MICHELLE MONE  Michelle Mone is a highly successful entrepreneur and marketer and is the founder and co-owner of MJM International Ltd.
Due to an illness in the family, Michelle left school aged 15 with no qualifications spending a number of years successfully modelling in Glasgow before going on to work for Labatts Brewers in her home town. When the Labatts brand moved to Whitbread, Michelle chose to take redundancy.
In November 1996, Michelle started MJM International Ltd with her husband Michael. The business has gone from strength to strength and Michelle has won a number of prestigious awards including:
In April 2000 at a ceremony in the Epcot Centre, Florida, Michelle won the coveted 'World Young Business Achiever Award' beating off top entrepreneurs from 14 countries.
In October 2000, Michelle was the winner of 'Business Woman of the Year' at the Corporate Elite Awards.
Her achievements have further been recognised by the following:
In 2001 Prince Charles asked Michelle to join the Board of Directors for The Princes Scottish Youth Business Trust.
In November 2002, Michelle was awarded an Honorary Degree, Doctor of the University, by Paisley University.
In May 2003 Management Today voted Michelle one of the top three woman entrepreneurs in the UK. Michelle was listed alongside the likes of Martha Lane Fox and Stella McCartney. In 2005, Michelle presented BBC’s Mind Your Own Business, advising business owners on what they are doing right and where they are going wrong, and offering straightforward suggestions on how to improve their businesses.
Since then Michelle has made frequent appearances on BBC’s The Apprentice as well as being a correspondent for GMTV. Ultimo and Michelle have featured in Colleen McLaughlin’s ITV show to find a Real Woman to front the Ultimo brand.
Michelle Mone has built a hugely successful career on an incredibly simple concept: giving today's women what they want. Michelle Mone is a motivational and inspirational speaker. She is straight talking and gives a genuine down to earth personal account of how she built up her company. She speaks passionately about her struggle to succeed against all odds, shares funny anecdotes and provides practical advice to budding entrepreneurs. TESTIMONIALS
'Well what a tremendous success Leaders in London was last week. Michelle you really did steal the show! We have received amazing reviews from delegates - in fact I am still trying to plough my way through the enormous amount of evaluation forms we received, filled with congratulations and positive comments.'
Colette Leong-Son Enterprising Women Conference
Newmarket
Michelle was keynote speaker at the event at Newmarket Racecourse in June. She talked of her amazing journey from a small flat in the heart of Glasgow to Saks on 5th Avenue in New York. 'I wanted to say how much I enjoyed your speaker slot today at the Enterprising Women conference. A great background and loads of hurdles to climb, with some great messages delivered with humour and down to earth language'
Maree Atkinson - Federation of Small Business Herts
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