Eugenie Teasley | Spark and Mettle

We see ourselves as an aspirations agency. Our clients are young people who are overcoming obstacles in their own lives and we work closely with them to develop their potential. And at the same time we work on their behalf to make connections with individuals and organisations who can help them realise their career aspirations.

1) Who are you, Eugenie, and what drives you?

I'm 30 years old and live in Brighton with my husband Bud, one year- old son Otis, and our two dogs. I had a brilliant, inspiring childhood and was fortunate to have gregarious, connected parents and friends who were all keen to help me succeed. When I graduated from Oxford, I taught in south London for a wonderful couple of years before moving to California and doing a Masters in Education at UC Berkeley. I ended up working at a brilliant and innovative non-profit out there called826 Valencia.
The more I moved forward in my career, the more I realised that I had been beyond-lucky in my own upbringing, and the more frustrated I became that there weren't the same opportunities available to all young people in Britain. On returning to the UK I vowed to do something about it, and so came Spark+Mettle.

Theresa Burton | Buzzbnk

1) Who are you, Theresa, and what drives you?

Before co-founding and setting up Buzzbnk, I spent 16 years in the private sector, delivering e-business, internet and internal business solutions for two large international corporations, the most recent with Swiss Re. In 2008 I completed a Sloan Fellowship MBA/MSC at London Business School.

Together with serial social entrepreneur, Michael Norton OBE, we co-founded Buzzbnk, a platform for crowd-funding social enterprises. It is a new way for people to support and participate in social investment and change.

I am originally from Canada, have previously lived in Mexico and Switzerland, and am a British citizen.

Jody Day | Gateway Women | Twitter @gatewaywomen

1) Who are you, Jody, and what drives you?

I am a writer, coach and founder of Gateway Women, an organisation to support, empower and inspire childfree women to live fertile, passionate, meaningful lives.

Becky John | whomadeyourpants?

Meet Becky John, founder of whomadeyourpants? She loves gorgeous pants. With a background in corporate and commercial world, business development in the public sector and human rights campaigning (Amnesty International), Becky wants people to be as aware of where their clothes come from as they now are about how chickens are raised... oh yes, and that world is yours to play in. Especially if you are a woman.

"We make fantastic ethical pants from perfectly good materials discarded by the industry at the end of season, and we're already having an impact".