Grit & Growth - Lessons From Leaders Who've Been There (Wednesday, 17th September 2025)

IoD Jersey is delighted to welcome leading minds from multiple sectors to join us for a new style event on 17 September 2025 to explore the entrepreneurial journey from bold beginnings to transformational exits. Jersey has the potential to be an incubator for entrepreneurial activity and IoD is excited to bring together experts who have undertaken this journey to provide their insight.

This dynamic gathering, kindly sponsored by Resolution IT (as lead sponsor) promises insight, connection, and inspiration for directors, founders, investors, and senior decision-makers.

We are joined by Steve Hewitt, former CEO of Gymshark, the leading fitness apparel brand. Founded in 2012 by Ben Francis and Lewis Morgan from humble beginnings in Francis’ garage, Steve helped steward Gymshark through a period of exponential growth, clinching its status as a global phenomenon and joining the elite circle of British ‘unicorn’ companies. Steve’s expertise is in leadership and creating high performance purpose-driven cultures which help drive rapid scale, best illustrated by Gymshark’s phenomenal growth from 40,000 to 4 million customers, which boosted sales from £4m to £400m during his seven-year tenure.