Michael Conway

Michael established The Quayside Group in 1995 as a clothing import and sourcing company supplying high street retailers. Michael successes including building a customer base to include the likes of Next, House of Fraser, Russell Athletic and Mothercare. In 2005 the business moved into ecommerce. Today, The Quayside Group is a market leading supplier of clothing for workwear, promotions and events through its websites clothes2order.com, polo-shirts.co.uk and safclothing.com. Michael’s efforts were recognised in 2009 when the company was selected as a finalist for ‘SMB of the Year’ in the National Business Awards. Michael was also a finalist for the ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ award. In addition to running The Quayside Group, Michael is a former President and UK board member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation (EO), a dynamic, global network of more than 7,300 business owners in 42 countries. He is also a mentor on entrepreneurship to MBA students at The London Business School, where he is on hand to offer practical advice to students.