Elaine Owen, CEO

Elaine Owen is a multi award winning entrepreneur, coach mentor and business consultant with a very strong passion and an impressive track record of managing and delivering hiqh quality coaching and training services. She has run a commercial B2B training and coaching company for the last 18 years, and Striding Out will be the social enterprise that complements her existing organisation, with a focus on supporting young people and disadvantaged groups to achieve success. 

She has a passion for doing good whilst doing good business and is a technical expert in digital marketing & learning and development, working with leading organisation's including Google. 

Elaine regularly writes for The Edge business magazine. She is a business panel expert for BBC Radio Merseyside and Elaine has been the subject of two television business documentaries. 

Her awards include;
UK Business Mentor of the Year 2008
Business Person of the year 2009
Women on their way awards 2010 for outstanding contribution to Women's learning and development
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts & Commerce 2009

Elaine has been working with Striding Out over the last year, and is excited about the opportunity to continue and grow the good work of the organisation across the UK.