Claire Preen - 50 Shades of Chocolate

Claire, 47, made a life-changing decision in 2003 following the sudden loss of her father. Formerly a publisher with a corporate lifestyle ,Claire’s loss became an epiphany, causing her to follow her passion to become a professional chocolatier.

“After the initial shock and grief, I had time to reflect and what slowly dawned on me that I was always working hard to be rewarded later, whenever later may be,†says Claire. “I realised that although life is a journey, the worst thing that you can do is focus on the destination and miss the trip.â€

Claire works as Head Recipe Developer at The Hunter Barn in the Hunter Valley and has published a recipe book with a focus on sensuality and sexuality entitled 50 Shades of Chocolate, which has almost sold out in its first print run. This year, Claire is launching 50 Shades in America and working on her second book, Diva’s Guide to Dinner Parties.

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James  Hayes - NuYu Total Health Pty Ltd

Managing director of one of NuYu Total Health’s weight loss and lifestyle retreats, James Hayes, enables clients to take control and change their lives through providing a ‘whole’-istic approach to fitness, weight loss and lifestyle change.

Whilst James began his career in finance, a passion for empowering people led him into the fitness industry. With his ability to guide others and convey genuine enthusiasm, NuYu has become an exceptionally rewarding venture that has required high levels of planning, process and attention to detail to ensure excellent service is provided.

Since his beginnings with NuYu Total Health, James has experienced steep learning curves to discover the highs and lows of managing a business in the fitness industry. James acknowledges that whilst providing a high level of service, motivation and inspiration to NuYu customers is crucial, maintaining staff moral and energy levels is of equal importance.

Heavily involved in the coaching community, James is also an Associate Certified Meta-Coach with the Meta-Coach Foundation, a member of the International Society of Nuero-Semantics and a certified practitioner of NLP and Nuero-Semantics.

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Karaline Loiterton - Wedding List Co & LoveLustWant

Karaline Loiterton created Wedding List Co 10 years ago following a less than inspiring experience with a department store registry for her own wedding. It was Australia’s first and consistently leading bespoke bridal registry which now boasts a considerable share of the once previously department store owned market. With national stores and a website that attracts over 50,000 unique visitors a month they offer a service and product offering unmatched by the traditional registry offerings.
With double digit growth since inception, Wedding List Co undertakes over a thousand registries per year, delivering over 100,000 gifts to married couples both in Australia and overseas. WLC is renowned in the industry for introducing and pioneering on-line gift registries in Australia.
Born in Sydney, having spent much of her childhood overseas, Karaline completed a Business Degree in Marketing and Finance at UTS Sydney. She returned to London in her early twenties and spent the next 8 years working in cosmetic marketing with the L’Oreal Luxury and Estée Lauder Groups, Having raised a small amount of capital in the UK, she returned to Sydney in 2003 and spent 6 months further researching, finding the first store location, convincing the brands that selling to a business that was also online would be worthwhile, and opened with her first 50 sqm store in June. The 7th and flagship store in Woollahra Sydney opened 2 years ago and was a finalist in the Retail World Design Awards.

In late 2012 Karaline launched a sister site called Lovelustwant.com.au to service the large amount of demand for the items they sell by non bridal couples and guests. The 200 sqm Sydney flagship is also a retail space, answering to the demands of customers who want to purchase gifts for every occasion including engagements, kitchen teas, Christmas or the home.

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