Speaker announced for quarterly business report briefing

Debbie Lewis, regional ecosystem manager of NatWest for the Midlands and East of England, has been announced as the second speaker for the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce (GBCC) quarterly business report briefing event.

She was appointed to the role in August 2021 after starting her career journey with NatWest in 2018.

The role has seen her deliver support to entrepreneurs in the Midlands region through Business Builder workshops and NatWest 's Accelerator programme, based in Brindley Place, Birmingham.

Her previous roles include local enterprise manager and entrepreneur acceleration manager for the organisation, working closely with business support organisations, SMEs and entrepreneurs in 'scale up ' stage

Debbie has also scaled and exited her own chain of hair and beauty salons, moving onto a career of coaching and social media support for the hair and beauty industry.

She joins Doug Wright as the second panellist of the event.

Beth Clewes, insight and intelligence services manager for GBCC, said: “As a former successful entrepreneur who is now supporting entrepreneurs herself, I 'm really looking forward to hearing from Debbie about the initiatives NatWest are offering to start-up businesses in the region.

“This event is not to be missed if you 're interested in discussing how supporting entrepreneurialism can help stimulate the Greater Birmingham economy and revitalise the business community! ”

Sign up for the event here: https://www.greaterbirminghamchambers.com/networking-events/events-calendar/listing/qbr-q3-2022-291122/details