Sector Forum Women in Business

Julia Ovens

Regional Manager, Storage King

Julia has over 20 years’ experience in the self storage industry first as Operations and HR Manager of Fort Knox Self Storage in Melbourne, Australia and now with Storage King in the UK.   Julia has extensive knowledge of how to recruit, build and grow a winning team.

With a passion for coaching and mentoring Julia has innate ability to engage and develop team dynamics to create a genuine team inclusive culture, embracing company core values while increasing workplace happiness and longevity.

A dynamic leader, Julia works in collaboration and alignment of teams to focus on key deliverables and implementation of goals and targets while offering a strong value proposition and delivering excellence in customer satisfaction. Julia has developed and facilitated numerous inhouse training and development workshops to strengthen the team’s skills and knowledge and improve productivity.

Tasha Thor-Straten

Wellbeing & Mindset Coach, Lets Make Time

Tasha Thor-Straten is a qualified NLP Master Practitioner. 

She focuses on wellbeing & personal development coaching - working with people everyday to create change. Together, they create space to prioritise focus, career, family & relationship needs.  By understanding how to communicate with others and understand thought patterns, behaviours and moods better, she helps people improve clarity and create harmonious lifestyles.  

Using simple NLP techniques Tasha guides and paves the way forward, clearing up unwanted thoughts and behaviours along the way.  Managing moods, dealing with stress, improving confidence & relationships and enabling people to be the architect of the life they deserve.