HostAanu Clement David-Olawade
CEO, PenPixel Digital Press
Reliving Thrive Summit UK 2025. Discover Thrive 2026
From surviving
to thriving.
What is Thrive?
Thrive Summit.
Thrive is more than an event. It is a pathway beyond survival.
One day in Leicester built around honest conversation, practical insight and the people who make the next step possible for your work, your purpose and your life.
2025 was the evidence. 2026 is the destination.
Why Thrive
Four reasons to be in the room
01
Exposure
Rooms, stories and standards that widen what you believe is possible for your life and work.
02
Knowledge
Practical insight from people doing the work, shared plainly and without gatekeeping.
03
Connection
Deliberate space to meet people you would not meet on an ordinary Saturday.
04
Action
You leave with next steps, not just notes. Thrive is built to be applied on Monday.
Meet the 2025
speakers
Host
Grace Moronfolu MBE
Director of Carbonado Consultancy Ltd
Amb. (Prof) Oluwafemi Esan
Ambassador of The Sovereign Kingdom of Hawaii to the UK and European Union
Dr Funmi Obembe
Head of Technology, University of Northampton
Daniel Folley
Entrepreneur, Business Coach and Founder, Softlink.ai
Philip Oladejo
Group CEO, The Global Business and Authors Awards UK
Cllr George Cole
Former Lord Mayor of Leicester
Rukayat Alabi
CEO, RKY Careers and Apply Buddy Ltd
David Olawade
Lecturer and Senior Research and Innovation Project Facilitator
Matron Kemi Ipinmoye
Clinical Quality Matron
Cllr Dr Ashiedu Joel
Director, Ashioma Consults Ltd
Dr Dipo Awojide
Senior Management Consultant
Thrive Summit 2025
Moments that moved us
Come for the conversation.
Leave with connections.
- Perspectives
- A wider view of what thriving can look like for you.
- Strategies
- Practical approaches you can put to work straight away.
- Connections
- People, not just business cards.
- Possibilities
- A clearer sense of the next door to walk through.
2025 Partners & Sponsors
Those who helped make Thrive possible
