Susannah Schofield spent the beginning of her career working for Royal Mail, with achievements including the set-up of their business sales team, growing from 13 people to 300, and delivering £290m per annum.

In 2010, Susannah set up her business Best in Glass – a delivery service for boxes of drinks, accessories, and cocktail recipes. She went on to win Start Up Business of the Year, was awarded the Excellence Industry Award, and was a Finalist of the Business Parent of the Year.

In 2017, she set up Key Women in Business magazine, the only high-end glossy magazine providing insightful and aspirational business content for entrepreneurial and business-orientate women living or working in the South East and London, looking to develop their business and career in an era of gender equality and diversity.

With over 25 years of commercial, leadership, and strategic expertise, Susannah is a regular radio expert contributor, an industry leading expert in strategic positioning, is a specialist in corporate strategy and development, with experience in delivering complex efficiency programmes.

She did serve as the Editor-in-Chief of Kent Women in Business magazine, providing insight to businesswomen on business concepts, embracing innovation, and empowering women to take that step towards success.

In 2013, Susannah published Mind the Gap: Creating Your Successful Business Strategy; the book introduces Susannah’s tried and tested strategic model – the Dice Matrix – which allows readers to stress test weaknesses, compare performances with customers’ perception, and highlights personal strengths.

In 2015, she was awarded an OBE by the late Queen for services to small businesses, women, and young people in business.