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Karen Gill

Karen Gill spent ten years in Australia, after her education in the UK.  Here she launched her career in the hospitality industry and in her early twenties was appointed Director of Marketing for the Sydney Inter-Continental Hotel. Karen successfully grew the revenues to $60 million in the four years she was in the role. Rising through the ranks of Inter-Continental Hotels, at the age of 31 she became Vice-President of Sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa based back in the UK.

Having left corporate life to start a family in 1998 Karen decided to turn her business acumen to building her own business. It was in Australia in the early 1980's, she met Maxine Benson, who twenty years later is her business partner. Together, struggling to develop a TV programme development company they recognised a business opportunity for a 'Women in Business Community - Online' and the idea behind everywoman.co.uk, now the UK's leading independent web site for women business owners, was conceived and developed.

Karen and Maxine's contribution to the women entrepreneurial

market place was recognised by the British Association of

Women Entrepreneurs, who presented them with the 2001

Joyce Award, given to women who have raised the credibility

and visibility of women owned businesses in the UK.

Visit the website www.everywoman.co.uk.

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