Judith Clegg

Judith is a highly experienced consulting and award winning entrepreneur. She is CEO and founder of Venturing Unlimited having established the business in 2006. Her consulting experience includes work across a variety of organisations including Barclaycard, Microsoft, The British Government Communications Network, IKEA, BAA, the entertainment group Ministry of Sound, YO! Sushi, US and European financial institutions and a range of entrepreneurial companies in entertainment, media, technology and clean-tech. She is also a partner in Cantelupe Films, a British film Company and a is a non executive director of the technology firm, Onalytica. As an entrepreneur, Judith became an early proponent of online social networking as a founding director of Moonfruit.com in 1999. Backed by UK and US investors including Bainlab, Europe@Web and Macromedia, the Web-build service went on to win a BBC2 award for best online design as well as a nomination for an Online BAFTA; in 2006 Moonfruit.com was named one of the UK´s top online brands and also an eSuperbrand. She has also worked on the management team at Pret A Manger and with the political strategist, Baron Gould of Brookwood, who was a key advisor to world leaders including Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Bill Clinton. Judith established The Glasshouse in London in 1998, to provide support and inspiration to other entrepreneurs. It has since expanded to San Francisco, New York and beyond. In 2006 Second Chance Tuesday launched, a forum for entrepreneurs and investors in technology, media, telecoms and green sectors. Both networks and events attract top-name speakers, leading investors and established and budding entrepreneurs. She started her career in the retail team at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting where her clients included Laura Ashley, Thorntons, Safeway and Blackwells. Judith was listed by Wired as one of the Top 100 Digital Powerbrokers in the UK in 2010 and by the Daily Telegraph, as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Britons in Technology in 2009. She was also an Award Winner for Woman of the Year in 2005 and 2001 and has been a finalist in the Cosmopolitan Women of Achievement Awards in 1998. Judith has a First Class degree in Management Science from Warwick University. She is a keen sailor and has sailed across part of the Pacific Ocean from Tahiti to Auckland. Client quotes: "I've known Judith since 2000 through The Glasshouse, and more recently have hired Venturing Unlimited for several projects in the Online and Loyalty sectors. Judith is a person of the highest integrity, candid, positive, energetic and creative. She is an absolute force of nature in getting things done, exemplified by the fact that she routinely runs several businesses at once. She works fast, and in a way that is collaborative, human, and, infectiously enjoyable. She is also the most connected individual I think I have ever met, particularly across retail and digital businesses, the media and government. Her firm, Venturing Unlimited, work in a way that differs from most consultancies in that they act almost as interim entrepreneurs. A great example was how they approached Business Development on a new venture I was launching.... Within a matter of days we had meetings set up and activity underway, which developed our concept far faster than any amount of theoretical discussion would have done. Their "second lives" as entrepreneurs also gives them an awareness of the current market and players, and contacts with them, that is in a totally different league to any of the consultancies I know.... So in summary, if what you want is an injection of ideas, energy, entrepreneurial flair, contacts and total commitment to make a business successful, then you really do want to work with Judith and her team at Venturing. I recommend them highly." Dan Salmons, Director, Global Innovations, Barclaycard "I hired Venturing Unlimited for an unusual innovation project recently, with the aim of creating entrepreneurs out of Civil Servant communicators. I knew that VU's offer was unique in terms of their unrivalled knowledge of the digital landscape, opportunities and connections. But nothing could have prepared me for the exceptional results that they delivered for us and at very good value. It was a genuine meeting of minds, thoroughly enjoyable to work with them as partners and on a personal level - a huge support to me as we came across the inevitable organisational battles. If you get the chance to work with Judith and her team, grab it - it will change your life and your organisation." Alex Butler, Director, Transformational Strategy,COI