Debbie Wosskow OBE is a multi exit entrepreneur, Chair, Non Executive Director and Business Advisor from Sheffield, UK.
[8] As an Angel Investor, Wosskow has frequently backed female-founded companies and is outspoken about the need to improve gender imbalances in entrepreneurial activity as a way of creating greater equality and unlocking new sources of economic growth.
In 2014 the British government commissioned Wosskow to compile a 60,000-word report, entitled ‘Unlocking the Sharing Economy,’ for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
[10][5] In 2016 Wosskow launched Sharing Economy UK, “a self-appointed and member-funded trade body” that seeks “to support and monitor businesses working within the nascent industry”.
[11] As chair of SEUK Wosskow is also working with Oxford University and PricewaterhouseCoopers to develop the world’s first trustmark for the sharing economy.
With a team including Dr Shahzadi Harper as resident doctor and Nutritional Therapist Joanna Lyall the business launched science-driven supplements Better Gut, a probiotic for women in perimenopause and menopause, followed by Better Night for insomnia, anxiety and sleep disturbance.
[15] Wosskow was instrumental in leading Taskforce to exceed its initial ambitious goal of creating one of the world’s largest investment pools of £250m for female-led and mixed businesses.
Backed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in its mission to unlock future economic growth: if women started and scaled businesses at the same rate as men, it would deliver a potential £250 billion boost to the UK economy.