Aahliyah Amerat started her career in business straight out of school inspired by her father and a book by Robert Kawasaki’s Rich Dad Poor Dad, she decided to become a self-employed marketer knocking on doors at 17 years old. Her rapid success in door-to-door sales gave her the confidence to start her journey as a Solopreneur in Fashion, Beauty and Education. Since then she has built up two salons and a training academy, where she taught specialised beauty treatments and Enterprenurship to those in hard to reach, under represented and disadvantaged situations. During the pandemic she progressed on to business coaching and mentoring where her love for technology and Web3 grew.

I have great enthusiasm for strategy development and entrepreneurship; this is reflected within my academic and commercial experiences. I am also the founder of a growing gender-neutral clothing brand ran as a social enterprise.

Aston Business School graduate. I have a passion for business, entrepreneurship, and sustainable and ethical living. Born in Albania and having lived and studied in Malaysia, I have a substantial international exposure given that I am currently living and settled in the UK. I have a background in Business and IT, and I am enthusiastic about all things tech. I believe that technology is the underlying solution to many of humanity’s problems if used ethically and mindfully. My strong entrepreneurial capabilities allowed me to co-create my company (2019), Archean Projects, a crowdfunding platform focused on sustainable, green businesses/projects. I am an intelligent generalist, highly organised, detail-oriented, and intellectually curious. Outgoing individual with over five years of experience in the hospitality and tourism industry. A Finance and Operations Executive since December 2019. My experience has helped transform me into excellent leader and communicator; a resourceful people’s manager possessing a broad skill set applicable to multiple business areas and projects.

Alex is the CEO and Co-founder of Heka. Having graduated from Newcastle in 2014, he joined the infamous Aldi Area Manager graduate scheme. Having completed the scheme and taken charge of 4 supermarkets, Alex craved innovation and excitement and left his role to start Heka. Heka has a simple vision - to disrupt the entire sport and fitness space, making it easy to discover, book and enjoy the best local activities, without needing any kind of membership. Having launched in early 2018, Heka has had press coverage from The Telegraph, alongside international press and a partnership with Sport England.