BCC's Director General to be guest of honour at Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards

BCC Director General Shevaun Havilland – guest of honour at the Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards.

THE Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce will be welcoming the Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, Shevaun Havilland, as its guest of honour at the Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards 2022 which will be held at Grimsby Auditorium, on Friday 13th May.

Shevaun became Director General of BCC at the end of April 2021. She joined BCC from the Cabinet Office where she led Business Partnerships. She joined the Government in 2016 and also ran the Inclusive Economy Partnership for HMG.

Shevaun started her career in consultancy in London and New York. She then moved to the Walt Disney Company in strategic planning before joining Disneyland Paris, opening the second theme park. Shevaun then joined the agency world, running global accounts for Millward Brown, Mindshare and WPP.

Following this, she became a partner in a start-up digital innovation agency and venture builder, Independents United, where she also became an Advisor for the Danson Foundation.

Most recently, Shevaun was the New Ventures Director for Avado, building new businesses in Edtech and founding the Academy of Digital Business Leaders.

Shevaun has a passion for business as a force for good. She is a social impact investor, sits on the Ventures Advisory Board of UnLtd, and is Trustee of Barefoot College International as well as a board member of Women of the World Foundation.

Shevaun will be making a short address on the night, before presenting a Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce Special Award.

Tickets for the Black Tie event are available from www.nlincsba.co.uk