Prominent Businesswomen in UK, 2025
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Fan The Glory With Tori
Victoria Ajoku is a passionate and dedicated businesswoman with a Master of Arts in Performance & Creative Research. She is a UK fan maker and serves as the country’s ambassador for fan making. As the founder of the award-winning business ‘Fan The Glory With Tori,’ she has worked tirelessly to revive the critically endangered craft of fan making in the UK. Her journey began in 2017 when the Heritage Crafts Association of Great Britain published the Red List of Endangered Crafts, highlighting the decline of fan making.
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Roxana Montazerian is a researcher and Chartered Architect specializing in Digital Heritage, focusing on ancient monuments and buildings. She serves as the Principal Investigator of multiple R&D projects funded by Innovate UK, Creative UK, and Newcastle University, working on intelligent heritage management solutions. As a multi-award-winning innovator and entrepreneur, she is dedicated to advancing sustainable development goals and addressing global challenges.
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Nik Govier’s journey to becoming a successful businesswoman has been anything but simple. She has faced numerous challenges, both personally and professionally, but she believes that honesty about these struggles makes people more accessible. Transparency, she feels, is vital, especially in a world where inequality is prevalent. Throughout her career, she has experienced many highs and lows, from burnout to multiple miscarriages and from a difficult business ‘divorce’ to navigating life with dyslexia and ADHD. Each of these experiences has shaped her into a stronger person and leader
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Lindsay Hayman describes herself as an accidental entrepreneur. Her professional journey began after she earned a BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering Design. She initially worked in the construction sector before transitioning into manufacturing. Over the years, she progressed from design roles to project leadership and engineering management, eventually holding the position of company data controller.
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