I find myself in a balancing-act to continuously share positive impact across these various roles in my professional life. My attitude of ‘stay positive and never give up!’, coupled with my stubborn nature, and refusal to accept that there are things that cannot be done, has led to where I find myself today.

Challenges have become my comfort-zone owing to over 15 years of success in the development and implementation of large-scale tech and business projects.

I am a diligent self-starter, continuous learner and avid networker, always seeking opportunities for growth and development and I relish a challenge. I also am a caring mother, a loving wife, a supportive friend and the Chief Ninja of Wisefour Innovation and Development Organisation where we consult and help people and organizations innovate, grow and thrive. 

I am passionate about disruptive ideas and technology, coaching, training, and mentoring. I love seeing individuals, teams, companies and projects reach their full potential.

Founder and CEO” Preventionoftype2diabeteswithagnes.com”Helping people with high risk, pre-diabetes to prevent complications occurring.

Best selling author, international  Keynote Speaker. Coach, Health Strategist, having three decades of experience and knowledge in nursing and midwifery, caring for mothers and babies with gestational diabetes.

Agnes believes that her responsibility as a diabetes health Strategist, her knowledge and experience is to take her Coaching and Speaking skills on prevention of type 2 diabetes to educate individuals taking this to a new level.

Prevention is better than cure!

Agnes formula for success.her purpose dedication, to include faith, self-belief, offering value, making a difference, offering a service, to doing something that she is passionate about, determination, changing lives, providing a service that can actually save lives.

Agnes’s passion is helping people to live a healthy lifestyle. With a vision to teach five million people within five years globally in the education of preventing type 2 diabetes.

The Global Woman Club has given me the opportunity to spread my message. Including speaking globally, I have organised my own events, webinars, workshops.

I started my career in finance but developed an interest in business in general and soon realised I wanted to create something of my own, so I set up my first company in 2001.

I am now the founder and CEO of The Finance People. We offer flexible finance staffing solutions nationally and have united hundreds of talented candidates with ambitious growing businesses. I think big and I want the business to help thousands of people to find the perfect role within the right company and equally support our clients’ growth by providing top class talent. I like that I can help to make this happen.

In my spare time I love to run and swim, but I get very little spare time as I have three boys who play rugby, football and cricket – I am the mum that’s always on the side line somewhere.

I was a very scary, week girl, not understanding why people didn’t support each other. I didn’t feel comfortable in this world. I realised very young that I had to support and follow my parents. At the contrary  I had a lot of dreams, at 5 being on stage,at 12 travelling around the world, 14 th becoming Olympic champion, at 17  I was already training the best swimmers in my country with the greatest coach.

I also studied for a teacher at the primary school but I never did because in 1984 at 22 I restart my mother’s lingerie shop, letting go all my dreams.

Both my parents were sick. I had 3 sisters, there was no money so I started the lingerie business with paying the debt of my parents. I do it already 38 years with love and passion, my customers coming to my shop for a Anne’s experience! They know I really care about them and I give them my knowledge, and support them in their journey,

Every client has to leave my shop with a smile and a good product. I really love to empower woman by selling lingerie from the first bra till the last pants. Because  of my big assortment bra’s, and for helping people with breastcancer(my mother and sister had also  got cancer)my shop is so well known in whole the region of Antwerp. But it’s the little miracles that my clients realised that makes me so happy and energetic.

I also have been the president of the lingerie federation in Flanders till this summer from 2017.

I always thought to have a big family , I have been married in 1995 for 18 years, I don’t have children Because I got an ectopic pregnancy in 2000. I’m still happy I survived it. I’m grateful for the time I spend together with my husband.

Till 2014  I did believe that I wasn’t good enough to become a happy woman, because I didn’t realise my dreams and was struggling in my life. More than ever I have been supported by mentors and coaches.I’m so grateful for,  In 2017 at a self development event I was invited I found in London my mission and clarified my vision. I found my why. In the common years I love to create for my only niece Clara, who has special needs,a playground and a place where parents come together to support each other.

Today I love to become a speaker and coach to inspire people to bring out the best of themselves and so realising unlimited succes in every part of their life.  Never give up your dreams , some of them I carried half a century with me. When I come on stage I learn to swim people in real life, and realise all my dreams.  I created .Get inspired by Anne’ to empower woman, to create a good healthy, happy and wealthy life.

Very happy I came to London in June and the energy I felt there.

Daria knows too well how easy it is to get sucked into, or how necessary it can often be, to work a 9 to 5 just make ends meet. However, in recent years Daria came across a new business and a new way of way. A way to earn money doing what she loves, on her terms and from wherever she wants.

Daria’s hands are always full at home with a teenager and a baby, so this led to her significantly reducing the number of clients with her makeup and hair business. But by spending her limited free time as a Market Partner for the world’s fastest growing hair care company has meant that her income has not seen a decline.

Working literally just on her phone from anywhere she was able to make time, Daria has built a team of strong headed women including neighbours and friends in London but also has team members living as far away as Wales, and even in Poland and America. Thanks to social media and video calls, Daria is able to stay in constant contact with her team to discuss potential new business and to mentor her members.

Daria believes that wellbeing is key to success so is proud to be part of a business that promotes natural vegan products, in a friendly and supportive environment.

Daria is trained as a hair colourist and stylist, and remains highly in demand as makeup artist, especially for doing bridal makeup at international weddings for High Net Worth clients. But Daria continues to train and learn each day, so that she can expand on her knowledge and skills, to apply to her own life and business, and to share with her team to help their own development.

Monette concurrently serves as chairperson of Hopkins International Partners, Inc.; president of the Government-Academe-Industry Network (GAIN), and Vice President for Conventions of the Philippine Association of Convention/Exhibition Organizers and Suppliers (PACEOS).  She recently ended her two-year term as chairperson of the Women’s Business Council of the Philippines (WomenBizPH) and now serves as a trustee.

She served on the Tourism Promotions Boards as director representing the Meeting, Incentives Travel, Conventions, and Exhibitions, Events Services and Facilities Sector for three years.  She also heads the Sub-Working Group for Human Resources of the Philippine M.I.C.E Roadmap 2030.  A founder of the Philippine MICE Academy, she regularly lectures there and at the League of Corporate Foundations (LCF) CSR Institute.  

A sought-after speaker, moderator, trainer, business consultant and author, Monette has received LinkedIns 2021 Most Influential Filipino Women; ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Networks 2018 Outstanding Women Entrepreneur; Philippines Women Leadership Awards 2018. And many more.

Monette has co-authored Professional Event Management: A Guide to Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions and Events, and is chapter lead on Communications with a Gender Lens for I am Woman.  She has her own column entitled Monettes Musings at theredcircle.com.

She completed AB Psychology at College of the Holy Spirit, graduating Summa Cum Laude; MBM with Distinction at the Asian Institute of Management; and is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

A widow, she is mother to three wonderful children: Bea, Cara and Niccolo.  She loves to experiment in the kitchen and posts her creations on social media using #casadeduckies. 

• IPM Holdings Inc
• IPM Construction and Development Corp 
• IPM Realty and Development Corp  
• Basic Environmental Systems and Technologies Inc ( BEST, Inc.) 

A woman in a man’s world, self-made, she grew her business from scratch. A recipient of various awards and celebrated as among the country’s most influential companies in environmental management, IPM Group and its extensive subsidiaries boast mammoth operations spanning construction, property development, waste management, and even alternative fuel from waste.

With the support of about 4,500 employees, her construction company alone ranked 600th among the TOP 1000 companies in the Philippines in Revenues for three consecutive years before the Covid 19 pandemic.

he Philippines in Revenues for three consecutive years before the Covid 19 pandemic. At the core of this herculean task and gigantic triumph is Chairperson and CEO Isabelita Paredes Mercado, fondly called ‘Eisa’. A fearless entrepreneur, EISA is a woman who has braved a man’s world for 35 years, utilizing creativity, leadership, teamwork, and employing the most innovative management techniques and the latest technology.

She is one of the few women and one among the top of the list who have been breaking barriers and breaking ground on numerous successful projects which demonstrate excellence, reliability, and a balanced approach to the typically male-dominated industry.

 But for Eisa, success doesn’t always mean being the best or having the most; it is about being happy and inspired by what you are doing and have achieved, knowing the positive and beneficial effect on the community and the country.

In addition, her company BEST, Inc is actively taking the lead in helping the country adapt to and mitigate the adverse effects of climate change and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. She is stepping up efforts by entering into high-level regional partnerships and engaging like-minded individuals, companies, and local governments to hasten the goal of inclusive sustainability for every Filipino.

She’s involved in many activities towards sustainability, starting with her core competence in waste management by helping change people’s behavior towards proper management of waste. She is also involved in countless other socially responsible initiatives for education and poverty alleviation which to her is a self imposed responsibility.

She trained as an electrical engineer and enjoyed a successful 25 year career in information technology, rising to the top of her profession. 

One day, things went sour.  The pressures and stresses of her last corporate role — as a high-powered senior leader — began to take their toll. Mentally, physically and emotionally exhausted, struggling to cope in a toxic work environment, she longed for meaning — for that ‘something’ she knew was missing, but couldn’t name it. She chose to leave, recover from burnout, and forge a second career for herself as a woman’s leadership coach. In this capacity she has helped women create a healthy work-life balance and encouraged them to step fully into their power and    transform their work environment into a healthy, inclusive workplace that enables everyone to flourish.

She has coached hundreds of women, taking them through powerful leadership programmes that have transformed their lives — at home and at work.  With improved relationships, renewed energy and confidence, her clients live their purpose, and truly lead the change they want to see in their world.

She owns Property related businesses where she works  with High Net-worth investors as either joint venture partners or providing consultancy services . She is also an investor in Hotels and Short-stay Accommodation .

Through her experience in business, she realised how start-up and early stage entrepreneurs struggle to get their message across and attract the right clients.

She is now on a mission to help start-ups grow by getting clarity and  visibility. 

She is a keen speaker, and  has spoken at National conferences, as well as held workshops and regular speaking engagements around Entrepreneurship and  Property Investing.

She is a part-time Family Physician, Wife and Mother of two boys. In her free time she likes to read around self development, enjoys swimming and spends quality time with her family.