Over the past decade, Michelle has spoken around the world at some of the most prestigious events and gatherings. Now considered one of the UK’s top female speakers, Michelle has developed a portfolio of relevant and compelling speeches to share her knowledge with others and inspire future generations.
Michelle overcame hardship and a difficult childhood to become one of the most lucrative and creative executives in business circles across the globe. Striving from working-class to developing the Ultimo brand into the foremost accessory for women, gaining an OBE and bringing up three children whilst going through a tumultuous divorce, My Fight to the Top is a wonderful tale of how an enterprising spirit, pure ambition and savvy know-how combined to create one of the UK s most successful fashion brands.
Michelle Mone OBE is the co-owner of Ultimo Brands International and founder of Ultimo, one of the UK’s leading lingerie brands. Honoured by the Queen with an OBE for her contribution to business, Michelle is regularly listed as one of the UK’s top female entrepreneurs and has built a hugely successful career on one incredibly simple concept: helping women to look and feel their very best.
Michelle left school at 15 years old with no qualifications to find full-time employment after her father was struck down by an illness leaving him confined to a wheelchair. Whilst attending a dinner dance, Michelle was wearing a very uncomfortable cleavage-enhancing bra and as a result had a “light-bulb moment”. Michelle decided to invent a bra that was more comfortable, uplifting and cleavage-enhancing than any other bra on the market. Ultimo was launched in November 1996.
Now one of Scotland’s biggest exports, Michelle won the ‘World Young Business Achiever Award’ followed by the ‘Business Woman of the Year’ with her creations encompassing 15 patented inventions. In October 2005 Michelle attended a speaking engagement with former US president Bill Clinton and Mikhail Gorbachev, and went on to support the Sultan of Oman in setting up women’s enterprise in the Middle East.
Michelle’s speeches cover a range of topics relevant to business and enterprise of all sectors and sizes. These include: “Fight to the Top” (Michelle’s original ‘Rags to Riches’ story) “How to Generate £1 Billion of Media” “Building a Successful Brand” “No Such Word as Can’t” “Stressed, Fat, and Nearly Bust- What to do Next?” and “The A-D of Business: Aspire, Believe, Commit, Deliver.”
Baronesse Mone charges a fee for her speaking engagements. Please contact Crest’s London office for further information.