
In partnership with Blancpain, Kultura hosted London’s Leading Female Founders Lunch.
Kultura gathered some of the most influential women in British business for its first-ever Female Founders Lunch — a sun-drenched afternoon of conversation, celebration and sea bass at the iconic River Cafe.
- Words By Aobh O'Brien-Moody
On Wednesday last week, Kultura in partnership with Blancpain hosted its inaugural Female Founders Lunch in quite possibly the perfect venue: Ruth Rogers' famed River Cafe on the banks of the River Thames — a place whose enduring success and cachet is down in no small part to its magnetic founder.
Daisy Knatchbull, Kultura's Editor, held court among some of the capital's biggest names in business — including Whitney Hawkings, Annoushka Ducas, Melissa Obdabash, Chrissie Rucker and Anya Hindmarch. The list was produced in partnership with famed watch brand Blancpain, who themselves share strong roots when it comes to female entrepreneurship. Head of Communications Camilia Ittobane told the story of the first female CEO/Owner of a Swiss Watchmaking House — the formidable Betty Fiechter, who was at the helm of the brand in the 1930’s. Guest drank Blancpain’s own house champagne and grazed on the River Cafe’s famous antipasti — before feasting on the restaurant's beloved grilled-and-then-roasted wild Sea Bass, with olives, Vermentino and rosemary.
The full Leading Female Founders list will be published in the Summer Issue of Kultura.



Annoushka Ducas MBE


Serena Hood & Valerie Macaulay

Caggie Dunlop

Jules Perowne & Serena Hood

Celine Ivari & Jennifer Chamandi

Valerie Macaulay

Wiggy Hindmarch

Yosuzi Sylvester

Venetia Archer

Clare Goodwin, Whitney Browmberg-Hawkings, Astrid Harbord, Melissa Odabash MBE, Daisy Knatchbull, Venetia Archer

Melissa Odabash MBE

Whitney Bromberg-Hawkings

Astrid Harbord

Chrissie Wheeler, Anya Hindmarch

Chrissie Wheeler, Daisy Knatchbull, Anya Hindmarch, Melissa Odabash MBE


Alex Carello

Ming Liu

Clare Goodwin & Anya Hindmarch

Melissa Odabash MBE

Annouska Ducas MBE, Annabel Karmel

Chrissie Wheeler

Daisy Knatchbull



Nina Litchfield

Farah Kabir

Melissa Morris

Ade Hassan MBE, Esthia Kabra Davies

Michelle Kennedy

Sharmadean Reid MBE

Lara Arnott