Grace Beverley

Grace Beverley is a British entrepreneur, author and podcaster best known for founding TALA, Shreddy and The Productivity Method. She is also the Co-Founder of Retrograde, an AI-powered talent management company. Grace’s debut book, ‘Working Hard, Hardly Working’, became a Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller, and she has been named #1 in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe for Retail & E-commerce. Her podcast of the same name has reached over 100 million people and remains a fixture in Spotify’s Top 5 Business Charts.

Grace’s entrepreneurial journey began while studying music at St Peter’s College, University of Oxford, where she also received a choral scholarship. While still an undergraduate, she was running her growing online fitness brand “GraceFitUK”, building a loyal audience and developing the business acumen that would define her career. She launched Shreddy in 2016, providing digital workout plans and fitness products, and in 2019, just before graduating, founded TALA - a sustainable activewear brand that would soon disrupt a highly competitive market. Alongside her formal education, Grace expanded her expertise with a Sustainable Business Strategy qualification from Harvard Business School Online.

Since then, Grace has grown her ventures into multi-million-pound companies. TALA turned over £6 million in its first year, later raising £4.2 million in 2021 and $5.7 million in 2022, while achieving eight-figure sales in 2023. She has been recognised with the James Joyce Award from University College Dublin and continues to champion accessible sustainability in fashion. Her influence extends beyond business - Grace is a Non-Executive Director at POGO, a charitable fundraising platform, and regularly appears on platforms such as BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, Bloomberg News and Vogue Business to discuss entrepreneurship, sustainability and women in leadership.

Audiences hire Grace for her rare combination of commercial success, creative vision and authentic insight. She speaks on entrepreneurship, sustainable fashion, female representation in funding, and the realities of productivity culture, blending personal experience with practical advice. Her ability to connect with audiences comes from having built businesses from the ground up, often without external funding, and scaling them to industry-leading levels. For any organisation seeking a speaker who inspires action, delivers meaningful takeaways, and challenges conventional thinking, Grace is a compelling choice who continues to shape conversations about how we work, create and lead.