About Us

Sue is committed to reducing the barriers faced by individuals and communities by ensuring local services are in place across Liverpool to tackle social and economic exclusion. As Finance Manager for local charity HEAT, Sue provides advocacy and support to disadvantaged groups, including women who are suffering domestic violence and abuse. She has extensive experience in the running of publicly funded services, including undertaking the management and accounting for public and charitable funds. At The Women’s Organisation, Sue has developed and implemented highly effective systems to ensure the charity and social enterprises’ financial integrity.

Mona is a qualified account with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. She has over 25 years’ experience in the private sector, and joined as us as Chair in the early days of the organisation. Mona is currently Senior Finance Lead at Westrock Printing, a global company operating across 4 continents. She previously held the role of Chief Accountant for Westport House and Country Park Group, and was Principal for Mona Navin Mealey Associates. Mona has also held the position of Finance Directors position for the GB group, a computer software and data services provider. At The Women’s Organisation, Mona offers audit and finance expertise for the charity.

Maggie co-founded The Women’s Organisation in 1996, to help improve the economic position of women through research, policy influencing and the implementation of an innovative portfolio of business and economic development services to help more women to start and grow their own enterprises. Maggie has led the overall strategic development of the organisation, growing it to become the largest Women’s Economic Development Agency in the UK. The Women’s Organisation operates internationally providing business innovation, development, and growth services to a range of public, private and civil society organisations. She is actively involved in shaping women’s economic development and wider economic development policy on a local, national, and international basis. Maggie is a visiting Professor at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde, a visiting scholar at The Hayden Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and is a fellow of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Her research and commercialisation projects are primarily focused on social value and impact and female entrepreneurship start up and growth. She holds several non-executive board and advisory positions and is currently Executive Director of Enterprise Evolution, Education, Enterprise and Consultancy, a European headquartered social business specialising in social impact and value, enterprise education, and women’s business - www.enterpriseevolution.eu Maggie's work has been recognised across the UK, with multiple business accolades including ‘Entrepreneurs Champion of the Year’ and 'Social Leader of the Year'.

Helen has over 25 years’ experience working at a senior management and executive level across the public, private and social economy sectors. At The Women’s Organisation, Helen provides financial and operational leadership, and develops a range of social impact, economic development and business growth programmes. She sits on the National Growth Programme Board, the Performance and Dispute Resolution National Sub-Committee and the Equality & Diversity National Sub-Committee, working collaboratively to influence strategy and to address issues faced by third sector organisations. In 2018, Helen was named as one of the UK’s most influential social enterprise leaders.

In 1996, three women established a not-for-profit company to bridge the gap in business services for women, who were massively underrepresented in enterprise. Their remit was to address this issue through offering quality and bespoke services, particularly for women who were socially and economically disadvantaged. Now, nearly three decades later, our mission to aid the economic development of women has expanded to international territories, encompassing entrepreneurial learning, consultancy, women's health, career development and beyond. In 2022, The Women’s Organisation was listed in the top 1% of UK Social Enterprises in the SE100 Index, which is the country’s leading source of market intelligence on social enterprise. Visit 'Our History' to find out more about our journey.