The Business Growth Panel

The Business Growth Panel
For employers ready to build a stronger business and prepare for what’s ahead.

About the session 
Growing a business takes more than increasing sales. Understanding your finances, retaining experienced people and preparing for change all help build a stronger, more resilient business.

Join Business & Enterprise Redbridge for a practical panel discussion bringing together expertise in business finance and workplace wellbeing. Explore how to strengthen your financial foundations and create a workplace that helps experienced employees stay and thrive, including practical support through menopause.

Who Should Attend

This event is for business owners, employers and managers in Redbridge, particularly those who:

• Want to grow their business with greater financial confidence.

• Employ staff or are preparing to build a team.

• Want to retain experienced employees and improve workplace support.

• Are responsible for people management, HR or business planning.
  

By attending this session you will:

Meet your host and speakers

Nadya Quintanilla, host and moderator
Digital Growth and Enterprise adviser,  Business & Enterprise Redbridge

Nadya has more than 20 years’ experience working with businesses across different sectors and stages of growth. Her expertise includes business growth, brand strategy, marketing, digital transformation and AI. As part of Business & Enterprise Redbridge, she delivers personalised 1:1 advice, workshops and events to help business owners strengthen their brand, improve their marketing and online presence, and use digital tools more effectively.

Nadya will cover: How growing businesses can use digital tools and AI to improve team processes, reduce repetitive tasks, strengthen customer follow-up and free up staff time for higher-value work. She will also guide the panel discussion.

Abu Chowdhury FCCA, speaker
Co-founder and director, ClearSight Accountants Limited

Abu is a Chartered Certified Accountant with more than 20 years of experience advising small and medium-sized businesses on accounting, tax and financial management. He helps business owners understand their numbers, improve cash flow and make informed decisions. His approach makes complex financial matters clear and relevant to everyday business needs.

Abu will cover: Why increasing sales alone does not guarantee success, and how understanding profitability, profit margins, cash flow and forecasting can help business owners plan for sustainable growth.

Connect with Abu on LinkedIn

Sukan Nair, speaker
Co-founder, Natural Menopause Roadmap; behavioural transformation coach and psychotherapist

Sukan brings more than 30 years of experience in IT, project management and business transformation, alongside his work in psychotherapy, behavioural change and coaching. Together with his wife and co-founder, nutritional therapist Jeyanthi Nair, he has developed NMR-Mandate to help organisations turn workplace menopause commitments into practical, measurable action.

Their focus is on helping employers prepare for the new Employer Action Plan requirements being introduced alongside gender pay gap reporting, including the requirement for larger employers to demonstrate the steps they are taking to support employees experiencing menopause.

 Sukan will cover: What the new Employer Action Plan requirements mean for employers, how menopause support fits alongside gender pay gap action, and the practical steps organisations can take to move from policy to implementation. 

Connect with Sukan on LinkedIn

Photography: Please note that photographs may be taken during this event for Business & Enterprise Redbridge communications and promotional purposes.