Elaine Owen was Born September 1964.Three children; Elaine enjoys helping to make a difference in her local community and in the wider business environment and being with her family. Originally from the Wirral, Elaine’s career moved to Leeds 26 years ago to set up a training company and to work for the then named Coopers & Lybrand. She returned to the Wirral to marry and has remained on the Wirral since.

Position:

Director of Women In Business NW. Elaine is also MD of Designated Associates, main sponsors of Women In Business & MD of Designated Design & Marketing.

Elaine is used to working with a range of public and private sector organisations and service contracts that often lead to additional consulting work within the areas of Business Growth, Enterprise, Learning & Development, People Management, coaching, mentoring and Customer Relationship Management solutions and systems. She is responsible on a day to day basis within Designated for Strategic Planning, Operation Quality and Customer Relationship Management.

Responsibilities/other Positions Held

Elaine is a Director of Egerton House (Wirral) Ltd. Egerton House is a Wirral based hub of enterprise and business growth. A beautiful, dock site setting in a prime location. Egerton House provides office space, an Enterprise suite for female entrepreneurs, elegant spacious conference facilities and provides a one stop shop facility from which local agencies are able to be available to the local business community.

Elaine represents the private sector to the Local Strategic Partnership for Wirral. The LSP has been put together to get things right and really make a difference where it counts – in the heart of all our local communities. They work in partnership to ensure that Wirral’s services are centred on the needs of local areas and that local people can truly have a voice in influencing and directing future service delivery.

A trustee & secretary of the Christian Bookshop Birkenhead, Elaine enjoys applying her business acumen & marketing experience to support their local charity.  See www.christian-bookshop.org

Elaine is Chair of North West Enterprise Forum.  This forum is a combination of NWWEF & EMBF & is made up of a wide variety of business owners each representing diverse businesses.  Elaine's passion for helping Women In Business means she is an experienced and passionate chair.