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Jacqueline Gold CBE is Chief Executive of Ann Summers and Knickerbox and is renowned for managing a business run by women, for women. Jacqueline is an activist for women in business, championing…
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In the early days it was controversy… I remember, back then, thinking that there was something good about not being acceptable to everyone… it made us stand out from the crowd, and courted press attention.
— Jacqueline GoldFounder and former CEO of Ann Summers lingerie and party plan business
I remember taking my daughter to a speech I gave when she was just 5 years old, I wanted her to see mummy on stage as a way of showing her that she could be whatever she wanted to be.
— Jacqueline GoldFounder and former CEO of Ann Summers lingerie and party plan business
If you don't empower your team, you are doing them a disservice and it's not about working long, long hours but working smartly, productively, and sharing the workload with others who you are able to empower.
— Jacqueline GoldFounder and former CEO of Ann Summers lingerie and party plan business
We need to give women the freedom and confidence to believe and be whatever they want to. This isn't just about business, but about social conditioning in all cultures. Even now I experience inequality- I see it when I go to external meetings and I see two solicitors, both equal, and a female pouring the tea.
— Jacqueline GoldFounder and former CEO of Ann Summers lingerie and party plan business
I remember writing myself a letter- it's something I encourage women to do today- listing the things they've achieved in their career and personal lives. Before you go into that next important meeting, event or anything outside your comfort zone it's a great tool to give yourself that boost. Women need to be their own cheerleaders and remind themselves of the amazing things they've achieved.
— Jacqueline GoldFounder and former CEO of Ann Summers lingerie and party plan business
I'm extremely proud of the fact that we have driven social and cultural change. I have always wanted women to be empowered, and we've given them that opportunity. At the beginning, we said our events were going to be for women only, it enabled women to talk to each other about their sex lives in private, in a safe and unintimidating environment, and that was part of women's sexual empowerment as a movement.
— Jacqueline GoldFounder and former CEO of Ann Summers lingerie and party plan business
Today's consumer cares about what you stand for, and so having values and purpose are central to building that trust with your customer.
— Jacqueline GoldFounder and former CEO of Ann Summers lingerie and party plan business
We need to give women the freedom and confidence to believe and be whatever they want to. This isn't just about business, but about social conditioning in all cultures.
— Jacqueline GoldFounder and former CEO of Ann Summers lingerie and party plan business
As a nation, we're missing out by not being more flexible, accommodating and encouraging and I think lockdown has- at least- brought about that one piece of positive change.
— Jacqueline GoldFounder and former CEO of Ann Summers lingerie and party plan business
Women need to be their own cheerleaders and remind themselves of the amazing things they've achieved.
— Jacqueline GoldFounder and former CEO of Ann Summers lingerie and party plan business
I'm extremely proud of the fact that we have driven social and cultural change. I have always wanted women to be empowered, and we've given them that opportunity.
— Jacqueline GoldFounder and former CEO of Ann Summers lingerie and party plan business
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