Craig Eason
Craig is the founder of Startup4ten® and the Inventive Step® coaching network and has been an Insurance Broker for over 27 years.
Craig set up his own broking business, Insurance Management Group in 1995 and built the company into a quality commercial broker with a strong focus on young, start-up companies and innovating businesses.In 2013 he sold his company to Aston Scott a large independent broker seeking to expand in Scotland.
Over the years Craig has worked with many young businesses and some very successful entrepreneurs, he has seen and experienced the balance needed between taking risk and avoiding risk to grow your business and be successful. This was his motivation for setting up Startup4ten® to support young companies by combining quality insurance solutions to protect their businesses with practical coaching advice.
George Moug
Gordon is a Chartered Engineer and has held both senior technical and senior corporate management positions in several businesses within the UK and overseas. He was part of a joint Scottish Enterprise/Royal Society of Edinburgh working party in the mid 1990’s that reviewed the potential for the commercialisation of the science base in Scotland.
Since then much of his working life has been spent in the world of start-ups and early-stage companies particularly where the business propositions have been rooted in innovative technologies; areas including software development, environmental protection and medical devices. He has fulfilled a variety of roles including interim manager, non-executive director, adviser and mentor.
Graham Docherty
As a Chartered Accountant Graham has worked in the UK and overseas in a variety of industry sectors including Engineering, Property and Retail. For 25 years he successfully managed his multi-location sports retail company and property business until the retail business trade sale in 2014.
Graham continues to run the property business as well as provide financial consultancy and advice to several independent businesses and a leading rugby charity.
Duncan Tannahill
Duncan has a wealth of management, strategic and leadership experience across several industry sectors from fledgling technology start-ups to a £140m turnover motor industry business. As a past CEO of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce he also has significant public sector experience and his contribution to the organisation and the wider business community was publicly recognised when he was awarded the Gold medal for Enterprise by Glasgow City Council in 2004.
Duncan is helping businesses deliver on their aspirations and a younger generation of entrepreneur to find their individual pathways to success and growth. He will lead the Startup4ten® webinar programme which will start in the autumn of 2017 and continue into 2018.