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Kresse Wesling CBE

Kresse Wesling CBE is a multi-award winning environmental entrepreneur and Young Global Leader with a background in venture capital and significant start-up experience.

In Person

£2750 - £3750

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Virtual Event

£2000 - £3000

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Business Equity Diversity & Inclusion Future Innovation & Tech

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Business CSR Digital Environment Equity Diversity & Inclusion Influencing Innovation Internet Retail Social Media Women in Business

Kresse Wesling CBE is a multi-award winning environmental entrepreneur. After first meeting the London Fire Brigade in 2005, Kresse launched Elvis & Kresse, which rescues and transforms decommissioned fire hose into innovative lifestyle products and returns 50% of profits to the Fire Fighters Charity.The company now collects 12 different waste streams and has several charitable partnerships and collaborations across industries. In 2021 Elvis & Kresse also took on a farm in order to establish a regenerative agriculture project, generate their own renewables and implement a host of environmental initiatives.

Some might be hard-pressed to see how old hose could be beautiful, but this is exactly what makes Kresse’s passion extraordinary: her vision. “When you polish it and see the lustrous red rubber it becomes this fantastic material!” Kresse and her business partner, Elvis, set about figuring out what they could make from it. “If a use couldn’t be found for the hose, most of it would go to landfill, which to me is simply uncivilised. Waste is a mix of inherently valuable materials. It’s shameful to shove it in the earth.”

Kresse has been named as a Future Icon by Country & Townhouse, and was made an Honorary Fellow of Social Enterprise UK.

Kresse’s Specialist Subjects

  •  Impact Leadership
  • Circular Economy
  • Regenerative Business
  • Eco-entrepreneurship
  • Social Enterprise
  • Adventures in Regenerative Agriculture
Kresse was incredibly inspiring and had our audience captivated. Everybody left with a buzz, including myself, and with a view to thinking a lot more about the waste we dispose of day to day – at home and at work. I’ll certainly be making some changes! Kresse delivers her story in an entertaining way, and pitched it perfectly to our audience. She was a joy to meet and it was lovely she could hang back at the end of the event to speak to some of our delegates.
“Kresse is one of the most passionate, honest and articulate motivational speakers that we have come across. She engages deeply with her audience, bringing to life her story and thoughts on innovation, business and global issues.”

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