Emma Harrison - A4e Chairman
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Emma Harrison is 42 and lives at Thornbridge Hall in Derbyshire with her husband Jim and her young family. Emma is a well-known, charismatic and respected entrepreneur and the Chairman, owner and founder of A4e Ltd.
Emma has a unique approach to leadership, seeing her role as being to 'Inspire, encourage and elevate'. It is this business philosophy that has seen her turn a small regional training provider, founded in 1991, into an international, multi award winning company. Furthermore Emma has built a company that follows her principle of 'doing well by doing good' and has implemented a policy of business diversification that has taken the company into new markets that enable it to realise its overall goal of improving people's lives.
Since 1991, A4e has touched the lives of over one million people, helping them to improve their circumstances and realise their potential.
Emma's journey from a young graduate to an internationally respected businesswoman has acted as an inspiration to many budding entrepreneurs. Please click here if you'd like to learn how Emma progressed from a Sheffield school girl into the owner of an international organisation - Emma's Journey
Emma's passion is inspiring and helping others to find their way in business. Working with her team she has started and developed several successful business and supported others as an investor and mentor. Emma created Novantia, one of her many companies, to enable her to help people while running a challenging business enterprise. Novantia imports Pearl Mountain Coffee from India, with large amounts of this investment channelled into funding and running several schools in the southern region of Karnataka. You can learn more about Novantia and Emma's other business interests by visiting their website at Thornbridge Hall
The business skills of Emma Harrison have been recognised through a number of prestigious business awards and through her leadership, A4e has also realised a number of unique successes. Please click here to learn more about this Business Achievement or you might be interested in reading some of Emma's Top Tips.
Emma is the Chairman of the NSPCC Regions Full Stop Appeal and has played a prominent role in helping them reach the fund raising target of £50m. Emma has also pledged to personally raise £1million and £1 for the NSPCC. You can learn more about the NSPCC through their website.