About Rachel Ray
Rachel founded Chromia Collective with a passion for ethical business.
Rachel is a multi award-winning entrepreneur who, in her previous business, transformed a £200 investment into a £ multi-million turnover national enterprise, with 50+ franchises from Edinburgh down to Plymouth, employing over 500 people. She achieved a seven figure sale after only 8 years and now loves to help other entrepreneurs achieve their ambitions.
As a leader in ethical franchising, Rachel’s work has been celebrated in prominent media outlets like The Guardian, BBC, The Daily Telegraph, and YOU Magazine. In 2016, Rachel was named Outstanding Entrepreneur at the Northern Power Women Awards. A year later, she was recognised by the Manchester Evening News as one of Manchester’s 100 inspiring women.
Before launching her own business, Rachel built a 20-year corporate career as a business consultant. She started her career as a Chartered Management Accountant and recently achieved a post graduate Masters of Leadership, where she focussed on ethical business practices, psychology of emotion and well-being, and strategic thinking.
Beyond work, Rachel is passionate about health and well-being, travel, faith, art and spending quality time with friends and family.
About Rachel Ray
Rachel founded Chromia Collective with a passion for ethical business.
Rachel is a multi award-winning entrepreneur who, in her previous business, transformed a £200 investment into a £ multi-million turnover national enterprise, with 50+ franchises from Edinburgh down to Plymouth, employing over 500 people. She achieved a seven figure sale after only 8 years and now loves to help other entrepreneurs achieve their ambitions.
As a leader in ethical franchising, Rachel’s work has been celebrated in prominent media outlets like The Guardian, BBC, The Daily Telegraph, and YOU Magazine. In 2016, Rachel was named Outstanding Entrepreneur at the Northern Power Women Awards. A year later, she was recognised by the Manchester Evening News as one of Manchester’s 100 inspiring women.
Before launching her own business, Rachel built a 20-year corporate career as a business consultant. She started her career as a Chartered Management Accountant and recently achieved a post graduate Masters of Leadership, where she focussed on ethical business practices, psychology of emotion and well-being, and strategic thinking.
Beyond work, Rachel is passionate about health and well-being, travel, faith, art and spending quality time with friends and family.
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About Chromia Collective
Our events and programmes help growing businesses to develop strong business models and practices, resulting in long-term sustainable profits.
Rachel also provides a limited amount of one-to-one consultancy to leaders of established businesses, helping them to scale up, build value, expand via franchising or prepare for a long-term exit. If that’s you, book a discovery call with Rachel to discuss your business needs.
Chromia is a portmanteau combining the word Chroma (meaning colour) and Chromium, an element used to harden steel and prevent corrosion.
Our icon represents the prism-like process we use to take your business with all it’s complexity and break it down into measurable, solvable problems.
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Property Tech Firm
We helped the ambitious MD of an established firm who felt lonely at the top. She now makes better decisions, is building her team and achieving strong year on year growth.
Franchise Network
We helped a successful franchisor with a nationwide network to identify the key drivers of growth, restore her work/life balance and elevate her business further.
MARKETING AGENCY
We helped an overstretched entrepreneur to delegate by expanding her team and developing processes, so that her business can grow without wearing her out.