INSPIRATEES
Venue – Hardwick Hall ’ s Lakeside Marquee hosted InspiraTees 2024 .
2024
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The number of business leaders who ’ ve appeared in this list every year since it started in 2016 . They are Bill Scott , Gary Dawson , Zoe Lewis , Sharon Lane , Alastair Powell and Steve Gibson .
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The number who appeared in the 2016 list who are also in the 2024 list . That ’ s just 23 per cent .
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The percentage of business leaders in the 2024 InspiraTees top 30 who weren ’ t in the list just five years ago in 2019 . That ’ s 18 of them .
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The number from this year ’ s InspiraTees top 30 who were in the list in 2021 . No fewer than 14 new faces in the last three years .
THE WINDS OF CHANGE , IN NUMBERS
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The number of women who made the list in its first year , 2016 . Just 10 per cent . They were Sharon Lane , Zoe Lewis and Vikki Jackson-Smith .
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The number of women who made the list in 2023 . That ’ s 56.66 per cent !
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Of this year ’ s top 30 , 21 attended the InspiraTees event in Hardwick Hall ’ s Lakeside Marquee .
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Different business leaders have topped the poll : Steve Gibson , Bill Scott ( twice ), Ben Houchen ( three times ), Professor Jane Turner , Frans Calje and Catherine Devereux .
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