CEO and support team
Hamish Stevenson - Founder and CEO
Hamish owns and runs Fast Track which he founded in 1997, after securing cornerstone sponsorship from Richard Branson. He has built Fast Track into the UK's leading networking events company focusing on the top-performing private companies, and ranking them in league tables published with The Sunday Times.
He works with sponsors, media partners and leading entrepreneurs to try to ensure that their expectations of Fast Track are exceeded, and that they become and remain engaged with our network.
He is an associate fellow at Green Templeton College, Oxford University, where he completed his doctorate and held the Virgin research fellowship in entrepreneurship.
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With media partner The Sunday Times, Hamish publishes seven league table programmes, ranging from the fastest-growing to the biggest private companies which have created distinct communities of entrepreneurs. He hosts seven national awards events and over 25 dinners a year for directors of companies on the league tables to network and to meet our sponsors, including Virgin, PwC, Deloitte, HSBC, Microsoft, Lloyds and UBS Wealth Management.
Originally from South Africa, Hamish graduated from the University of North Carolina, and completed a masters and doctorate in management studies at Oxford University. He then bought into, turned-around and successfully sold his stake in Venture Capital Report after four years, which was subsequently bought by Pi Capital. He returned to Oxford to establish and be appointed the Virgin research fellow in entrepreneurship at Templeton College and launched Fast Track.
He is an Ambassador to Team 2012, helping secure support from entrepreneurs for British athletes on their journey to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics. He collaborated on entrepreneurial cases with Stanford Graduate School of Business for the World Economic Forum (WEF), and was recently invited to the WEF's 'Summer Davos' for growth champions in Dalian, China.
He has helped Virgin Unite charity raise over £1.2m from Fast Track entrepreneurs for underprivileged students at the Branson School of Entrepreneurship in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Originally from South Africa, Hamish graduated from the University of North Carolina, and completed a masters and doctorate in management studies at Oxford University. He then bought into, turned-around and successfully sold his stake in Venture Capital Report after four years, which was subsequently bought by Pi Capital. He returned to Oxford to establish and be appointed the Virgin research fellow in entrepreneurship at Templeton College and launched Fast Track.
He is an Ambassador to Team 2012, helping secure support from entrepreneurs for British athletes on their journey to qualify for the London 2012 Olympics. He collaborated on entrepreneurial cases with Stanford Graduate School of Business for the World Economic Forum (WEF), and was recently invited to the WEF's 'Summer Davos' for growth champions in Dalian, China. He has helped Virgin Unite charity raise over £1.2m from Fast Track entrepreneurs for underprivileged students at the Branson School of Entrepreneurship in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Suzie Pilkington - Deputy to CEOSuzie has been working for Fast Track since 2008, initially as a freelance researcher. She now provides support across the business, focusing on sponsorship sales and new business development.
Prior to joining Fast Track she worked in corporate finance for HSBC in London and Tokyo, and as a conference director for Informa. She holds a degree in Japanese Studies from Oxford University.
Tabitha Marriage - Executive assistantTabitha is executive assistant to Hamish Stevenson. Prior to joining Fast Track in 1999, she had experience in private, public sector and non-profit organisations in the UK and the USA, including the International Business Leaders Forum and the BBC. She has a degree in language and linguistics from York University.
Lisa Lambert - Office managerLisa first joined Fast Track in 2003 and is currently responsible for managing the office and accounts. She previously managed The Big Easy and Italian Kitchen restaurants in London. She has a degree in hotel management from Brighton University.
Individual staff can be contacted using the following email format: firstname.lastname@fasttrack.co.uk
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