Wharfe Valley Oils director, Stephen Kilby, will be joining the panel at the Future MADE Festival in Sheffield on November 22.
The Wetherby based Rapeseed Oil grower and producer will join an interactive panel of successful entrepeneurs to discuss British business during Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Stephen’s business expertise has been previously recognised. He was highly commended by the IoD at its national Director of the Year Awards in the Young Director category and last year (2012) he was named Yorkshire and the Humber Young Director of the Year.
His work into diversifying in to food production to grow the family business paid off and he is now is a successful producer and retailer of premium quality cold pressed extra-virgin rapeseed oil
The event is aimed at inspiring and encouraging the entrepreneurs of tomorrow and will be hosted by BBC Breakfast’s lead business presenter Steph McGovern.
The morning will feature a series of presentations from Stephen and fellow leading entrepreneurs who will talk about their journeys to success and how they have overcome problems on their way. This will be followed by an open Q&A session.
The event is on Friday 22 November from 9.30-12.30pm at Sheffield’s Showroom Cinema.
Attendance for the Future MADE festival is free but confirmation of attendance is encouraged. Please confirm your attendance “click here”:http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-future-made-tickets-4268075930