Nana Bempah, Executive Producer in film & advertising / Founder & CEO, POCC

Nana Bempah is an award winning Executive Producer in film and advertising, and founder and CEO of Pocc - a community and organisation accelerating equality for ethnically diverse people in the creative industries, through non-traditional ideas, creativity, campaigns and activism.

Nana was named Pitch Magazine's Superwoman 2019, featuring on the front cover, WACL Future Leader 2020 and Campaign Magazine's Top 10 Trailblazers 2020 creating change in the creative industry. Nana features as a contributor to the bestseller Millenial Black - a book which provides a roadmap for young Black Women striving to progress in the workplace in 2021. Nana is also currently undertaking a masters degree in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation at the London School of Economics to examine the many ways 'Empire' still affects our lives today.

Patricia Cabrera, Product Marketing Manager, Business Integrity, Meta Platforms

Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in the United States, Patricia now considers London home. She is driven to help transform Made by Tottenham into one of the leading platforms in London for creative talent and drive more resources to the creative businesses that operate in the Tottenham area. She currently works in tech product marketing at Meta and was previously a brand marketing manager for Marks & Spencer. Patricia earned her MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona, a Master’s in Cultural Studies from The University of Pennsylvania, and her undergraduate degree in Comparative Literature from Columbia University.

Kierra Campbell - Managing Director and Co-founder at Poodle and Blonde

Kierra is an entrepreneur and co-founder behind luxury interiors brand Poodle and Blonde, a retro and mid-century inspired B2B and D2C international business. Since launching in 2018 the brand has had 4 consecutive years of growth, catching the attention of international press titles including Vogue, Sunday Times, Conde de Nast and more. Some of her repeat customers include the likes of Soho House, Mama Shelter and The Breakfast Club.

Recently awarded Top 100 Entrepreneurs to watch by The Telegraph and Natwest, Kierra hopes to use her entrepreneurial skills to support both businesses and creatives in her home town of Tottenham. Born in Tottenham and now raising her own family here, Kierra continues to build her brand and team within Haringey as they work to become the go-to for luxury retro inspired interiors.

Being a black female entrepreneur Kierra is very aware of the adversities both female and non-white entrepreneurs can face. As someone who is extremely passionate about diversifying wealth, she hopes to use her own journey to advise those of similar backgrounds to grow their businesses and gain influence within their industries.

Alix Craig, Principal User Experience Designer, Foolproof

Originally from Middlesbrough, Alix moved to London in 2016 and has been living in Haringey with her fiancé for the past three years.

Having earned a degree in Fashion Design and Marketing, she has worked in the product design industry for 9 years, currently working as a principal user experience designer at an experience agency where she shapes, oversees and delivers project work. I work closely with clients, defining responses to client briefs, building internal processes and managing and developing the team.

Previous roles include B2B product designer at Farfetch and Head of Product at Paperchase where I was responsible for leading the design strategy, experience and hiring of the digital product team.

Fi Graham, Milliner

Fi Graham is a London based milliner who specialises in designing and creating elegant bespoke headpieces and hats for special occasions such as weddings and parties. She also creates costume pieces for film and theatre.

After graduating from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, with a degree in Embroidered Textiles, Fi moved to London in 2004 and began working as a textile designer for fashion and interiors.

Her love of 3D textiles led her towards the world of millinery and she trained with a film and costume milliner Jane Smith, gaining knowledge in blocking and millinery finishing techniques.

She then went on to work with Philip Treacy in his London studio for 7 years where she worked on designs for clients such as the Duchess of Cornwall (now Queen Consort) and Lady Gaga to name just a few.

It was at Philip Treacy’s, that Fi gained a strong understanding of couture millinery.

Fi set up her own studio in 2017 and creates and handcrafts all the hats and headpieces using couture millinery techniques and the finest quality materials. She is based in South Tottenham.

Sebastian Hicks, Assistant Professor, Course Director for Master of Architecture, Research Associate at Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations.

Sebastian is an Architect, Assistant Professor and course founder and leader of the March Course in Coventry. Educated in Vienna, practiced in Vienna, UK and South America, he is a Research Associate at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations. Leading live, funded research projects into; High Street Interventions; Heritage driven, Public Space Interventions.

Sebastian’s latest projects involve the ‘Chapel of Many’ and ‘CoForum’ research pavilions, implemented to activate public debate and support artists in multiple locations.

Marie-France Kittler, Deputy Arts Manager at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Marie-France has over fifteen years experience of working as a curator, cultural producer and arts manager. Since 2014, she has been working exclusively in the public sphere on audience-led projects and programmes which generate greater access to the arts. She is currently Deputy Arts Manager at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, responsible for commissions, partnerships and creative delivery of their capital arts and user engagement programmes.

Prior to her work at Guy’s, she was Curator & Exhibitions Programme Manager at Firstsite gallery in Colchester, developing and delivering a place-making and community engagement arts programme consisting of large-scale temporary exhibitions, events and site-specific commissions.

She has held posts across major UK galleries and museums including Institute of Contemporary Arts, Kettle's Yard and Tate.

She lives in Tottenham.

Teelo Vasiliou, Director of Frame Perfect, The Collective

Raised in Haringey and now establishing his entrepreneurial journey within the borough, Teelo Vasiliou is Director of Frame Perfect, The Collective. With his background in start-ups, establishing his first business at the age of 18, Teelo has had another two businesses established, now with his main company based in Haringey he is working towards contributing to a local circular economy amongst small businesses within the creative industries.