Celine Loader is the founder and Editorial Director of Aspire Magazine
What has been your main inspiration in media?
To give voice and a positive representation of people like me in the UK and other western media, and provide inspiration for the next generation of Africans.
Who was your childhood media hero?
The late John H. Johnson - American pioneering entrepreneur and publishing giant
What has been your most exciting time in media so far in your career?
Interviewing the legendary Jesse Jackson; interviewing Africa’s First elected female President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf; Seeing ASPIRE magazine displayed on WH Smiths shelves; Chatting with Lorraine Kelly on the GMTV sofa, sharing speaking platforms with luminaries like the Rt Hon. Baroness Amos and Janet Street-Porter; and receiving hundreds of positive and appreciative emails from readers of ASPIRE.
If you could do any job in media, what would it be?
Editor of a thriving successful international magazine.
If you didn't get into media what career would of you been in today?
An Economist, a Market Analyst or Economic Adviser or a Marketing Executive
Achievements
AWARDS:
Outstanding Achievement from my alma mata
Outstanding Achievement from the Cameroon Development Association in the UK
WORK:
A successful career at one of the best companies in the world - Microsoft
Launching Aspire Magazine
PERSONAL:
Marrying the world’s best husband and being blessed with great kids
Taking a risk to go it alone and set up my own media business
Future Goals
See my children grow into talented and happy young men, successfully license ASPIRE to be published in several countries around the world and retire to write the blockbuster(s) that I know are raging inside of me.
Hobbies
(when I can find time away from ASPIRE) I play tennis, Read easy novels, write (never completed) manuscripts, playing the piano and watching my boys grow and develop with each passing day.
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