Simone Roche is founder of Northern Power Women, Northern Power Futures, the Power Platform and MD at event curation company Events 1st.
🔥Joined the Royal Navy at 18 as a radio operator, scaling the ranks up to Lieutenant, before roles including conference manager at Aintree Racecourse, head of sales at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, deputy general manager of operations for the build of the new Echo Arena in Liverpool.
🔥Passionate about gender diversity and championing all talent and believes in the ‘art of the possible’.
🔥 Awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2018 for services to gender equality and appointed Honorary Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy in June 2020.
🔥Recognised on the Yahoo Finance Heroes List 2018, 19, 20 and awarded the IOD NW Chairs award for excellence in 2020
