Meet The Team

Stephen Hoier is an Economic development and transport planning, consultant. Led London Channel Tunnel Group team which successfully campaigned to re-route the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (now HS1) through Stratford as a catalyst to the regeneration of East London.

Helen is a qualified chartered accountant who has spent the last 25 years working as a Finance Director in both the Commercial and Not For Profit sectors.

After travelling and living abroad Alex worked in Social Care for a number of years before joining the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea within the then Economic Development Dept.

Maria has 20 years’ experience as a General Business Advisor. She has helped over 3,000 pre-start and existing businesses. Her areas of expertise are in the creative sector.

Jenni has been working at the Portobello Business Centre since September 2000. In 2002 she studied for her Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources Management and graduated in June 2004, she is now fully CIPD qualified.

Having gained vast experience over a long and successful banking career working with both small businesses and SME’s, Stuart has now established my own consultancy. His principal focus is on assisting businesses with their debt requirements including invoice finance and …

Sheela is the COO of Candesic, a global healthcare consultancy providing due diligence for private equity transactions. She was previously a COO and a Healthcare Equity Analyst within Investment Banking and Fund Management for thirteen years, having completed a D.Phil. in Clinical Medicine in 2004 from Worcester College, Oxford.

Fran Minogue is the Managing Partner of Clarity, an international executive search firm specialising in the Retail, Consumer, Leisure and Hospitality s sectors.

Carole lives at the intersection of hugs (hug is an acronym for hearing, understanding, giving back value), words and storytelling. Otherwise known as The Personal Brand Storyteller, Carole is an idea catalyst and marketing strategist with 20+ years in marketing and event management and holds two degrees in marketing.

David is a business communications specialist with over 25 years’ experience of the media, gained from a career in journalism, media relations, PR, marketing, social media training and digital consultancy.

Following an initial 20+ years career as a practicing solicitor in the London market, Simon then embarked on an entrepreneurial path, creating two successful businesses in the legal market, taking them both from initial concept, through start-up and into sustainable growth.

Kumar has worked in Information Technology for going on 17 years now. He is working as a Solutions Architect with one of the big fours in London, UK and has extensive hands-on leadership experience working with many organisations across diverse sectors

Sandra started as a volunteer and joined the PBC team as a Receptionist shortly after. She has experience in admin, retail and catering but after having children stayed at home for few years.

Marianna comes from sunny Athens, in Greece, and she has a passion, experience and background on digital marketing. She has worked for the largest Digital Advertising agencies in Greece for both global and local clients as well as on the client-side gained experience in branding and product development.