Simone founded Northern Power Women 9 years ago and she also founded the largest celebration of gender equality in Europe: The Northern Power Women Awards, celebrating role models and trailblazers, with the pursuit of a more gender equal world. Simone was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2018 for services to gender equality.

Grown from the humble roots of Northern Power Women, We Are Power is now the umbrella brand of the Northern Power Women Awards and Power Collective CIC, with the aim of accelerating gender equality, wider inclusion and social mobility to create a brighter future for all, across the country and beyond.

We Are Power has a growing community of over 100,000 and spans across all sectors, genders and socio-economic groups, delivering webinars and podcasts about current societal issues and spotlighting role models.

The Northern Power Women Awards remains as the largest celebration of gender equality in Europe and continues celebrating role models, change makers, trailblazers and advocates.

Power Collective CIC offers monthly Power Up Networking sessions to connect future talent with industry professionals and quarterly Power Exchange events for organisations to knowledge share and increase their social impact.