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Local entrepreneur flies North East flag in Lithuania

A Northumberland business woman has been invited to impart her commercial experiences in Lithuania. Angela McLean, Newcastle University’s Entrepreneur in Residence and Consultant Lecturer in strategic marketing, entrepreneurship and small business management, has been invited to address 100 delegates from business, education and public sectors at the Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Management Forum in Vilnius, Lithuania.

This year marks the first time the Forum has called on experienced management and entrepreneurship experts from leading European universities and business schools.

At the inaugural symposium, which carries the title “Organizational character: a foundation, a critical source, of organizational innovation, agility and fast growth”, Angela will share her experiences from her company, Bagger.

Bagger began as a cottage industry catering for the niche market of jockey silks. After creating more sophisticated silks than were previously available on the market, by using breathable and waterproof fabrics, Angela realised that the same formula could be applied to children’s clothing when she couldn’t source waterproofs for her young children.

Bagger reached a turnover of £2.5 million in just three years and was crowned winner of the Barclays Small Business of the Year Award.

Angela will be speaking alongside Erkko Autio, professor at Imperial College London, and Liisa Valikangas, a founder of the Woodside Institute in California, USA, and professor at the Helsinki School of Economics in Finland. She will give an open guest lecture to the students and faculty members at the Vilnius University.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .