The People Behind
Disability Expo
Jade Godier
Event Director & Co-Founder
Jade has worked within the disability sector for 13 years and has been dubbed a “product guru” by a multitude of health professionals & business clients. This is shown through her extensive industry knowledge when it comes to product & service advisory and creating solutions that are both affordable and suitable to a person’s individual needs. Jade has a passion for promoting inclusion and advocates the importance of delivering a personalised approach to care, advice and equipment provision. “One size doesn’t fit all!”
Jade also lives with neurodiversity and physical limitations as she has fibromyalgia, ADHD, Dyslexia and Dyspraxia. Having an understanding of disability both professionally and personally helps derive her passion to deliver inclusive events, company branding and services that will raise awareness, improve inclusion and increase independence through better accessibility for others with lived experience of disability.
Alan Wallace
IT, Finance & Co-Founder
Alan has worked in and out of the disability industry for the past ten years. He is a software engineer by trade and created the Made2aid search engine. Alan has also completed assessments for multiple products including; wheelchairs, sleep systems and seating and has seen first-hand how this changes people’s lives.
Alan is also Neurodiverse and has had OCD most of his life. He also has an extremely rare autoimmune condition called “Replapsing Polychrondritis“ wherein the immune system attacks the soft cartilage in the body. Recently diagnosed with his RP condition (Oct 2021), Alan was physically debilitated at the beginning of 2022; it was the first time in his life that he genuinely felt disabled, finding daily tasks a struggle like walking, lifting and seeing things very difficult.
Alan and Jade, our two co-founders, are life partners and soon to be married (3rd time trying due to Covid and Alan’s illness), and they have a son called Lochlan.
Paul Totman
Partnerships & Event Content Manager
Paul has been involved in the healthcare sector for more than 30 years, working with a number of manufacturers and distributors of specialist equipment. Through his work as an assessor and trainer he has worked very closely with people with lived experience of disability and their families, as well as a wide variety of healthcare professionals.
Paul lives with and manages several chronic illnesses so has an understanding of some of the daily challenges faced by many. He lives with his wife, two daughters and his Cockapoo Alfie.
In his spare time Paul likes listening to music, reading books and spending time with his family and friends
Kerry Hosker
Sales / Event Manager
With over 30 years’ experience within the Events and Exhibition industry, Kerry has accumulated a vast amount of knowledge in event organizing, floor plan layouts and large format print. She has worked with some very large blue-chip companies on design built/bespoke stands in the UK and worldwide along with modular display units, OOH (Out of Home) POS (point of sale) and front of house advertising.
Her personal experience of disability and being immobile was after an accident in San Diego where she had to learn to walk again.
Kerry does not Just love a holiday, but an adventure visiting places like Honduras, Guatemala, Columbia, Costa Rica, India where she will then try her hand at river tubing, Helmet diving, snorkeling and much more.
Kerry’s profile would not be complete if we did not mention her love for cats – especially her fur baby Reggie.
Lisa Attawia
Sales / Event Manager
Lisa has worked within the events and exhibitions sectors over many years working alongside specialists in the design, build and project management of custom-built exhibition stands and experiential marketing campaigns which deliver on clients’ objectives anywhere in the world.
Lisa has great experiences and skills within Business Development, Lead Generation, Account Management. She has a demonstrated history of working within the staffing, recruitment sectors with the ability to maintain long-term relationship with accounts and maximizing sales opportunities within them.
Lisa’s personal experience within disability started with family members who have been diagnosed Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) which is a genetic disorder that affects many parts of the body and as well as Gorlin-Goltz syndrome which is also a genetic disorder.
Lisa has a love for family, cooking as well as a love for her little pooch Millie.
Sandra Bentley
Business & Ambassador Liaison Consultant
Executive Assistant to 4 prominent people within the dynamic world of disability. 20 years of working at senior and board level. Mover and Shaker in many ways – always connecting the dots. Advocate all things equal. Never a dull moment in my life – Lived experience is the best experience.
Kat Peskett
Marketing
Kat oversees the Marketing and visual identity of Disability Expo, from our branding to the everyday content on our website and social channels. She is enjoying the challenge of learning to communicate in the most accessible and inclusive way possible, through her designs.
Her previous role at Age UK gave her experience in understanding the varied challenges faced by older people, in her community and as a whole. Both her professional and personal experiences with disability mean she always approaches her work with empathy and understanding.
Chandy Green
Social Media
Chandy is a disability and mental health campaigner with a passion for helping people know more about disability rights and how to be an ally for disabled people.
He has a degree in social work and has just finished his MA in human rights. Chandy works with various organisations to help educate students in health, social care, and related professions to understand the social model of disability.
As well as being our advocate, Chandy is heavily involved in the content creation for Social Media.