Michelle Dewberry

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Michelle Dewberry Biography

Michelle Dewberry - conference speaker, motivational speaker, business, motivation, inspiration
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  • Inspirational
  • Motivation & Teamwork
  • Women

Michelle Dewberry is an inspirational businesswoman and conference speaker.  She is the living embodiment of her credo – ‘Anything Is Possible’. Michelle is the only female winner – to date – of BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’ where she beat competition from over 15,000 people to become Sir Alan Sugar’s apprentice. 

Before The Apprentice

Prior to The Apprentice, Michelle had been a self employed consultant from the age of 24, specialising in Business Transformation and Global Outsourcing. Michelle has 7 years experience across the Telco / ISP sector and has spent a further 3 years helping companies to relocate elements of their business overseas.

And After The Apprentice

Today, whilst running her own consultancy, Michelle is an active supporter of various business initiatives up and down the country and undertakes a lot of charity work. Michelle is an Ambassador for The Princess Trust, a Patron of the Youth Enterprise Scheme and Ambassador for Make your Mark campaign.  She is also always on the look out for new business ventures.

London Marathon

Michelle Dewberry believes in making the most of life and each year sets herself a significant challenge.  After being a spectator of the 2006 London Marathon, Michelle vowed to run the following year, although having no previous experience and a poor level of fitness.  True to her word, Michelle enrolled alone and completed the 2007 London Marathon and did so in an amazing 4 hours 33 minutes (just 10 minutes after Gordon Ramsey and beating Matt Dawson!), raising funds for the NSPCC and Wellchild charities. She also competed in the 2009 London Marathon.

Anything is Possible

She lives by her mantra, “if you believe in yourself, anything is possible”.  Her autobiography, “Anything is Possible” was published in March 2007.

Creating a Success at an Early Age

Michelle was born in Hull, East Yorkshire and from a young age was determined to create success in her life.  She set herself the target to own her first property by the age of 21 and undertook a number of part time roles to earn money to make this dream a reality.  When she was 18, she cold called Hull’s biggest telecommunications company to request a managerial post.  She was offered an admin position in the IT department which she saw as a great opportunity to ‘get her foot in the door’ and learn.  She rapidly progressed through the ranks, and set herself the goal of becoming an IT Network Analyst. She self funded and taught herself IT in her spare time until she became a qualified MCP and got the role of Network Analyst.

In 2000, Michelle relocated to Stoke on Trent to further her career and in 2001 she was headhunted by a FTSE 250 company in London who were impressed by her Programme Management skills and saw her as the ideal candidate to manage the project of relocating their business overseas. From there, Michelle recognised the potential of Offshore work and established herself as a self-employed consultant delivering exactly that. In a bid to find a successful mentor, Michelle entered BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’ in 2005 where she was the youngest candidate. She was determined to win and fulfilled her goal, becoming Sir Alan Sugar’s apprentice.  After working alongside him for 1 year, Michelle left to re-establish her own consultancy.

Conference Business Speaker

Michelle is a prominent speaker covering topics ranging from business through to motivation and inspirational talks. 

She has spoken at a large number of corporate, charitable and social enterprise functions as both a keynote and after dinner speaker.

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Sir Alan's panel of interviewers grill the five remaining candidates in the Apprentice tonight
3rd June 2009In tonights episode the five remaining candidates are out through a series of gruelling interviews. Three of the panel of interviewers will be familiar to viewers of previous series: Bordan Tkachuk, the CEO of computer and IT firm Viglen, which is one of Sir Alan’s companies, Claude Littner, Sir Alan’s former global trouble-shooter and Karren Brady, the managing director of Birmingham City Football Club.
Tim Campbell Chosen to Appear on BBC Question Time
19th February 2009One of the UK’s best known entrepreneurs Tim Campbell will join the panel on Question Time the BBC's premier political programme chaired by David Dimbleby, on Thursday evening.
Sir Alan picks his new Apprentice
12th June 2008Recruitment sales manager Lee McQueen has become Sir Alan Sugar's fourth Apprentice - despite having been caught lying on his CV earlier in the series.
Apprentice loser gets own TV show
17th August 2006The Apprentice runner-up Ruth Badger is to appear on a TV show aimed at finding inventors and entrepreneurs.
Apprentice Series 2
7th March 2006Alan Sugar puts the new recruits through their paces and Adrian Chiles interviews the fallout victim
The Sunday Times Business Person of Year - The Finalists
23rd December 2009The Sunday Times has announced its list of contenders for their annual Business Person of the Year award. The finalists have shown true grit and determination - many have hauled their businesses through a rather perilous time unscathed and are survivors in the business world. The contenders are Angela Ahrendts (pictured left), Ross Brawn, Frank Chapman, Richard Cousins, Founders of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams, Steve Jobs, Sam Laidlaw, Alan Mulally, Kate Swann, and John Varley.
BSkyB is Britain's most admired company 2009
2nd December 2009Media firm BSkyB landed the top spot in Management Today's Britain's Most Admired Companies awards on monday night. Led by CEO Jeremy Darroch, the organisation is one of the youngest to be handed the accolade, topping each of the nine criteria to secure the award. Matthew Gwyther, editor of Management Today said: 'It (BSkyB) is barely more than a stripling upstart amongst the great names of UK business, some of which have been around for centuries in one form or another. It has shown that a class-leading product, well marketed and slickly delivered, can continue to grow and prosper even in the most challenging circumstances.' Tesco and Johnson Mathey took the second and third slots respectively, with Cadbury, GlaxoSmithKline and Rolls-Royce trailing at numbers four, five and six.
Heavyweight keynote speakers are expected at the CBI Conference today including Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Dominique Strauss-Kahn & Stuart Rose to name but a few
23rd November 2009Heavyweight keynote speakers are expected to address the CBI conference in London today. Talking to the most influential and important of business audiences will be our political leaders Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg, business chiefs such as Sir Stuart Rose and Stephen Hester, as well as Lord Adair Turner, BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flaunders and the CBI's Director-General Richard Lambert. Chairing the conference will be CBI's President, the recently appointed Helen Alexander, former chief executive at The Economist and the first woman in the role.
Lessons learnt from Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple - one of the greatest speakers ever
19th November 2009The Times is featuring extracts from Simon Maier and Jerremy Kourdi's book 'The 100: Insights and lessons from 100 of the greatest speeches ever delivered'. Read The Times article on lessons learnt from one of the world's best speakers - Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple and former chief executive officer of Pixar Animation Studios.
WHO MOVED MY GURU?
19th December 2008The economy may be tanking, but not Malcolm Gladwell. His new book, “Outliers,” a characteristically snappy look at what made the Beatles, Bill Gates and other superstars so successful, enters the hardcover nonfiction list at No. 1

Michelle Dewberry Reviews

Michelle Dewberry has spoken and appeared at a number of recent corporate events. Please find some client speaker testimonials and reviews for Michelle Dewberry for a number of these events and conferences. If you would like some additional information as to how to book Michelle Dewberry for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0) 208 365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk

"It was wonderful hearing you speak. You really have inspired me to just get my head down and make my business vision a reality thank you!"
Business Overseas Exhibition

"I was truly encouraged and inspired by Michelle's story. You have made me believe I can do anything!"
Capital Woman Conference

"Great listening to you, you were down to earth and brought a real freshness to the event. Im off to set up a business!"
British Chamber of Commerce Annual Conference

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