Sahar Hashemi, an entrepreneur and speaker on innovation and entrepreneurial mind-set in corporations, will be addressing the B2B Conference and Expo in Malta on June 1.
A former lawyer, she is best known for building two famous brands – Coffee Republic, UK’s first coffee bar chain, which she and her brother grew to 110 stores and £30m turnover and exited in 2001, and Skinny Candy, the guilt-free confectionery brand which she sold to Glisten plc in 2007.
She is a bestselling author. Her first book Anyone Can Do It – Building Coffee Republic from Our Kitchen Table is UK’s best selling book on entrepreneurship after Richard Branson’s book, and has been translated into six languages.