Join us for the first-ever Women in Business Summit (WIB Summit) in vibrant Brighton, England! This groundbreaking event will bring together dynamic speakers and leaders from around the world for a day of powerful networking, knowledge-sharing, and inspiration.
Our mission is simple: to build a thriving community of women entrepreneurs and professionals, providing access to resources and insights that elevate opportunities for growth and equity. Whether you’re looking to expand your network, learn best practices, or hear from inspiring female leaders, this summit is designed to empower and equip you for success.
Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals, gain valuable tools for your business, and be part of a movement that champions women in business.
Register now and secure your spot at the forefront of this incredible experience!
Welcome Reception – May 13, 2025
5:00pm – 8:00pm
Enjoy passed Hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and networking
Conference Schedule – May 14, 2025
9:00 AM – Registration & Breakfast
9:45 AM – Kisha Zullo – Welcome
10:00 AM – Sistah Iya Anyangō Yaa Asantewaa – Self Care for Business Owners
10:45 AM – Break
11:15 AM – Sacha Kaluri & Sonya Karras – Business Partnerships
12:00 PM – Lunch
1:00 PM – Cornell Thomas – The Art Of Pivoting
1:45 PM – Break
2:00 PM – Rola El Chami and Baiba Žiga– Leadership & Personal Development
3:00 PM – Coffee Break & Networking Session
3:30 PM – Panel Discussion featuring Carina Bauer, Nikki Taylor White and Lisa Carrol with Moderator Rola El Chami
4:30 PM – Closing Remarks – Kisha Zullo
5:00 PM – Event Ends
*Agenda is subject to change.
Music provided by: Qiana “DJ Q-Boogie” Coachman
Kisha Zullo is a dynamic entrepreneur and a dedicated women empowerment leader. As a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) with over 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry, she has excelled in both sales and event management. Born and raised in Jamaica, West Indies, Kisha was instilled with the values of integrity, hard work, kindness, and discipline by her mother.
Kisha is the founder and president of Events of Joy, an event planning company that specializes in creating impactful live and virtual events that align with their clients’ missions.
She is also the visionary behind the Women in Business Summit (WIB Summit). The WIB Summit aims to cultivate a robust community of female entrepreneurs by offering quality programming and resources that inspire and promote opportunities for equity. The event attracts a diverse group of women, including entrepreneurs and individual contributors to organizations seeking to transform their lives through learning, inspiration, and meaningful connections with fellow women leaders.
Rola El Chami is a Client Director at London Business School, where she manages a diverse portfolio of clients across Europe and the Middle East. With over a decade of experience in client relationship management, Rola has built a global reputation for her expertise and dedication to fostering strong client partnerships.
Beyond her professional achievements, Rola is a committed advocate for human rights, with a particular focus on women’s rights in urban societies and refugee camps. She is dedicated to combating both mental and physical abuse, working tirelessly to protect and empower vulnerable communities.
Rola’s academic background includes degrees in Human Rights and Media Communications from the UK, which have been instrumental in shaping her humanitarian career. She has applied her knowledge and passion across Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, and the UAE. In 2013, she founded Survive for Women, an initiative aimed at combating domestic violence in the Middle East, which she successfully expanded into a global awareness campaign in 2022.
In addition to her humanitarian efforts, Rola serves as an advisor to key organizations, where she is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion. She co-founded the Social Women’s Network at Saïd Business School, Oxford, to champion diversity among staff and faculty. Her contributions to social and humanitarian causes were recognized when she was named a finalist in the 2020 Asian Women of Achievement Awards. As an Ambassador for the Next Generation of Female Leaders, Rola continues to inspire and empower women worldwide through her impactful speaking engagements and advocacy work.
Sistah Iya Anyangō, CEO & Founder The FLYY Movement LLC & The FLYY Foundation Sistah Iya Anyangō is a multi-award-winning Empowerment Freedom Coach building community through Wholistic experiences. As the CEO & Founder of The FLYY Movement, LLC, Sistah Anyangō is also a Motivational Speaker, Master Teaching Artist, Executive Coach, and Published Author. Sistah Anyangō provides unique and motivational experiences to enhance physical fitness and increase self-esteem and determination. Through dynamic programming, Sistah Anyangō empowers others to embrace the Freedom to Love the You in You (FLYY). Serving a variety of diverse audiences, Sistah Anyangō designs and implements Movement, Mindfulness, and Moment programs for women aged 40+ to discover their authentic selves. She skillfully engages participants in Empowerment Freedom Coaching to connect with their limiting beliefs and heal personal trauma. She also curates captivating experiences that create change while supporting women in empowering themselves and finding SoulHappiness. Participants experience a journey from trauma to triumph and challenge to change.
Visit her website: https://www.theflyymovement.com/
Sonya and Sacha are not only business partners, best friends and mothers of two boys each (all born within a couple of months of each other), but they are both self-confessed work-a-holics and have a serious addiction to not sleeping and sending emails at 3am. In fact, they are the perfect working business machine. Both women have a strong background in business, professional speaking and running events; they have been Entrepreneurs right from the beginning of their working lives. Taking risks and always pushing to achieve further than anyone (and they) thought possible.
In 2001 they both separately began their own businesses professionally speaking to young people. Within a year of their start up they join forces discovering they both covered every topic a school would need in a guest speaker. Their topics include safe partying, careers, drugs and alcohol, self-esteem, resilience, bullying and cyber bullying, teamwork, leadership, body image, relationships and running parent seminars.
Cornell Thomas is an international speaker, corporate trainer, and 5X author. Cornell specializes in mindset, entrepreneurship, leadership, and team building from the ground up.
My journey started on the basketball court, and after a career ending injury shifted to coaching. Eight years ago I realized that I had a bigger calling. I knew there was something else that God wanted me to do on this earth. I was on my Facebook timeline one day and was tired of all the negativity I saw. So I started posted positive quotes, the quotes become blogs, and then the blogs books. I decided to share my story with the rest of the world. Flash forward to today and I have blessed with the opportunity to impact thousands of people all over the world.
Nikki Taylor White has just celebrated 16 illustrious years with Amazon this past September. She has worked in many businesses to include but not limited to; Operations, Continuous Improvement, Logistics, Process Design and the Amazon Robotics Fulfillment Network over the course of her career. She was also an integral part of the growth that is Amazon AIR for two years as a Regional Director in the US. Continuously seeking the next challenge and opportunity to make large impact at scale; in January of 2022, Nikki decided to move to Amazon’s Corporate Worldwide Health and Safety organization (WHS). Nikki is currently the Global Director of Ergonomics at Amazon to encapsulate all businesses and countries. Nikki has a large and globally diverse team of Certified Ergonomic Professionals, Design Engineers, Sr. Program and Policy Managers, Change Managers and Research Scientist. Nikki’s contribution to WHS and Global Ergonomics over the past year+ have been celebrated and it’s just the beginning! As an overarching vision her teams’ mission is to utilize data, design, and technology to continuously improve each process path and working environment across, NA, EU and ROW. Directly aligning and contributing to the Leadership Principles of Striving to be Earth’s Best Employer and Success and Scale Bring Broad Responsibility. Nikki also utilizes her leadership, influence and ability to Deliver Results to help attract and retain talent. Including standing up an entirely new division of Global Ergonomics called Development and Solutions, building an in-house design and network incorporation team. Her amazing team is already on track to beat all goals for end to end design and ergonomic process changes, including deployment of both algorithmic and physical changes across buildings in multiple countries, impacting thousands of lives positively. Nikki is also an accomplished professional public speaker across panels for businesses and leadership organizations in the US and abroad and CEO of her own company Ruby Taylor Enterprises Inc, with multiple property holdings and brand leadership in NA.
Nikki on a full academic scholarship from Ford Motor Company, graduated with a Baccalaureate of Science from the College of Engineering, Architecture, and computer Science at Howard University. While at Howard she also joined her beloved, Alpha Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated. She also was awarded a full academic scholarship and earned her Masters of Science in Engineering Management from the University of Michigan. Born and raised in the motor city of Detroit, prior to Amazon Nikki was a member of the Chrysler Institute of Engineers (CIE) and worked as a Design and Release Engineer, Quality Engineer, and Plant Supervisor at Chrysler Automotive Corporation for five years. Her life’s priority is her 5-year-old daughter Delilah.
Lisa Carrol is the founder and CEO of LIVLY, a premium baby clothing brand born from her personal journey as a mother to twin girls, Liv and Lilly, who were born prematurely with sensitive skin. On a mission to create clothing that would be both gentle and protective, her search took her to Peru, where she discovered 100% Pima cotton—a fabric known for its unmatched softness and purity.
In 2011, Lisa launched LIVLY with its first store in Stockholm, Sweden, a brand focused on delivering exceptional comfort and quality for newborns and children. Today, LIVLY offers a curated selection of baby clothing, gift sets, accessories, and more—each piece thoughtfully designed to support the health and happiness of babies while celebrating life’s precious moments. Before founding LIVLY, Lisa played basketball at Fordham University, where she developed the resilience, discipline, and drive that would fuel her entrepreneurial journey. These qualities helped her build LIVLY into a trusted brand that blends thoughtful design with exceptional softness and quality.
Lisa’s dedication as a mother remains central to LIVLY’s mission to create clothing that prioritizes both comfort and care for babies’ delicate skin. She remains dedicated to ensuring each product supports the health and happiness of little ones around the world.
Carina Bauer is passionate about the business events sector and its impact on the world, taking a particular interest in issues around sustainability, diversity and inclusion, and mentoring the leaders of tomorrow. Carina also takes a keen interest in leadership development, and organizational best practice and culture.
Throughout her career, Carina has been an active member of the meetings industry. She’s Past Chair of the AEO Council (2021-2023) and the EIA (2021-2022), and Past President of the SITE Foundation (2020). She has previously served on the Board of the MPI UK Chapter and on global committees for MPI and PCMA.
Carina is the proud recipient of a number of industry awards including the SITE Richard Ross Past Presidents’ Award (2022), PCMA Wayfinder Award (2021) and ICCA Inspirational Women Awards (2018).
Appointed CEO of IMEX Group in 2009 following the expansion of IMEX into America, Carina has been part of the IMEX team since the very beginning, joining in 2002 as marketing and operations director with the original launch team.
She enjoys spending time with her family (she’s a mother to two boys) and traveling for work and pleasure. She is an adventure sports enthusiast with a particular love for climbing and skiing. In her spare time, Carina works with a variety of local charities and is Chair of the Brighton and Hove Albion Foundation—using the power of football to help people get active, learn and stay well throughout Sussex.
Industry/media award highlights
Baiba Žiga is the Founder & CEO at Impulsum, a workplace culture and leadership development consultancy, and is building a non-profit organisation in Latvia to bring leadership and team development programmes to the country’s education sector.
Baiba is a multi-lingual award-winning consultant and an internationally recognised leadership coach.
Baiba has spent over a decade working with FTSE100 and NYSE listed companies, agile start-ups, government organisations and non-profits supporting them with designing and implementing workplace culture strategies, building high-performing teams and levelling up their leadership development efforts.
Music provided by:
Qiana “DJ Q-Boogie” Coachman
Music and Event Consultant
Founder of Female DJ Association
and She’s the DJ Podcast