14 Feb 2017

Conference Q&A Panel

 

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Chair:  Jo Jacob - Benella

professional organiser

Jo Jacob started Benella 12 years ago due to a passion for organising and to create her own business to work around her family. Jo began in the area of home-staging but fell in love with decluttering and organising.  Business grew after several clients who she decluttered for asked her to be their PA, so business is a mixture of regular PA clients and numerous decluttering/organising clients who she also acts as PA for.  Jo has had a lot of experience working with hoarders. Although she does not actively seek these jobs, Jo has been working with a counsellor and psychologist, Stellios Kiossis, in this field for the last six months.  Some business is word of mouth but the majority is via APDO.  Jo has been a member for 11 years now and is very proud of how much it has grown.  benella.co.ukCory Cook - Cory Cook Professional Organising Services Ltd

professional organiser

Cory Cook, managing director of Cory Cook Professional Organising Services Ltd is originally from Las Vegas.  Cory's background ranges from VIP service roles in the hotel and casino industry to the corporate media world of the US newspaper, ‘USA TODAY’ which brought her to London in 2001. Following training and development of her skills in organising and time management, Cory left her sales and marketing position with the newspaper, to launch Cory Cook Professional Organising Services Ltd in 2010. Cory's expertise is in office organising, time management and productivity for business owners and their teams.  Cory has been a proud member of APDO since 2010 when she launched her business. corycook.comShula Levy - Out of Space

professional organiser

Having worked as a financial project manager for nearly 20 years, Shula felt it was time for a change of career in 2016.  By chance she stumbled across a professional organising and decluttering service and immediately knew that this was the job for her.

In February 2016, Shula attended the APDO “Starting a professional organising businessâ€