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Event to put entrepreneurs before senior managers

Senior executives are being called upon to give their time, skills and experience to work with ambitious small businesses.

Pitching for Management event is returning to Newcastle, and will see some of the region’s most exciting entrepreneurs pitch to senior executives, value added business angels and serial entrepreneurs to find people who can help them grow their business.

Supported by law firm Ward Hadaway and Bridge Club North, the event will pair up experienced individuals with those entrepreneurs hungry for success.

Modwenna Rees-Mogg, founder and CEO of Ptiching for Management, said: “Some of the region’s most talented businessmen and women have already booked on even though our publicity machine is only just getting going.

“They really love the fact that they can assess which businesses they can offer the most to, without the usual rigmarole of paperwork, lunches and interviews usually associated with finding a position.

“And they really like the fact that they can meet and network with like minded people with a common interest in helping businesses to grow.

“We already have case studies of companies achieving 10-fold growth after hiring the right senior executives at our events.”

Head of intellectual property at Ward Hadaway, Alex Shiel, added: “We are supporting Pitching for Management because it is helping entrepreneurs in and around Newcastle to grow better and faster.

“Some of the UK’s greatest entrepreneurs are based here and we want to help them build their teams so they can fulfil their ambitions.

“They will drive the recovery both locally and nationally. We are delighted to be hosting this seminal event three times this year as it provides a simple practical solution to the biggest challenge any fast growing business faces, gathering the team around the business opportunity so it can be exploited to its maximum potential.”

Caroline Theobald, founder of Bridge Club North, went on to say that it was key concern of investors on how to improve the management teams of the companies seeking funding from them.

She said this event presented an opportunity for entrepreneurs to explain to senior managers what they need to help them grow, on terms that reflect where they are now, and where they intend to get to.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .