Judith Donovan CBE founded her own marketing agency in 1982 after nine years as a graduate employee in marketing in both London and Yorkshire. She was one of the first female entrepreneurs in Yorkshire and was recognised as such with awards for "Yorkshire Business Woman of the Year" and "Yorkshire Woman of the Year"; her business was twice featured in the Independent's "100 Fastest Growing Companies".
In addition she chaired the Bradford Training and Enterprise Council, was the first ever female president of Bradford Chamber of Commerce and appeared on the panel of BBC's "Question Time" twice. In 2000 she sold JDA (J12.5 million t/o, 50 staff) to her managers and embarked on a Public Sector and NED career and has served / is serving on 29 Boards and has chaired / is chairing 9 of them.
In addition she chaired the Bradford Training and Enterprise Council, was the first ever female president of Bradford Chamber of Commerce and appeared on the panel of BBC's "Question Time" twice. In 2000 she sold JDA (J12.5 million t/o, 50 staff) to her managers and embarked on a Public Sector and NED career and has served / is serving on 29 Boards and has chaired / is chairing 9 of them.
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For over 20 years Judith has conducted seminars and workshops on direct marketing in over 20 countries. From the strategic to the creative, from the thoughtful to the hilarious, she has a presentation for your conference. For the last 10 years, Judith has also been an accomplished after dinner speaker, recounting her early years as a woman in a man's world and some of the howlers from the worlds of advertising and direct mail.
As well as running her own business successfully for nearly 20 years (J12 million t/o, 70 staff), Judith has also been heavily involved in the business "game". Not only Chairman of Bradford TEC, President of Bradford Chamber of Commerce, President of Bradford Business Club, Director of BusinessLink West Yorkshire, Member of CBI and IOD Councils for Yorkshire but also as a non executive on governor bodies for the last 10 years.
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