for students aged 6-24 years, by connecting them with business leaders and in doing so closing the skills gap that holds back economic growth. We continue to collaborate with educators, partners, parents, business leaders and students to enhance our proprietary online platform.
Over 20 different types of services including career talks, workplace visits and work experience placements are available to educators and students across over 300 local authorities in England and Scotland. Business leaders who connect with young people through F4S are those most in need of modern skills to grow their businesses. Aligned to Gatsby benchmarks and the Enabling Enterprise Skills Builder, thousands of head teachers and parents can rely on F4S to make is easy for every child to meet with at least one ‘employer’ in their classroom while they are between the age of 6 and 16, and to secure 100 hours of work experience between the ages of 16 and 18 years, which has been proven to significantly improve their prospects.
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100 Women in Finance
100 Women in Finance
is a global network of professionals in the finance and alternative investment industries working together to empower women at every stage of their careers. Through peer engagement, philanthropic, and educational initiatives, our more than 15,000 members are making connections and creating opportunities that help to advance careers and strengthen our field.
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