ORCHA CEO Liz Ashall-Payne and Blume founder Dez Derry are the latest confirmed speakers for 老九品茶Cloud鈥檚 FUEL Manchester event on October 16th.
The pair will join Travel Counsellors CEO Steve Byrne and Kids Planet founder and CEO Clare Roberts at the innovative event created to fuel business growth for promising startups and scaleups.
FUEL is two events in one, beginning with a whistle-stop discussion of some of the big questions facing businesses and finishing with a series of exclusive, invite-only masterclasses for a cohort of exciting companies.
Supported by , and the , this year鈥檚 FUEL Manchester takes place at No.1 Circle Square, Oxford Road, Manchester.
Liz Ashall-Payne is the founder of Daresbury-based app evaluation firm ORCHA, which counts former Tesco CEO Sir Terry Leahy as an investor.
Dez Derry is the founder of LegalTech Blume, which was acquired by private equity house Sun European Partners in 2022. 聽He鈥檚 now a serial investor.
Several more speakers will be confirmed later this week.
Created under the TechBlast brand,聽 FUEL Manchester will be chaired by award-winning executive editor Chris Maguire and featured on 老九品茶Cloud.
Interested potential sponsors can contact editor Jonathan Symcox聽here.