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Meet the mother@work Awards judges.. We are delighted to have a varied and experienced panel to judge the mother@work Awards for 2006. 
Clare Logie, Director, Women in Business, Bank of Scotland Corporate
Clare is Director of the Bank of Scotland’s (BoS) unique, triple award-winning Women in Business (WiB) programme, which aims to support and encourage women who want to start or grow a business. The WiB team recognises that this is not about segregation, but about acknowledging the subtle differences in style, approach, motivation and management that women often display and ensuring that BoS financial solutions and service match the needs of today’s female business owners. A graduate of English Language & Literature, Clare has worked for the Bank for a total of 12 years in very different roles, covering Direct Marketing, HR, Executive Support, Operational Risk, Strategy and Communications. She has also worked as Global Internal Communications Manager for an international company and run her own small business. She returned to the Bank in 2003, specifically to lead the Women in Business programme, helping to position Bank of Scotland as the bank of choice for Women in Business.  Diana Wolfin: founder of Changing Direction Diana Wolfin specialises in helping women return to work after a career break, giving guidance and advice on holding it all together once you get there and devising work-life balance strategies for all. Having worked for ten years at the University of Westminster running "Return to Work" courses for women, ethnic minority groups and those embarking upon self-employment, Diana started up Changing Direction in 2000, aiming to provide training, support, guidance and coaching to women as they prepare to re-enter the job market, are thinking about doing so or have done so and need advice. To contact Diana direct for details of her consultations and charges, please use the following: Tel 020 8868 7818 email dianawolfin@changingdirection.com www.changingdirection.com 
Marlene J Shalton (Ms),Director, Chambers Morgan James Financial Management, MSC(Econ), MSFA, FIFP, Certified Financial Planner. Marlene established her IFA practice in 1991 after serving 13 years as a probation officer and a wish for a career break. She now has a very loyal client bank and has established herself for some time as a financial planner on a fee basis. She contributes regularly to national press and has a weekly personal finance column in the local press. In addition she has appeared on TV on Working Lunch, Panorama and as general commentator on financial issues. She is a long time member of the Institute of Financial Planning and is now a Board Director. She was shortlisted in the Woman IFA of the Year competition in 2002 and the WIG Woman IFA of the year in 2004. Marlene J Shalton Director and Certified Financial Planner Chambers Morgan James Financial Management Tel. 029 20560020 Fax. 029 20560028  Lorraine Thomas: founder of the Parent Coaching Academy
Lorraine Thomas is the UK's leading Parent Coach as featured in The Sunday Times, The Times, The Daily Mail, The Independent, BBC and ITV's This Morning. She is also a regular contributor to the national magazine Practical Parenting. She is the Chief Executive of The Parent Coaching Academy, a pioneering organisation working with parents who are motivated, passionate and committed to being the best parents possible. Contact Details: www.theparentcoachingacademy.com email lthomas@theparentcoachingacademy.com phone 020 8693 1231 or 07770 917 130  Denise Tyler, Editor of mother@work, journalist and sports PR consultant.
Denise Tyler founded online magazine mother@work in Sept 2003 to offer working mothers practical advice on managing their work, family and social lives. As a working mother herself she started the webzine having found a lack of information and support when she returned to work following the birth of her daughter Freya. For many years she has written for national papers and magazines and continues to work as a freelance sports PR consultant, having set up her own company in 1999.  Diana Appleyard is a novelist who will be publishing her sixth novel, "Too Beautiful To Dance" next January, with Black Swan.
A working mother, she has two daughter aged twelve and seventeen, and lives with her husband Ross, who runs a media company, in Oxfordshire. As well as writing novels Diana is also a journalist who writes frequently for the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph. She also writes for women's magazines such as Good Housekeeping and Woman and Home, and contributes short stories to magazines such as Woman and Woman's Own. A former BBC reporter, Diana also is a regular contributor to programmes such as the Jeremy Vine show, Woman's Hour on Radio Four and Radio Five Live, on subjects such as childcare and relationships. |
