Debbie is Regional Director for West Berkshire , and currently  manages several groups in the area encompassing, Hungerford, Newbury, Thatcham, Aldermaston, Theale and Pangbourne. She discovered the power of networking in 2008 and was committed to helping others realise the benefits, from that moment on.

After qualifying as a Management Accountant while working for the John Lewis Partnership, Debbie worked in a variety of financial roles for companies such as Price Waterhouse , IBM and HP.  While at IBM she  qualified in Sales, and then moved into  Marketing in Hewlett-Packard,  where  she worked in a variety of roles for the last 17 years.  Until recently Debbie worked for HP focussing on the Financial Services Industry, in international marketing.  Debbie has now left corporate life so she can focus on her Athena role, as she would like to become more  involved with supporting and working with small and medium sized businesses locally.  Following her qualification as an NLP practitioner she plans to develop further, her skills as a business and personal coach and expects them to enhance her skills as an Athena RD.

Debbie believes that Athena offers great inspiration and support to the women that join. The women she has met have such courage, knowledge and experience, it would be such a waste if they weren’t to share and learn from each other. She has witnessed the camaraderie and cooperation that has developed between the women in the groups, and is motivated to continue the good work.

Debbie is married with two children and enjoys sports and  travel. In the past she has done voluntary work abroad, which inspired her to quality as a TEFL teacher and to study foreign languages.  Her main spare time interest at the current time however, is to develop her NLP and coaching skills so she can fulfil her own potential and encourage her family and colleagues .