Charly Lester is an award-winning entrepreneur and marketeer. She co-founded of Lumen - the dating app for over 50s. Charly teaches regular Guardian Masterclasses on various areas of marketing and entrepreneurship. Charly is a huge advocate of female entrepreneurship and speaks on the subject regularly. She is the author of The Female Entrepreneur and Modern Marketing for Start-Ups. As CMO of Lumen, she created the ‘Get Your Mum Off Tinder!’ campaign and the viral sexy Santa Claus adverts. Three of her marketing campaigns in the brand's first 9 months have been debated on national TV, directly targeting ageism and a lack of over 50s representation in media and advertising. The dating app reached over 1.5 million members in its first year. Charly’s career in dating began when her dating blog went viral in 2013. After being head-hunted by both the Guardian and Time Out, Charly went on to create The Dating Awards - an international series of industry awards. In 2015 she featured as an expert advisor to Lord Sugar and guest judge in the final of The Apprentice. She is well recognised as one of the leading dating industry experts in the UK.

Passionate, fun, and straight-talking - Lucy has become one of the business world’s most popular motivational speakers. Over the course of her Founder journey, Lucy has worked as a TV presenter, awards judge, ICF Accredited coach and award-winning speaker. With over 20-years leading recruitment industry experience, Lucy founded C&C Search to redefine and elevate both the client and candidates’ recruitment experience. In April 2020, Lucy launched the C&C Academy, a global training platform specialising in offering CPD certified qualifications, as well as bespoke, in-house training and keynote speeches for a wide variety of businesses, including WarnerMedia, BlackRock, Sony and Impax Asset Management to name a few. Lucy offers bespoke inhouse training for organisations on a range of topics to help boost morale, help refocus teams and enhance professional development. Alongside her fantastic knowledge base, Lucy’s level of experience enables her to give genuine insights into leadership, change and overcoming adversity.