The Seghu launch & Show Me The Money

Fiona is an experienced business support professional who designs and delivers programmes that help innovative businesses grow. She led the design, management and implementation of a £1.3 million government-funded scale-up pilot, supporting over 120 businesses across the region. The programme generated more than £5 million in contract wins and investment for participating firms.

She has also worked with social impact organisations, including Groundwork, where she headed a new Business Engagement department, building relationships with clients such as Veolia and Peabody Trust. Her experience spans programme design, stakeholder engagement and commercial growth.

Michael-Don is The Signature Speech Coach with 40 years of experience. He moved from Jamaica to the UK at six, served 11 years in the Royal Air Force, then seven at Cable & Wireless Worldwide as a telecom engineer and project manager. From July 2012 to February 2015 he was CEO of the Birmingham Association of Youth Clubs (BAYC). He founded X-Tek Ltd in the late 1990s, which grew into Mindstyle Ltd, focused on business and personal development.

Now co-founder of Kintsugi Collective CIC, he draws on Japanese kintsugi philosophy and lived experience to build resilience and fund free workshops for schools, refuges and grassroots charities. A stroke survivor, author and poet, he helps people communicate with purpose and turn adversity into growth.

Drew Currie is on a mission to empower every entrepreneur with the ambition and opportunities to start a successful for-profit or social enterprise, believing entrepreneurship is key to kickstarting economic and social growth, far beyond the UK.

Drew is a NatWest Accelerator mentor, a Judge at Tech Nation, visiting university lecturer in entrepreneurship, board member and business founder. As part of his pay-it-forward philosophy, through his lively Show Me The Money free workshops, he shares advice and secrets on how to get funding and funded business support. To date he has helped SMEs access over £60m in venture capital and over £8m in grant funding, all pro bono.

Over the next 18 months Drew and his team are delivering the first of three innovative enterprise infrastructure platforms. The first, Seghu, launches at Birmingham Tech Week, empowering impact founders to incorporate the best way to secure funding.

Sahir is Co-Founder of Seghu and the technical lead behind its AI-powered business support platform. He designed and developed the platform from concept through to deployment, combining intuitive user experience with scalable backend systems and AI-driven automation.

His work spans Next.js, React, Python, FastAPI, databases and AI technologies, with a focus on making business planning and digital support more accessible to entrepreneurs and SMEs. Sahir also leads platform architecture, automation, integration and continuous product development.

Sharniya is a dynamic event host, conference facilitator, speaker and vocalist, known for creating high-energy, inclusive and engaging live experiences. Alongside her work on stage, she is Strategic Partnerships & Inclusion Lead at NatWest Accelerator, where she develops national enterprise support strategies for underserved founders.

Sharniya also moderates panels, hosts corporate and community events, and contributes to the wider business community as a Black Talent Awards judge and advisory board member at Aston University and the University of Bedfordshire.