Debo Harris FCA

Lean In UK founder passionate about bringing practical ‘Aha!’ breakthroughs drawing on board, entrepreneur & sponsor-mentor experience

The youngest audit committee and BME board non-executive director appointed in the NHS, first female And youngest Chair of The ICAEW NonExec Director's Forum, and the first black woman appointed to the Main Committee of the London Society of Chartered Accountants, Debo is a professional property developer, corporate finance and fintech entrepreneur.

Debo Harris FCA delivers memorable, fun and engaging presentations  

Known widely as ‘the ConfidenceCoach‘, Debo Harris FCA  is founder of the Sponsor-Mentor and coaching platform, TheConfidenceVault.com.

Debo is founder and Regional Leader of the largest LeanIn Women’s network in Europe (Lean In UK) with over 3,000 women in 67 locations in London and across the UK.

Debo offers award winning insights on:

-developing Your personal confidence Vault
-Social impact entrepreneurial mindset
- 5 Non negotiables for women in their own business or within their career
- Next level negotiation skills,
- The 5 Ways to create next level Personal impact
- better decision making for women of colour
- The 5 best ways to overcome imposter syndrome,
- 10 reasons why LeanIn is still ‘right on’,
- 3 steps to building your irresistible  personal board,
- the 5 goals you’ve made in the past, but you’ll never reach
- The power of peer support groups
- Why staff networks need to be scrapped
- What to avoid when creating and building your unique personal brand
- Building your tribe on the way to the top
- The most creative solutions to challenge unconscious bias,
- 5 ways to combat micro aggressions
- Making FEAR your myth,
and other life changing, thought provoking and inspiring presentations.

Debo combines her extensive board level experiences as a Finance strategist and non executive director of multi-million pound organisations. Debo loves speaking about practical equality and diversity solutions, personal and corporate strategy, and governance  

Debo has been Chair of risk, audit and assurance committees in health, education, finance and housing, and is an executive sponsor-mentor and mindset coach.

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