Kate Hyde is CEO at Glencove Group, market leader in small group events in Ireland with 40,000 people on their events annually, Henparty.ie being their best known brand. Kate holds a number of other business interests across eCommerce & digital. As well as consulting for many Irish SME's.Kate is a member of the Ernest & Young Winning Women European group and sits on DWENs International Advisory Board (Dells Women Entrepreneur Network) . Kate has been an Image Entrepreneur of the year finalist plus the first female to secure investment on the first series of Irish Dragons Den and author of 'How to Henparty, the Essential Guide' (Currach Press). Kate bought out her Dragons in 2015. Kate has a degree from UCC in Business Information Systems as well as a keen interest in Science.Kate is a passionate mentor for a number of Cork Local Enterprise Offices and sits on the University College Cork Ignite Advisory Board. Kate speaks regularly at start-up events and panels.