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Baachu Talk FM Episode 7 with Debra Ward Part 2
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Debra Ward is a true entrepreneur having led, started and sold several businesses across three continents, starting out at just 16!
Currently Debra leads and owns Live Love Learn consulting having just finished a chart-topping year with ISS as their Global Head of Transition and Transformation where she added new service lines, locations and significant review to the benefit of the client and company alike.
Debra’s entrepreneurial drive has seen her take the helm of several companies including: Camm & Hooper, who were awarded a 25-year lease to run events at the iconic Battersea Power Station representing an £800M value; JLL leading Human Experience across EMEA; Condeco where under her leadership sales rose year on year by 32%; and Macro which in her first year showed improved net results by 62%.
In 2007 Debra and her team founded Mitie Client Services which, in only five years, grew to 950 team members nationally delivering a turnover of £25 million. The company was named as one of the best small companies to work for in the Sunday Times Top 100 and received their coveted Special Training award along with Supplier of the year and Best Business Award.
In 2019 Debra was named as one of the top 100 Women to Watch in Hospitality, Travel & Leisure and Women of Achievement winner by Women in the City 2015, and one of the top 10 most influential Women in her field by RICS 2017.
Using this success as a platform to help women, minority groups and those facing challenges has always been important to Debra. This led to her Co-Chairing Gender Balance for ISS, Elected as Chair for IWFM’s Women in FM, founding Mitie’s WOW (Women of Work) initiative, collaborator for Mace Women and providing mentorship to over 40 young women.
Debra is passionate about giving back and has several philanthropic endeavours including; Refuge UK, The Passage, Macmillan Trust, WaterAid and ActionAid.
Tune in to Baachu Talk Equity Matters and be inspired by our guest's tireless dedication to championing social justice and compassion: https://baachu.com/baachu-talk-equity-matters-podcast/
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