Speaking

On the 27th of March 2025, Jenny was invited to The Ladies College Guernsey.

Jenny attended an assembly with the students, and gave a talk about several topics including “What is it like to be a dragon?”, “What did you learn?”, “What has life been like for you as a woman in business?” and “What do you mean ‘no such thing as glass ceilings just sticky floors’?”.

After the lunch break, Jenny had a “drop-in” session for the budding entrepreneurs which included a Q&A. Jenny also discussed pitching to investors, starting a business and judged a pitch from a student.

Later on in the day Jenny gave a session with the Lower Sixth students as part of their Pathways programme, similar to the assembly but a different age group where one of the subjects was preparing for the world of work.

On the 9th of January 2025, Jenny spoke with Micah McLean on his Podcast: The Journey of a CEO.

McLean’s podcast has had over 370,000 views on YouTube to date and continues to grow. The Journey of A CEO is a podcast designed to tell the stories of CEOs to inspire the next generation of budding entrepreneurs.

Jenny spoke for just under half an hour about her early life, her banking career, Dragons Den, current and future projects, and her hobbies.

The full interview can be seen here.

Women in Business & Tech Expo, which took place on 4-5 June 2024 at Manchester Central, is the industry-leading hiring event for women in the North, who aspire to thrive in their professional careers and grow their businesses.

The award-winning female-led event provides inspiration, guidance, recruitment opportunities, and services to supercharge your professional journey at all stages within the technology and business sectors.

Offering two editions (in Manchester and London), Women in Business & Tech Expo has fast become the go-to event for organisations to diversify their teams, develop commercial growth strategies, attract new recruits, and meet like-minded partners.

On Friday 19 January 2024, Jenny was invited to be the Guest of Honour at her old stomping ground – the Manchester High School for Girls‘ 150th Anniversary Celebration.

Jenny attended the morning ceremony where she gave an address to the staff, students and guests in The Bridgewater Hall. Jenny then attended a fund raising event at the school in teh evening, where she did an interview with a Q&A.

Established in 1874, Manchester High School for Girls has a prepatory department for girls aged between 4 – 11, with the majority progressing into the senior school. There is also an infant department, two assembly halls, a playground and gardens, specially designated areas for maths and science, a music room, a library and two computer suites.

On 12 September 2023 Jenny was invited to speak at a Q&A event in Manchester for Henry Moser’s company Together Money. Together Money have been providing individuals, businesses and property professionals with borrowing options for 50 years. These options cover everything from commercial mortgages, to personal bridging loans, and everything in between.

Jenny answered several questions which led her to talk about the takeover of Hanco, her experience with Together and how it enabled her to achieve her ambitions, and how Together has helped one of Jenny’s sons to excel in the property world.

A write up of some of the questions answered can be found here.

On Monday 03 July 2023, Jenny spoke on ITV News about an emerging trend – “puppy yoga”.

Puppy yoga is the practice where young puppies roam around a yoga class with pictures widely shared on social media. The classes are also marketed as being good for mental health.

All is not as it seems at face value though. ITV News spent months going undercover at puppy yoga studios and found numerous basic welfare requirements not being met. Some of the issued raised in the ITV investigation include:

• The puppies being forced to interact with humans
• They often do not have easy access to water
• They are over worked, leading to exhaustion
• The rooms are very hot and bright

As a Kennel Club assured breeder, Jenny was asked to give her views on the practice. Jenny completely disagrees with the practice.

“We stopped selling puppies out of shop windows years and years ago in this country and essentially were just putting them back in a shop window, it’s called a yoga class, and it’s just totally wrong.”

Jennies full response can be seen here.

To see more about Jenny’s work with the Kennel Club, and more about her work with dogs in general, please visit the Dogs section of her website.

The full ITV News article, including 7.5 minute video, can be viewed here: https://www.itv.com/news/2023-07-03/is-puppy-yoga-ethical-the-dark-side-of-a-growing-wellness-trend

Jenny has produced a published piece of text for Living Magazine. The piece is going into the March editions of the magazine, which are produced across the UK.

Owned by Newsquest Media Group, Living Magazine is the largest regional news publisherr in the UK and have a portfolio of more than 175 news brands and over 40 magazines published in print and online.

With an audience of more than 44 million browsers per month, and three million per week in print, their content is read by over 70% of the adult population in their respective towns and cities.

On 05 February 2023 Jenny was invited to share her business stories and knowledge on episode #48 of the Start Up Start Now Podcast, with Sharena Shiv.

The Start Up Start Now podcast showcases the journeys of inspirational entrepreneurs, side hustlers and their mentors. The discussions usually include successes, challenges and how they overcame setbacks. Focussing mainly on what they wish they had known when starting out.

To download the podcast with Jenny Campbell, click here: Start Up Start Now Podcast with Jenny Campbell

To listen back on Apple Podcasts, click here: Apple Podcasts

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The Hampshire Business Show is the region’s largest and most effective B2B networking platform which attracts small, medium and large enterprises to connect, do business and collaborate.

The show is focused on interaction, collaboration, generating new leads, sales and creating opportunities across the region.

#HBS22 will welcome industry leading speakers, seminars, funding opportunities, Meet Me Zone and more! This is Hampshire’s premier event for meeting new clients and networking with the regions business leaders.

Jenny will be doing a Q&A session at this event, expecting between 50-60 guests.

After the event, Jenny received the following testimonial from the Hampshire Business Show:

“Jenny Campbell was a fantastic addition to our event as the headline Keynote Speaker. She shared her own professional experiences and real world knowledge with our attendees who all found her to be very inspiring and genuinely honest. Jenny took the time to take photos and was an absolute joy to speak with. When booking headline speakers, there is always a concern that they are not interested in the event or its purpose, but Jenny showed authenticity in her interest in our show and was a delight. No task was too much for her and she was willing to do everything we asked her to do!”

Emily Parsons – Event Manager – The Hampshire Business Show

On 28/10/2021, Jenny appeared on BBC Question Time hosted by Fiona Bruce in Stockport. The other members of the panel were Simon Clarke MP, Bridget Phillipson MP, Sir Howard Davies and Dr Miatta Fahnbulleh.

Topics of discussion included The Budget and the economy, COP 26 and climate change, fishing rights, inflation, and more.

The episode is available to view on BBC iPlayer until 28/10/2022.

On Tuesday 11th October 2021, Jenny appeared as a guest speaker for Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses (10 KSB). 10 KSB is an investment to help entrepreneurs create jobs and economic opportunity by providing business and management training to high-growth small businesses in the UK. This is achieved by a partnership between Goldman Sachs and Oxford Said Business School, and is delivered over a 12 week, 100 hour curriculum.

This event, held in Manchester, was the first of a three part series for 10 KSB UK alumni. The other two parts being held in Birmingham and Leeds.

The evening was designed as speaker series showcasing successful business owners providing alumni with tangible information on access to capital. The speaker series was followed by a networking reception with drinks and canapés.

Jenny took part in a 25 min “fire side chat”, moderated by Adam Crooks from Goldman Sachs. Adam then followed up by leading a Q&A with the audience.

On 19th May 2021, Jenny hosted an interview with Matt Moulding on behalf of The Princes Trust. Matt Moulding is the founder of The Hut Group (THG), a company which has seen huge success since its conception in 2004. THG started off selling CD’s and games online, and over time acquired many popular companies including Zavvi and My Protein. Having been valued in 2017 at £2.5 billion, THG is an e-commerce giant, and is now on the London Stock Exchange.

Moulding speaks with Jenny about his upbringing and role models. Jenny then asks about the sort of people THG recruits, troubles that the pandemic has brought about and philanthropy. Moulding then takes several questions from other people on the call.

On 22 April 2021, Jenny was the Keynote Speaker for the Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Virtual Business Forum 2021. ADP is an American provider of Human Resources Management software and services. With a revenue of US$14.5bn, and a service network in over 140 countries, ADP is certainly a big name in the global HR world.

The virtual forum required attendees to sign up for free, and log in via an online portal. Once logged in, the event featured an interactive Payroll quiz for people to do, with a live scoreboard. The event was split into nine sections, these were: Impact of Payroll, 2021 Finance Trends, Economic Outlook, Jenny’s Keynote interview and Q&A, Payroll quiz, Employee Outlooks, 2021 HR Trends, Geographic Expansion and a Networking section.

The forum contained many PDF’s with a total of 156 pages of information, and including Jennys Keynote speech, over an hour of video for its members. An interesting comparison came from two of the PDF’s which contrasted in great detail the outlook of The Workforce pre-COVID-19, and post-COVID-19.

Jenny was asked to speak specifically about “surviving a recession” – and gave insights into how she infamously took the opportunity to purchase YourCash from RBS in the last financial crisis. Jenny spoke about the qualities she looked for when hiring new people, how she handles second interviews with current members of staff after the YourCash takeover. Jenny then touched on future technology and working from home flexibility and finally answered several questions from the audience.

The event can be viewed here.

On 26 March 2021, Jenny was the first keynote speaker at the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) Congress 2021. BSAVA was founded in 1957 as a professional body to serve veterinary surgeons who treat companion animals. Today the BSAVA has over 10,000 members. Their mission is to enable the community of small animal veterinary professionals to develop their knowledge and skills through education, scientific research and collaboration.

BSAVA Congress 2021 contained over 180 webinars spread across 3 days. The content of the webinars was applicable, weather you were a recent graduate, or an advanced veterinary practitioner.

Jenny spoke for 40 minutes. Starting off with her early life, the journey she made through banking, and then the transition from banking to the successful take over of Your Cash. Jenny went on to speak about motherhood, and how she handled prioritising tasks while being a busy working mother, her ambition and drive and where it came from. Lastly Jenny spoke about her passion for dogs and animals.

On 26/03/21, Jenny was interviewed by John Maffioli, from Cooper Parry (CP). CP is an accountancy and business advisory firm, based in the Midlands. CP’s motto is “Disrupt, Lead and Make Life Count” which has helped them be hailed as “the rebels of accountancy”. Their services range from Audit, Tax and Service Charge to, IT Wealth and Corporate Finance. CP have many awards, including 2018 UK & Europe winner of Top Workplaces, 2019 Best Company, and 2020 Sunday Times Top 100 companies to work for.

Jenny was invited to HUB CP’s Live Lounge, to speak for 90 minutes, but spoke for almost 120 minutes. The session was broken up into 3 parts. Which transitioned well from one to the other. In the first, Jenny spoke about her story from corporate banking, to creating her own successful business. The second part was a 1-2-1 conversation on todays hottest topics, from resilience to risks and funding to barriers, bias and buying / selling a business. The third part was an interactive Q&A from the audience, open to everyone.

Jenny answered many questions from the audience, some of which came through via the chat, some via voice, and some via webcam speaking “face to face” with Jenny. Jenny spoke about many things including the art of negotiation, how to deliver messages in the best way, how to build relationships, some general life advice and wisdom, and much more.

On 16 March 2021, Jenny appeared on a panel of guest speakers at an online event titled “Business After Brexit: A New Chapter for the West Midlands”. The event was hosted by Coventry & Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP)’s Growth Hub. With the reality of Brexit coming into sharp focus for many businesses transporting goods to / from the EU, many West Midlands firms are remaining optimistic for a bright future, while getting used to the new rules.

Jenny was interviewed by Simon Jack, BBC News Business editor, and spoke about the challenges faced by local SMEs in a post-Brexit and Covid-19 economy, how doors are opening to new markets and opportunities, some positive stories of resilience and a discussion about how to adapt and plan for a brighter 2021.

Further information about the event, including a list of all guest speakers can be seen here.

To date, CWLEP Growth Hub has invested over £155,000,000 in Private Sector businesses and created over 5080 jobs. CWLEP help businesses of any size, ranging from start-up’s looking for growth strategy, to established companies looking to increase profitability, and everything in-between.  Since 2014, CWLEP have helped over 3000 businesses in Coventry alone.

On 11 March 2021, Jenny was interviewed by Kara Owen, British High Commissioner to Singapore, as a special conference titled “in conversation with Jenny Campbell”.

The event, was ran by the British Chamber of Commerce Singapore, ran across three days to celebrate International Women’s Day 2021 and featured many female industry leaders from around the world. Some of the industries included Amazon Web Services, Dyson, Barclays, ZaZaZu, and Vanda Electrics. The theme for the event was “Choose To Challenge”.

Jenny spoke about her insights on being a leader in business, the many challenges and risks including being a female business woman, her time on Dragon’s Den and advice for many aspiring entrepreneurs.

On 21 January 2021, Jenny was invited to appear on The Career Success Podcast from JMC Legal Recruitment. Jenny talks to Jason Connolly about how she started her working life counting cash in a bank branch, and how she climbed through the ranks to become one of the few senior female bankers at the time in the UK.

In November 2020, Jenny was approached by Andrew Griffiths to be an investors panellist at the Institute of Directors Young Directors Forum Den 2020 (IoD YDF Den 2020).

IoD YDF is an annual competition, Dragons Den style event which gives four carefully selected entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch to a panel of expert investors, in front of a global audience of business leaders.

The event was hosted online this year, and went ahead on 18 November 2020.

On 10 November 2020, Jenny was interviewed by Katie Binns from The Sunday Times.

Katie wanted to interview Jenny and other celebrities about their successful investing experiences for Times Money as part of a course named Investing for Beginners. Some of the questions asked include:

• What has been your biggest investment success?
• What other investment successes have you had?
• What advice do you have for beginners to investing?

Jenny’s answers can be read on The Times website.

On 3 November 2020, Jenny was approached by The Princes Trust. She was asked to take part in an interview and Q&A with a group of their young entrepreneurs.

A note from Hannah Brewer – Head of Collective Philanthropy after the interview read:

“As I’m sure you sensed from the numbers and engagement from the young people on the call today, your time was so valued.

Thank you for talking us through your amazing experiences and advice – it means so much to us to be able to show young people that others outside The Trust really care and want them to succeed.”

In October 2020, Jenny was approached by Claire Matheson in regards to being part of BBC Radio 5 Live’s Wake Up to Money program.

The program took place on 26 October 2020.

On 13 August 2020, Jenny was interviewed by Alex Perkas. Alex is a 13 year old boy, who has stared his own YouTube Show called “Talk From The Top” which has video interviews of high performers that young people can aspire to within the world of business, sport and entertainment.

In August 2020, Jenny was approached by Georgia Mackey from NatWest London.

On 19 August 2020, Jenny was part of NatWest’s monthly Accelerator event called An Audience With. The event takes place across 12 NatWest hubs nationally across the UK. Jenny was joined online, by entrepreneurs of the programme as well as external guests.

A note from Frank Xu – Entrepreneurship, NatWest read:

“I just wanted to say a massive thank you to yourself and to Jenny on behalf of the NatWest Entrepreneurship Team for supporting with our An Audience With event today.

It was a fantastic session with lots of questions from our entrepreneurs and a really engaging and enjoyable discussion. It was great to hear Jenny’s advice about running her own business and insights from her own career, as well as working with Liam and Didsbury Gin. We have no doubt that our entrepreneurs will have gained some invaluable insights today.

 

We would love to have Jenny back in the future”

In August 2020, Jenny was approached by Pam Sheemar from NatWest Birmingham. Pam requested that Jenny take part in their Entrepreneur Accelerator Program. The aim of this event was to inspire entrepreneurs to build the right infrastructure to scale their businesses.

The event took place on 12 August 2020 via Zoom Webinar.

A note from Pam after the show read:

“I just wanted to send a note to say a huge ‘thank you to Jenny for the session today’. 

The feedback has been phenomenally positive from all the attendees.  The conversation flowed, Jenny was on point with great advice and shares.  Incredible support to the entrepreneurs.”

In July 2020, Jenny was approached by Anna Jordan, a reporter from SmallBusiness. Jenny took part in Anna’s podcast, called Small Business Snippets on 5 August 2020. They discussed tips for investment in the time of COVID-19, exit planning and whether your business should still be accepting cash.

You can listen back to the podcast here.

In June 2020, Jenny was approached by Alec Jones-Hall – Director, Great British Expos.

Jenny took part as a Keynote Speaker at one of their Entrepreneurial Online Empowerment Sessions. The aim of these sessions were to inspire, empower, motivate and equip entrepreneurs and business owners during these turbulent times of COVID-19.

You can watch Jenny speaking on GBE’s YouTube channel.

Some feed back from the audience includes:

• Wow.. Love that quote “No such thing as glass ceilings, just sticky floors”.. Very true – thank you Jenny!
• Love Jenny being hands-on, real, grounded etc.
• My 9 year old daughter is very inspired by how you started off your career so young.
• Inspired!  Just what we need at this point in time. Well one Jenny and well done GB Expos

A note from Alec Jones-Hall after the event read:

“We were so inspired by Jenny’s down to earth, real, and open approach. The mixed audience of entrepreneurs and SME owners were not only motivated but also empowered to succeed through the advice and her own experiences that she generously shared. 

The interview was insight-laden and incredibly inspirational!

The audience were riveted throughout, and the feedback we have had has been fantastic – Thank you!”

In June 2020, Jenny was approached by Emma from Enterprise Nation. Jenny was invited to join an online Amazon Academy event for an on-stage interview & Q&A about Jenny’s business journey. Part of Amazons response to supporting small businesses through coronavirus.

Jenny was interviewed on 26 June, with a slot called “How I Made It”.

In April of 2019, set in Luxembourg City, Arch Summit is the premier event for connecting tech startups with corporate decision-makers. Enabling the ambitious to take their business to the next level by allowing determined startups real time and direct introductions to Vodafone’s powerful network including Top C-level executives, partners, suppliers and customers. Arch brings together innovators and influencers in a dynamic 2-day programme of startup pitches, tailored meetings, keynote speeches, tech roundtables, and exhibitions on the latest in technology.