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Sarah Willingham (born 21 December 1973) is a British entrepreneur, investor and personal finance expert best known for her appearances on the BBC Two television series ''Dragons' Den'' since 2015. ==Career== ''Management Today'' and ''The Sunday Times'' acknowledged her as one of the "35 most successful women under 35" in the UK. In 2007 she was voted one of the "Courvoisier Top 500" 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CVTF500 member list )〕 and American Express "Spokesperson for Small Business Saturday 2013".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Small Business Saturday: Call to spend more in your High Street's independents - This is Money )〕 Having spent the early years of her career managing some of the biggest household names in restaurants〔 – Planet Hollywood and Pizza Express – Willingham decided to go it alone. In partnership with The Clapham House Group, she bought The Bombay Bicycle Club in 2004,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Clapham House Grp - Acquisition - FE InvestEgate )〕 and turned a loss making chain of 6 restaurants into a profitable chain of 17 restaurants, making it Britain's largest Indian restaurant chain. Willingham sold her share back to The Clapham House Group in 2007〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FE Investegate -Clapham House Grp Announcements - Clapham House Grp: Trading Update and Placing )〕 where she continued as a main board director responsible for three of their four brands – Tootsies, The Real Greek and The Bombay Bicycle Club; over 50 restaurants and more than 1,500 employees.〔 In 2004, Willingham co-established an AIM-listed company, Neutrahealth plc,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FE Investegate -AIM Announcements - AIM: Sch 1 - NeutraHealth plc )〕 which acquired six businesses in the vitamin and mineral supplements industry and was sold to Indian company Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd in 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NeutraHealth bought by Elder )〕 In April 2008, she helped co-establish a private equity platform in the UK.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Interview: Chain reaction )〕 In 2010, Willingham invested in the London Cocktail Club (LondonCocktailClub.co.uk)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=London Cocktail Club - A Serious Drinkers Party Bar )〕 with Raymond Blanc, JJ Goodman, David Moore and James Hopkins.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Drink With… JJ Goodman, London Cocktail Club )〕 The first cocktail bar opened in 2011 on Goodge Street, London.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=London Cocktail Club )〕 In February 2012 the London Cocktail Club added their second cocktail bar on Shaftsbury Avenue, London and their latest bar opened in Great Portland Street, London in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Oxford Circus - London Cocktail Club )〕 In July 2012, Willingham launched a money-saving website called www.letssavemoney.com,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Let's Save Money - Control your time and be smart with your money )〕 which aims to help people take control of their time and be smart with their money, encouraging users to take action through one-minute guides to various aspects of money saving.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Let's Save Money - About Us )〕 Being a former owner of the Bombay Bicycle Club restaurant chain, she is recognised as an entrepreneur specialising in high street restaurants, hence her appearance as a restaurant inspector and investor on all three series of Raymond Blanc's ''The Restaurant'' and as an independent investor on the Sky TV series ''Cooks to Market''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sky Living HD )〕 She has two business degrees from Oxford Brookes University and the École supérieure de commerce de la rochelle business school in France. In 2004 she completed a MBA from the Cranfield University School of Management. Sarah has regularly appeared on various TV and radio programmes, including ''Daybreak'', ''This Morning'', ''The Wright Stuff'' and Sky News, as a personal finance expert commenting on both personal finance and consumer affairs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sarah Willingham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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