Polly Dhaliwal oversees the Enterprise Nation platform, which is the beating heart of the company. She strives every day to make sure we're connecting small businesses to the support they need and deploying client programmes effectively on the platform.

She's passionate about helping start-ups and small businesses grow and providing them with the right resources at the right time.

Polly loves travelling and has her own podcast.

Kieran oversees Enterprise Nation's relationships with major brands, including Vodafone, Uber, Google and TSB.

With a long history at the company, Kieran is the go-to person when it comes to planning new campaigns and making sure our amazing partner and corporate brands benefit from engagement with small businesses.

His other loves in life are Dulwich Hamlet and Harlequins.

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Diane curates and manages all the programmes that support our members – whatever stage their business has reached.

Passionate about start-ups, Diane spent six years in Hong Kong before joining Enterprise Nation, where she helped to develop a flourishing start-up ecosystem.

A true world traveller, Diane's career has taken her from London to Hong Kong and Beijing, via Abu Dhabi, and back again.

Liz is a PR specialist who focuses on keeping small businesses and start-ups front and centre of the broader media agenda.

That means telling the very real and brilliant stories about the UK's small business community and the work Enterprise Nation and its partners do to support them.

Joanne leads our operations in Ireland and is responsible for growing our community, building new partnerships and connecting with policymakers to advocate for the needs of small businesses.

Her background is in the technology sector, having worked in senior leadership roles at SAP for several years before making a move to the social enterprise space as head of communications for one of Ireland’s most successful social enterprise start-ups.

Living in the west of Ireland, Joanne is passionate about the positive social impact small businesses can make in rural communities.

Marco focuses on the continual development of the Enterprise Nation platform, enhancing the UX and UI with help from the Enterprise Nation community.

Marco has over 10 years' experience as a front-end developer and digital designer within advertising and e-learning sectors. He has a passion for everything digital and emerging technologies.

Alex joined Enterprise Nation because he enjoys exciting challenges and working in an environment where mindfulness, receptivity and technical efficiency drive a business's growth.

When younger, Alex used to play tennis professionally and participate in competitive programming events, such as game jams and hackathons.

Nowadays, Alex dedicates his free time to taking care of his Samoyed dog. She's a handful!

Ruben is a CRM and PowerApps developer with over six years of experience specialising in designing, customising and implementing customer relationship management solutions.

His expertise extends to crafting bespoke enterprise applications using PowerApps, seamlessly integrating them into our existing systems.

In his free time, Ruben enjoys hitting the slopes for snowboarding adventures and relishing quality time with friends and family.

Prior to joining Enterprise Nation, Mark spent seven years working in higher education, where he was responsible for improving the student experience. He then moved into EdTech, selling and managing recruitment-based solutions software to a variety of customers in the education sector.

Mark's main focus at Enterprise Nation is developing partnerships for the platform, as well as acquiring advisers who are best placed to provide the support small business owners need to start and grow their own ventures.

In his spare time, Mark can be found playing rugby at London Welsh RFC or watching his beloved Liverpool Football Club.

Monica is a programme manager with over seven years of experience in digital project management. Passionate about helping entrepreneurs and small businesses succeed online, she's also a marketing coach and mentor.

Her hobbies include playing tennis, reading and exploring the world with her family.

Caitriona joins the Enterprise Nation team with a background in online and in-person events, she has experience working across a wide variety of sectors such as educational technology and business intelligence.

Caitriona is passionate about community and bringing like-minded individuals together. Originally from Dublin, she moved to London four years ago. 

An experienced content editor and multimedia journalist, Amanda has worked across various consumer and B2B print and digital media platforms across the globe.

She loves storytelling and is on a mission to represent the voice of the “lil guy”. Throughout her career, she has launched and nurtured podcasts, newsletters, websites, magazines, and other media initiatives.

Amanda has a degree in media and a master’s in magazine journalism from Cardiff University.

Ryan supports the Help to Grow community and partners and works closely alongside the Marketing team to support the wider Enterprise Nation community. 

Outside of work, Ryan is a start-up founder himself, having founded 5 startups (some worked, and some did not!). He is passionate about supporting other founders on their start-up journey.