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Women in Leadership: Hyacinth Walters-Olsen

October 1 @ 18:00 - 20:00

In this Women in Leadership chapter we will meet Hyacinth Walters-Olsen. She will talk to us about her journey in the entrepreneurship world as well as her experience working abroad and in Norway.

Hyacinth has worked as a business development manager for a multi-award winning nationally franchised chain of businesses in the UK. She co-founded an online-based financial services corporation that gained customers in over 130 countries. Hyacinth has studied business development, business communications and marketing, team development, leadership, NLP and coaching.

She launched Mover of Mountains in Manchester, UK in 2015, a coaching and mentorship project where she won contracts to deliver training through key strategic government-funded partners.

In 2017, Hyacinth emigrated to Oslo, Norway where she now works as CEO for Fotobaren AS, an innovative forward-thinking company that offers interactive photographic experiences.

Come and join us to hear more about her in an intimate setting. Let her inspire you with her story.

Cost: 200NOK
Max attendees: 20
***This event is Free for HerSpace and Members (Spots are limited).***
***This event is also free for participants from Africa Connect***

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Community, women, Women Empowerment, Women Supporting Women, Women Who Inspire

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https://herspace.no/event/women-in-leadership-hyacinth-walters-olsen/

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Founder of Diversify, Diversify Consult, HerSpace & The Annual

Chisom is an Economist, a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Strategist, and a 3 times founder of impact driven companies. She has over 14 years of experience working with organizations like the European Commission, The United Nations, ExxonMobil and The Economist Group. Chisom is analytical and a data enthusiast. She is passionate about interrogating the cross-sectoral relationship between society’s inhabitants, resources, production, technology, distribution and output. She efficiently and effectively unlocks complex systems, interprets data, forecasts socio-economic trends and conducts research.

Having lived and worked in 7 countries across 3 continents, she is highly adaptable to different circumstances and people, and thrives in uncertain environments.

As the founder of Diversify and Diversify Consult, Chisom and her team work with companies, institutions, governments and civil society to develop sustainable DEIB strategies and embed measurable diversity and inclusion initiatives in the workplace and society. In addition, in 2022, Diversify launched the Diversify Nordics Summit, the largest conference in the Nordics that gathers cross-sectoral stakeholders to amplify DEIB in the Nordics and beyond.

In 2020, she founded HerSpace, a diverse and inclusive co-creation community for all genders, with particular focus on women and non-binary people. In 2022, HerSpace launched HerTech, Women in Tech incubator, for women-led companies, with a focus on the inclusion of diverse founders. 

Chisom is a thought-leader in DEIB and a passionate advocate for mental health and wellness. She writes often on DEIB and justice related topics, some of her work is published on Forbes.

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