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Luxury Business Podcast Elizabeth Solaru
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Welcome to the Luxury Business Podcast. Each week you will hear mind blowing interviews with amazing luxury experts which will include actionable tips that you can implement to help your business and brand grow. I will also bring you the latest luxury business news from around the world with my take. So thanks for spending time with me today and I can’t wait to get started. I am your host Elizabeth Solaru, founder of the Luxury Business Emporium. Connect with me here:Luxury Business Emporium Website: https://luxurybusinessemporium.com/ Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-solaru-1ba901 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luxurybusinessemporium/ Who is Elizabeth Solaru:Elizabeth Solaru is the multi award winning founder of Elizabeth's Cake Emporium and the Luxury Business Emporium. Recognised as one of the best wedding cake companies in the world, her company creates the most opulent and beautifully handcrafted cakes using the finest ingredients. A pioneer in the wedding industry, her creations have been featured in numerous national and international blogs and publications including Vogue, Tatler, Wedluxe, Brides, Strictly Weddings, The Telegraph, and Conde Nast BRIDES.Clients include British, European and Middle Eastern Royalty, celebrities and high net worth individuals.Elizabeth has appeared on the BBC, the Good Food Channel, BBC Radio and Sky Living as a luxury expert. She is also a regular on Sky TV being the only three times winner of The Great Cake Bake, a show which featured the best wedding cake makers in the country.Elizabeth is an international speaker and competition judge who travels the globe speaking to fellow cake makers, women in business, wedding industry professionals and other entrepreneurial groups. She presents on a number of topics ranging from her own inspirational creative journey from Microbiologist, and Headhunter to luxury cake maker, to successfully branding her company.Author of best-selling artisan cake book OPULENCIA, she has hosted The Cake and Bake Show and internationally has judged The Championnat de France de Cake Design, the French cake championships and for the last three years, the Italian Wedding Awards. Elizabeth is in demand as a sugarcraft expert and has also appeared on Sky Living's "Who'd Be a Billionaire" with her cakes appearing in films such as "My Best Friend's Wedding" by Sony Columbia Pictures. She was recently named as one of the world's "Masterful 100", a select list of the most excellent and masterful luxury experts and brands in their field and recently won Bridelux's Best Cake Maker award at the first ever global luxury wedding industry awards. She is also one of the experts at The London Finishing Academy.She is an advocate of maternal health and actively fundraises for Jeans for Genes Charity.
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Donna Brown: Value Design To Get To The Heart of Brands
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Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-solaru-1ba901
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Donna Brown https://donnabrown.com/
Donna helps successful visionaries design their business in ways that impact millions.
Over three decades of working with clients in fields as diverse as fashion, foodservice, online entrepreneurs and even a former Buddhist monk, I have gathered a very full toolbox.
What is Donna's biggest joy? Helping you bring your vision to life for yourself, your business and the world. -
Sonia Summan: Managing Director of Fashion Strategist Consultancy
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Sonia Summan
https://www.fashionstrategists.com/
Sonia has led an impressive career as a Retail, Wholesale, E-commerce and Franchising leader in her 25 years working in the Fashion industry. With experience of working across the world, directly for brands and also as a Consultant, scaling numerous businesses from start-up to scale-up.
Today, Sonia works as a Consultant who partners with CEOs, executives and solopreneurs, bringing all of her previous expertise and experiences to help grow their brands. After spending the past two decades working in a rapidly changing industry. Sonia knows what it takes to build truly sustainable businesses internationally.
She is currently the Commercial Director of Fashion Strategists Limited and Managing Director of Fashion Strategists Consultancy.
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Fiona Wellington: Founder of Myne London, Ethical Emerald
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Fiona Wellington
https://www.mynelondon.co.uk/
Founded in Belgravia, London, in 2018, Myne London® specialises in sourcing emeralds ethically, sustainably and responsibly from Swat Valley, Pakistan. It works with local groups in the region to enhance the positive social impact of emerald mining, with a special focus on the education, training and fair employment of women. To achieve these goals, Myne London collaborates with designer-brands to find a creative home for its emerald supply, while also creating its own luxury fine jewellery collections that encompass its values of social and economic empowerments.
The business was founded by sisters Fiona Wellington and Kate Murray Gordos who were born in Malaysia and raised in both London and Peshawar, Pakistan. They travelled extensively across Pakistan including the Khyber regions and into Afghanistan and Kabul, thus establishing a deep relationship with the area. In 2018, they sent a team of experts, including gemmologist Charles Evans BSc FGA DGA, to investigate the little-known emerald mines hidden in the beautiful Swat Valley. The exceptional quality and rarity of the emeralds they found there were world class, thus establishing a new traceable and transparent route to market.
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Keely Capel: Private Luxury Collection & Rockstar Real Estate Coaching
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Keely Capel
https://keelycapel.com/
https://www.privateluxurycollection.com/
Keely Capel is the owner and managing broker of Private Luxury Collection, a bespoke real estate brokerage in Portugal. Driven by her love of helping others fulfil their dreams, she prides herself in delivering impeccable service to all her clients. As a single mother her goals include, leaving a legacy for her two sons, and raising the bar in the Portuguese real estate sector. In addition to her primary job functions, Keely has been recognised by the international coach federation as an accredited coach and devotes time to supporting other female real estate agents in reaching their full potential and success. -
Michelle Norwood: Wedding & Destination Event Planner
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Michellle Norwood https://michellenorwood.com/
Michelle Norwood is an internationally recognized award-winning destination wedding planner, event designer, and world-class hospitality advisor for luxury hotels and resorts. With more than 20 years in the industry, Michelle is highly sought after for her seamless execution, unique eye for design, and warm gregarious spirit. Although Michelle Norwood Events is based in her home city, New Orleans, she services the globe for a diverse and eclectic clientele. From intimate bespoke affairs in remote locations, to boisterous stylish celebrations in NOLA, Michelle and her team create experiences that feed the soul.
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Florent Raimy: Matchmaker & Founder of Edwige International
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Edwige International https://www.edwige-international.com/
Florent is a French national and the brain behind Edwige International. For over a decade and across about 11 countries, he has acquired experience working with high-ranking professionals and upper-echelon executives, where he provides innovative, custom-tailored, and cutting-edge solutions.
He brings this wealth of knowledge on board to the matchmaking services of Edwige International.
In delivering his service to the high-profile professionals, he conscientiously seeks to distill and understand the peculiarities of each person and provides bespoke solutions.
He understands the art of deducing what a person wants and navigating through to provide a custom-built service that suits the person's needs.
Leveraging his professional dexterity to provide custom-made solutions, he is staunchly committed to making a difference in people's lives by helping them find compatible partners. He seeks to connect people seamlessly with partners that ideally tick their boxes, which motivated him to establish Edwige International.
Florent has the requisite experience in rendering personalized services, and he brings this knowledge onboard to this company. He operates with integrity, honesty, and transparency and is determined to make Edwige International the leading matchmaking company in the global landscape.
https://www.edwige-international.com/