Navigating the Path to Global Success…
Join us for an insightful breakfast event for CEOs, MDs and business owners/founders, focused on empowering Scottish SMEs to expand their businesses internationally.
Key topics to be covered:
- Unlocking the Potential of International Expansion: Understanding the benefits and opportunities that lie beyond Scotland’s borders
- Identifying and Targeting Lucrative International Markets: Deciphering the intricacies of foreign markets and selecting the most promising destinations
- Harnessing the Power of Strategic Partnerships: Exploring collaborative opportunities with international partners to accelerate your global growth
- Navigating the Regulatory Landscape: Gaining an understanding of cross-border regulations and compliance requirements
- Financing Your International Expansion: Exploring funding options and strategies to support your overseas endeavours
- Managing Your Global Operations: Implementing effective strategies for managing your international business effectively
Event Agenda:
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM: Registration and Networking
8:30 AM – 9:15 AM: Welcome Address and Keynote Speaker Russell Dalgliesh
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM: Jennifer McGuire
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM: Kathryn Hume
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Networking
Speakers
Scottish Serial Entrepreneur and Global Community Builder
Founder & Managing Partner at Exolta Capital
Chair & Co-Founder of Scottish Business Network
Russell is recognised as a leading expert in the field of “international community development” and has spoken on the subject from the floor of the United Nations to the boardrooms of global companies, to the streets of London. He’s been fortunate to experience success in his career and was listed as one of the top 100 most influential entrepreneurs in the UK.
Scottish Business Network is an independent international membership organisation for Scottish entrepreneurs and business leaders. They aim to facilitate greater communication and connectivity between this group of talented Scottish companies and a network of the leading Scottish diaspora around the globe.

Strategic Partnerships Director at Globalisation Partners.
Jennifer is an experienced professional in SaaS Sales and Account Management within start-ups, scale-ups and large HCM corporates. Focused on continuous learning to enhance her personal and professional growth. An inherent interest in human behaviour, a genuine love for people and passion for creating authentic and meaningful working relationships.
G-P helps growing companies unlock their full potential by making it possible to build highly skilled global teams in days instead of months.
Join G-P as they discuss the nuances of global hiring and present the findings from their latest “Global Growth Report.” Gain insights into the challenges faced by organizations expanding internationally and understand how G-P’s Global Employment Platform™, blending technology with HR and legal expertise, addresses these issues. Explore new ways of solving complex hiring challenges, including talent acquisition difficulties, contractor classification, and compliance with employment law across 187 countries. Discover practical strategies to become a globally minded, employee-centric leader.
This event is brought to you by:

Freeman Clarke are a team of 100+ IT leaders who understand mid-market businesses and how to help them grow with technology. Our CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs have deep knowledge of a broad range of sectors and deep experience in devising and implementing affordable, sensible IT strategies. We don’t just slot someone in. We handpick our IT leaders according to your business goals and ensure the right fit to your business’s culture.

The Scottish Business Network is a professional non-profit organisation created with the purpose of uniting the Scottish Diaspora, both at home and across the globe, for the benefit of Scotland.

Globalization Partners help companies expand worldwide and enable growth beyond borders. At G-P, we believe in creating growth opportunities for everyone, everywhere. In fact, we have a name for it — the democratization of opportunity — and the global Employer of Record model we created proves that making it easier to build global teams and empower global connections leads to a new kind of global success <> we all can share.

The Marketing Centre has a mission; to provide small and mid-size businesses access to Marketing Directors with a proven track record of delivering significant impact. Giving you in-house access to the knowledge, passion and experience required to build and develop your company at a seniority level you could never afford full-time. Our stringent selection process means we only select the best Marketing Directors – to ensure that you get the best.

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People Puzzles have decades of expertise in managing people. Our diverse team have seen (nearly) everything before. We regularly peer-check each other’s work to ensure quality, with regular training and professional development to stay up to date and on the ball.
People Puzzles are proud to be an HR consultancy that does things differently. External and objective, our specialists contribute expertise and a ‘big picture’ perspective to help your business grow.

My Inhouse Lawyer are a combination of individual & team talent, legal tech and specialist lawyers that deliver the best outcomes for your business – swiftly and cost effectively and as if we were one of your own team. It’s what we do every day for hundreds of business like yours.

Your Right Hand Finance Team give business owners peace of mind that their accounting is being done properly and efficiently at a fraction of the cost of a full time financial manager. We allow you to gain clarity around your financial position today and visibility of what’s coming around the corner, allowing you to make well informed and confident business decisions that result in more cash, more profit and more time to devote to looking at the bigger picture!

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