By Jennifer Sieg Jennifer Sieg meets Carol Shanahan, English businesswoman, philanthropist and owner of Port Vale Football Club English businesswoman Carol Shanahan – founder of fintech firm Synectics Solutions and owner of Port Vale Football Club – is no stranger to hard work. Shanahan, now 66, left school at 17 without any qualifications or work experience and later found herself behind what is now one of Stoke-on-Trent’s most successful firms. Synectics Solutions, one of the earliest pioneers of financial fraud detection and prevention, was founded in 1992 and has now saved an estimated £7….