After an initial career in IT, Janette started, built and sold an ICT consultancy and training business. Since moving into Innovation Support, she has spent recent years managing the delivery of programmes to support clients in accessing the right mix of debt, equity and grant funding.

Previous roles include Programme Director for regional Access to Finance Programmes. Janette was honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion in 2008 for supporting student enterprises and disabled entrepreneurs. She was awarded IBA Specialist Adviser of the year in 2005.

Dirk is a Chartered Marketer and Business Growth Adviser running the technical marketing, start up and inward investment activity of Warwick Science Park. Dirk also holds a non-executive director role with a local power electronics business helping them grow and diversify their business.

During his professional career which spans over 2 decades, Dirk has advised over 1,000 businesses. He has helped launch hundred of new products, identified profitable markets in the UK and overseas and raised millions of pounds with of grant and loan funding for his clients.

With over 30 years’ experience Ian has held senior management posts in sales, marketing, operations and finance. Ian counts himself fortunate to have had the opportunity to have lived and worked outside of the UK for eleven years and can rightly claim to have a broad range of experience in terms of cultures, industry sectors and business disciplines.

With a track record of success in business turnaround, business development, chance management and M&A, his passion is working with SME businesses to help them to be more successful.