Our Alumni
Michael Beaton
For Michael Beaton, founder and CEO at Newcastle-based Corterum, the Entrepreneurs’ Forum’s Scale Up Leaders’ Academy gave him the ability to take a step back from the day-to-day running of the business and focus more on strategy.
Ben Tansey
Re:heat’s director, Ben Tansey, attended the Scale-up Leaders’ Academy as part of the ‘Lockdown Cohort’, starting with face-to-face sessions and completing the programme via Zoom.
The six-month Academy, which is run by the Entrepreneurs’ Forum, had a significant impact on Ben and re:heat, doubling the firm’s turnover in the past two years and seeing employee numbers increase from 12 to 26.
Steve Rawlingson
Steve Rawlingson founded Samuel Knight International (SKI) in 2014.
After securing seed-stage support, SKI faced serious scal-up challenges in its third year when it saw exponential growth. Revenues increased 400% to hit £10m but back at the offiice, support functions needed to be strengthened.
To learn more about sustainable growth Steven joined the Scale-up Leaders' Academy.
Gill Burgess
Gill runs Gateshead-based r//evolution and took part in the very first Scale-up Leaders' Academy.
Raman Sehgal
Raman runs Newcastle-based ramarketing and prior to leaving the UK to open the company's first international base in Boston, USA, Raman took part in the first Scale-up Leaders' Academy cohort.
Joanna Feeley
Joanna runs Newcastle-based Trend Bible and took part in the first cohort of the Scale-up Leaders' Academy.
Dominic Lusardi
Dominic was part of Middlesbrough-based Animmersion and took part in the first Scale-up Leaders' Academy cohort.
Louis Freeman
Louis Freeman, head of operations and business development at The Fun Shack Group, attended the Scale-up Leaders' Academy in 2019 and the course gave him a comprehensive understanding of the areas within the business that needed to be focused on.
Richard Lane
For Richard Lane, Co-founder and CCO of Durham Lane, attending the Scale-up Leader’s Academy was a no brainer when considering the time it took from his diary versus the skillset he got from it.
