Kate Lester
| Kate Lester | |
|---|---|
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| Born | c. 1971 Western Australia, Australia |
| 🏡 Residence | Guildford, Surrey England, United Kingdom |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Australia United Kingdom |
| 💼 Occupation | |
Kate Lester (born c. 1971 in Western Australia) is an Australian-born courier and businessperson in England, in the United Kingdom, as founder, chief executive and managing director of Diamond Logistics, a courier company based in Guildford, Surrey. She is also a business coach.
Career[edit]
Diamond Logistics originally started off with one depot. Lester has had other interests in logistic-based industries including Logistics software, a London courier company, Citybikes and consulted for regional transport and courier companies involved in other networks such as Palletways.
Lester was chairman of the Despatch Association from 2005 to 2008 and was on the committee of the National Courier Association.
She made her national reputation launching Diamond Logistics as a network of franchised depots providing same-day, overnight and international courier services, and also local storage and despatch facilities. The franchise network was launched in 2012.[1]
Charity[edit]
Lester sponsors various charities via the 21 in 21 campaign at Diamond Logistics.[2]
Awards[edit]
Lester was awarded the title of Entrepreneur of the Year at ENCON2013 at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham, presented by Alistair McGowan and Raz Razak of The Secret Millionaire.[3] She was nominated number 11 in the So Surrey Power List Top 20 in 2011 and was a finalist in the Surrey Business Person of the Year 2009.[4]
In 2014 Kate was a finalist in the Freight Transport Association, everywoman Transport & Logistics awards in the Director of the Year category.[5]
Lester won the First Women in Business Award for Entrepreneurship in 2015 presented by Clare Balding sponsored by the CBI, and Real Business.[6][7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Diamond Logistics to roll out 20 franchises in 2014". getSurrey. 15 September 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "Diamond Logistics to benefit charities". startups.co.uk. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ↑ "Entrepreneur of the Year Kate Lester: Meritocracy and Quotas Have Failed to Increase Women in FTSE 100". IBtimes. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ↑ "Surrey Business Awards and the winners are..." Surrey Life. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ↑ "everywoman Awards". everywoman. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ↑ "11th Annual First Women Awards 2015". city woman network. 2015-06-15. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ↑ "Clare Balding leads the way during First Women celebration of female business leaders". Real Business. 2015-06-11. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
External links[edit]
- Official web page
- Business Person Kate Lester - The Guide 2 Surrey
- Entrepreneur of the month Nigel Botterill's EC - Entrepreneur of the month
- Kate Lester interviewed by Kiki Loizou for The Times
- Guardian Women in Leadership - Inspiring Leaders series by Kate Lester for The Guardian, logistics industry discussion.
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