WISE100 Women in Social Enterprise 2024 top 100 revealed – plus 30 ‘Ones to Watch’

The WISE100 recognises the most inspiring and influential women in social enterprise, impact investment and mission-driven business. Find out who is in our Top 100 List, plus – new for this year – our 30 Ones to Watch.

Today we reveal the much anticipated seventh edition of the WISE100 List, produced annually by Pioneers Post in partnership with NatWest Social & Community Capital. 

This carefully selected list brings together the UK’s 100 leading women in social enterprise, impact investment and mission-driven business.

This year, for the first time, we also have our 30 Ones to Watch, a new list of 30 women who didn’t make it on to the Top 100 this year but who we think are doing brilliant work and are women to watch out for in the social enterprise and impact investing space.

From the Top 100 women, winners will be selected across five categories: Social Business Woman, Star of the Future, Social Investment Champion, Environmental Champion, and Equality & Empowerment Champion. The winners will be revealed at the WISE100 awards ceremony which will be held on 7 March at NatWest’s headquarters in central London.

Booking is still open to attend the awards ceremony. You can also watch live via this Zoom link.

 

The WISE100 List 2024

 

 

Sandy AbdelRahman, Skaped


Bayo Adelaja, Do it Now Now


Bayile Adeoti, Dechomai


Zareen Roohi Ahmed, Gift Wellness


May Al-Karooni, Globechain


Katie Alcott, Frank Water


Patricia Alexander, Shared Interest


Ariana Alexander-Sefre, Spoke World


Zareen Ali, Cogs AI


Joanne Marie Anderson, Innervision Consultancy


Lisa Ashford, Ethex & Energise Africa


Anne Bailey, Form The Future


Karen Balmer, Groundwork North Wales


Tamara Barton-Campbell, Renaissance Studios


Elizabeth Beall, Finance Earth


Molly Bevan, Impactic Volunteers


Charlie Blair, The Blair Academy


Caroline Boury, The Boury Academy


Gillian Bowen, YMCA London City & North


Miranda K Brawn, The Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Foundation


Erika Brodnock, Kinhub


Amanda Bronkhorst, Just One Tree


Elaine Brown, Edinburgh Remakery


Michaela Buck, Mastercall Healthcare


Gemma Bukel, P3


Holly Budge, How Many Elephants


Alisha Chowdhury, Mongo


Lorraine Copes, Be Inclusive Hospitality


Alison Davies, Selnet


Karen Davies, Purple Shoots Business Lending


Rebecca Deegan, I Have A Voice


Nikki DiGiovanni, Cambridgeshire Community Reuse and Recycling Network


Sian Downes, Strawberry Lemonade Events


Alison Egan, Change Please


Sol Escobar, Give Your Best


Sarah Faber, Big Issue Invest


Lucy Findlay, Social Enterprise Mark


Sarah Forster, The Good Economy


Joy Foster, TechPixies


Paula Gamester MBE, The Sewing Rooms and Connector Media


Alicia Gibson, Finance Earth


Maggie Gordon-Walker, Mothers Uncovered


Megan Hale, Team Repair


Stella West Harling MBE, Dartmoor Community Kitchen Hub


Julie Hawker, Cosmic


Verena Hefti, Leaders Plus


Sarah Hopley, Venture Studio from Crisis


Hayley Hulme, Starts with you


Valentina Hynes, SVH


Micah Ingram, Orange Bow


Sarah Jordan, YOU Underwear


Ali Kakande, Carib Eats


Temi Kamson, GT Scholars


Terri Kearney, Nightstop Communities North-West


Heledd Kendrick, Recruit for Spouses


Lucy Killerby, Talent Spaces


Tiwa King, Beyond a Song


Becky Lane, Furbnow


Anna Lewis, Stroud District Kids' Stuff


Eily Livingstone, Paths Through Change


Emma Lower, Lendology


Mairi Macaulay, New Start Highland


Angie Madara, Athena FundX


Roselyn Ranti Majekodunmi, Renix Global Innovation


Claire Mann, ChangeXtra


Kseniia Maslakova, FreedomCode


Viana Maya, pRespect


Maisie McBagley, The Great Plate


Bilkis Miah, You Be You


Stiliyana Minkovska, Matrix Health and Care


Azzees Minott, 2-3 Degrees


Rachel Mostyn and Camilla Rigby, Women's Work Lab


Alice Moxley, Pivot


Julie Norburn, Art4Space


Jennifer O'Brien, Music Broth


June O'Sullivan, London Early Years Foundation


Shola Oladipo, Food for Purpose


Alla Ouvarova and Anna Richey, Two Chicks / Future Female Entrepreneur


Aakeen Parikh, Minazi Consulting


Laura Jardine Paterson, Concat Tech


Claire Pearson, Belu


Sophie Pender, The 93% Club


Mandy Powell, The Goodwash Company


Catrin Price, Fair Finance


Sarah Rafique, Generation Medics 


Elena Brook-Hart Rodriguez, Handmade Stories


Bernice Rook, Eastside People


Isabel Sachs, I Like Networking


Rebecca Smith, Social Enterprise Kent


Alison Smith, Roots Human Resources


Kate Smith, Memory Matters


Kali Hamerton Stove, The Glasshouse


Louise Swinden, Resonance


Margaret Taribo, Parentskills2go


Kirsty Thomson, The Circle


Cerise Upham, Recruit for Spouses


Anna Wardley, Luna Foundation


Rachel Weiss, Menopause Cafe


Nat Whalley, Organise


Emma Williamson, Aneemo


Georgina Wilson, BUD Leaders


 

 

The WISE100 Ones to Watch 2024

 

 

Ardene Jennifer Barry, Happy Tears Foundation 


Cassie Bradley, Spoke


Denise Brown, 4YoungMinds


Kate Cohen, It's Our Planet Too


Annie Constable, Good Finance


Rachel Daley, The Positivitree


Vinicia Ferreira, Young Generation Needs Us


Cécile Girardin, Nature-based Insights


Alice Hargreaves, SIC


Sylwia Anna Juranek, Reach For A Star


Jasmine Kahlia, Jasmine Kahlia 


Oksana Kalala, New Arrivals Support


Marie-Ermelinda Mayassi, Melanin Skate Gals & Pals


Olivia McLoughlin, Good Finance


Rebecca McPolin-Clulow, Antrim School of Music


Rachael Nilsson, Mud Gang Pottery


Çisel Ormanci, Little Giants Volleyball


Olga Osuch, Repair Café Lambeth


Lynne Parker, Funny Women


Sophia Parvizi-Wayne, Kanjo Health


Aisha Peters, Damali Beautiful Vision


Nadine Robinson, New Pathway Narratives


Tilda Rose, Do it Now Now


Yasmin Khalil-St Rose, The Mental Health Hub by MeYouWellbeing


Louisiana Salge, EQ Investors


Letitia Seglah, Do it Now Now


Eda Tajuddin, The Social Change Nest


Maria Todesco and Nicky Day, Cathartic Arts


Esme Verity, Considered Capital


Alexandra White, Unvaeld


 

Explore more stories and interviews with leading women in social enterprise in our WISE collection.

 

Delivered by Pioneers Post, in partnership with NatWest Social & Community Capital, the WISE100 is an initiative to celebrate, support and share expertise, learning and inspiration among women in social enterprise across the UK.

If you have any questions, please get in touch via WISE100@pioneerspost.com

Read more about Women In Social Enterprise in our WISE100 Collection

 

 

 

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