{"id":118653,"date":"2025-08-29T15:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/118653\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:15:08","slug":"ignite-promotes-laura-lyons-to-deputy-director-the-royal-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/118653\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignite promotes Laura Lyons to deputy director &#8211; The Royal Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Created: Aug 28, 2025 07:06 PM (Updated: Aug 28, 2025 08:22 PM)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756480508_412_\" uuid=\"3b8bc532-eaa7-5026-b7b9-a5eabe340945\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Laura Lyons, deputy director of Ignite Bermuda (Photograph supplied)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Ignite Bermuda has promoted Laura Lyons to the role of deputy director.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Ms Lyons, a founding member of Ignite\u2019s team since its 2019 launch, has played a central role in mentoring hundreds of entrepreneurs and community leaders through the organisation\u2019s accelerator programmes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">In her new role, she will support Sean Reel, the executive director, and the board in carrying out Ignite\u2019s strategic plan, including expanding alumni and youth engagement, building mentor networks and strengthening partnerships. She will also continue to lead programme delivery and the development of new initiatives designed to address skills gaps in the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Mr Reel said: \u201cLaura has consistently demonstrated the vision, empathy and leadership that embody Ignite\u2019s values. Her promotion reflects both her personal growth and her unwavering commitment to the success of Bermuda\u2019s entrepreneurs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Ms Lyons said she was excited to continue her work. \u201cIgnite has been a place of growth and collaboration, not just for our entrepreneurs but for me as well. I\u2019m honoured to contribute to an amazing team that empowers bold ideas and sustainable growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Ignite, since its founding, has supported more than 600 entrepreneurs and community leaders through its programmes, mentorship network and collaborative Co-Lab space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Created: Aug 28, 2025 07:06 PM (Updated: Aug 28, 2025 08:22 PM) Laura Lyons, deputy director of Ignite&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[28,158],"class_list":{"0":"post-118653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-entrepreneurship"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}