Ellen O'Hara

Ellen O'Hara is a creative business coach, consultant and facilitator. Over the past 20 years, she has worked with hundreds of creatives, social entrepreneurs, cultural leaders and researchers to design and grow sustainable businesses that make an impact - creatively, socially and commercially. Ellen is passionate about the role that creativity can play in fostering a more entrepreneurial approach to leadership and change in business, and the importance of creativity in our everyday lives.

Ellen has designed and delivered innovation and enterprise programmes for British Council, Nesta, Warwick Ventures, University of the Arts London, Clore Leadership, Innovate UK, Creative United, Crafts Council and Frontline. She offers strategic consultancy to arts, heritage, creative and social enterprises and previous clients have included National Theatre Wales, Turner Contemporary, Arts Derbyshire, 64 Million Artists and many more.

Together with Gill Thewlis, she is Co-Creator and Director of Modfin, providing business and financial modelling support to purpose led businesses. And together with her partner Leon Davies, is Co-Foundered Wild Working, a startup platform for remote workers. She is Co-Chair of Powered by Can, a social enterprise that works with children, young people and young adults to make them feel powerful, valued and connected, and Co-Chair of Fifth Word who create and tour new plays by new writers.

Ellen collects contemporary craft, and has a love of electronic music, festivals and dancing outdoors. She is based in Derbyshire and works internationally.