Meet the SE 2018-19 cohort
UA 2018-19 Intro - Stephanie Terreni Brown_Clean Water Wave00:27
UA 2018-19 Intro - Jo Halliday_Talking Medicines00:33
UA 2018-19 Intro - Debbie Wake_MWDH00:35
UA 2018-19 Intro - Calum Haggerty_COCO Chocolatier00:20
UA 2018-19 Intro - Steve Regis_ARX Maritime00:19
UA 2018-19 Intro - Alan Mahon_Brewgooder00:19
UA 2018-19 Intro - Hannah Fisher_Start-Up Drinks Lab00:30
UA 2018-19 Intro - Douglas Martin_MiAlgae00:26
UA 2018-19 Intro - John Robertson_Drinkly00:20
UA 2018-19 Intro - Kenny Arthur_Kaliaaer00:22
UA 2018-19 Intro - Joan Johnston_Bespoke Fabrics00:19
UA 2018-19 Intro - Iain Findlay_Aurora00:34
UA 2018-19 Intro - Lisa Thomson_Purpose HR00:25
UA 2018-19 intro - Ian Arbuckle_Linian00:21
UA 2018-19 Intro - Scott Weir_Pillow00:20
UA 2018-19 Intro - Scott Dickson_Phox Water00:20
UA 2018-19 Intro - Paul Blackler_Drink Baotic00:53
UA 2018-19 Intro - Scott Simpson_IndiNature00:24
UA 2018-19 Intro - Celia Hodson_Hey Girls00:26
UA 2018-19 Intro - Loral Quinn_Sustainably00:24
Who’s involved
Ian Arbuckle – Managing Director, LINIAN Supply Co Ltd
(Opens in new window)Kenny Arthur – Managing Director, Kaliaaer Ltd
(Opens in new window)Paul Blackler – Director & Co-Founder, Drink Baotic
(Opens in new window)Stephanie Terreni Brown – Managing Director, Clean Water Wave
(Opens in new window)Scott Dickson – Founder, Phox Water
(Opens in new window)Iain Findlay – CEO Director, Aurora Sustainability Ltd
(Opens in new window)Hannah Fisher – New Business and Marketing Director & Co-Founder, The Start-Up Drinks Lab
(Opens in new window)Calum Haggerty – Director, COCO Chocolatier
(Opens in new window)Jo Halliday – CEO, Talking Medicines Limited
(Opens in new window)Celia Hodson – CEO & Founder, Hey Girls
(Opens in new window)Joan Johnston – Creative Director & Founder, Bespoke Fabrics
(Opens in new window)Alan Mahon – Managing Director & Founder, Brewgooder
(Opens in new window)Douglas Martin – Managing Director, MiAlgae
(Opens in new window)Loral Quinn – CEO & Co-Founder, Sustainably
(Opens in new window)Steve Regis – COO & Co-Founder, ARX Maritime
(Opens in new window)John Robertson – CEO, Drinkly
(Opens in new window)Scott Simpson – Managing Director, IndiNature
(Opens in new window)Lisa Thomson – CEO & Founder, Purpose HR
(Opens in new window)Deborah Wake – CEO, MyWay Digital Health
(Opens in new window)Scott Weir – CEO, Pillow
(Opens in new window) Download participant biographies
Meet the companies
Meet the Purpose-driven UA 2018-19 Companies_Brewgooder02:11
Meet the Purpose-driven UA 2018-19 Companies_Clean Water Wave01:30
Meet the Purpose-driven UA 2018-19 Companies_Bespoke Fabrics01:40
Meet the Purpose-driven UA 2018-19 Companies_The Start-Up Drinks Lab02:07
Meet the Purpose-driven UA 2018-19 Companies_COCO Chocolatier01:53
Meet the Purpose-driven UA 2018-19 Companies_MiAlgae02:20
Meet the Purpose-driven UA 2018-19 Companies_Hey Girls02:01
“The fact that our country is doing this is great. You speak to people from other countries who are entrepreneurs and these kinds of programmes and support system doesn’t exist. Being part of this cohort makes me incredibly proud. Looking around the table, there’s some brilliant businesses there so I’m going to learn from them and already we’re having conversations where I’ve shared a particular issue we’ve been having and am learning from people who have had the same issue and importantly, how they’ve handled it.”
Hannah Fisher, The Start-Up Drinks Lab
“Being part of Unlocking Ambition has really helped with the broader support as an individual working on an idea on your own. This has been brilliant for me to help support the idea, the progression of it, to provide funding but also to the momentum – to keep going with it.”
Joan Johnson, Bespoke Fabrics
“It is hugely prestigious and I think giving the access to the speakers, the workshops and of course to the other cohort and the other businesses involved is invaluable, you can’t buy that expertise, so to be part of UA is really exciting for us.”
Stephanie Terreni Brown, Clean Water Wave
“We have a long tradition in Scotland of changing the world through inventions. If you can see the Skyscanners, the Brewdogs, the FanDuels that are out there, that example is only going to filter through to the next generation of entrepreneurs like myself or even younger than me, and we should encourage that and live out everything we have in our potential to make Scotland one of the most enterprising countries in the world.”
Alan Mahon, Brewgooder
