Meet some of our wonderful 2025 speakers
Laura Moxham, YBA ppc
ABOUT LAURA
Laura Moxham is MD of YBA (Your Business Angels), a top 3% Google Ads agency working with removals and storage companies across the UK. With award-winning strategies and extensive industry data, Laura helps operators turn Google searches into enquiries, delivering practical insights to grow leads, sales, and profit.
Victoria Papathanasiou, CentralNest
ABOUT VICTORIA
Co- Founder & CEO of CentralNest, a UK-based startup utilising AI and computer vision to modernise the removals industry. With a background in technology and user experience, Victoria is focused on making moving smarter, faster, and more human-centric through digital innovation.
Connor Bartlett, Compare My Move
ABOUT CONNOR
With 25+ years in sales and 22 in the moving industry, I’ve built my career on leadership, adaptability, and customer service. From running sales teams and operations to founding Moving Sales Professionals in 2018, my mission has always been to raise the standard of professionalism and deliver genuine, customer-focused solutions.”
Gavin Shields, Stora
ABOUT GAVIN
Gavin Shields is the founder and CEO of Stora, the self storage software that helps operators grow their revenue, not their workload. Before founding Stora, Gavin launched and scaled startups and ran his own self storage business, giving him first-hand insight into the challenges of manual bookings, admin overhead, and limited growth tools. Today, Stora powers hundreds of operators worldwide.
Matt Hawkins, TwentyCi
ABOUT MATT
Matt Hawkins, Head of SME Data Sales at TwentyCi, has spent 14 years working closely with the UK’s removals and self storage sectors, helping hundreds of companies harness the power of property data. He has played a key role in developing both the MoverAlerts and BuyerAlerts products and continues to shape TwentyCi’s approach to helping businesses thrive through insight. Passionate about turning insight into action, Matt offers a grounded, data-driven view of the UK property market.
George Makrydakis, CentralNest
ABOUT GEORGE
Co-Founder & CTO of CentralNest, a UK-based startup transforming the removals industry with AI and computer vision. With a strong background in engineering and systems architecture, George leads the technical vision behind CentralNest’s intelligent video survey platform — building scalable, robust solutions that simplify complex logistics and bring real innovation to a traditionally offline sector.
Louise Stokes, Kinnovis
ABOUT LOUISE
Head of Sales at Kinnovis, helping operators bring automation into their daily workload. Before joining, Lou was Head of Digital & Operations at Swift Storage, where she built a 100% remote-managed, digital-first model and scaled from being the first hire to a multi-site portfolio with a small central team. Now focused on helping operators streamline operations, boost customer experience and scale efficiently through automation and smart technology.
Yuriy Margolin, Moving Sales Professionals
ABOUT YURIY
With over 25 years in sales and 22 years in the moving industry starting as a call centre representative. In 2018 Yuriy opened Moving Sales Professional with the goal to put professional sales into the moving industry and drive customer service.
Grahame Neagus, Renault UK
ABOUT GRAHAME
Bio coming soon
Steve Jordan, The Mover Magazine
ABOUT STEVE – SEMINAR PROGRAM FACILITATOR & HOST
Steve Jordan has been involved in the moving industry for almost 50 years. He worked in the international moving industry for 20 years from 1974 before leaving to become a commercial writer. He has since been a commentator on the industry, editing the OMNI Observer, the Removals and Storage, PAIMA Report and, in 2011, founding The Mover Magazine, where he remains as editor. He continues to provide writing and marketing consultancy services to the international relocation industry worldwide.