Date: Tuesday 15 November 2016
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speakers: Sherry Coutu, Irene Graham
Panellists: Chris Haley, James Stuart, Rob Perks, Rowena Burns
Chair: Professor Saul Estrin
Two years on from the 2014 Scale-Up Report and Manifesto, co-founder and Chair of the Scale Up Institute Sherry Coutu, and its inaugural CEO, Irene Graham, address the impact of the Institute's work and their journey on increasing the economic impact of high growth firms in the UK. At this public discussion, held during Global Entrepreneurship Week, we bring together experts and Institute partners, to discuss the latest findings of the Scale-Up Review carried out for 2016, actions taken since 2014 to progress the Report's original findings, and the scale-up momentum taking place across the country as entrepreneurs, corporates, universities and government 'lean in' and take action to ensure high growth firms are “scaling up” successfully. The approach is based on clear evidence that fostering the growth of scale up firms will realise significantly greater overall benefits for an economy in terms of jobs, wage growth and contribution to GDP.
Twitter Hashtag for this event: #scaleupBritain
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The speakers
Sherry Coutu (@scoutu) is co-founder and chair of the Scale-Up Institute, and author of its 2014 Scale-Up Report. She chairs the Financial Strategy Advisory Group for the University of Cambridge and Founders4Schools, and is a non-executive director for the London Stock Exchange Group and Zoopla. Sherry was awarded the CBE for services to entrepreneurship in 2013. She is an alumna of LSE's Department of Management.
Irene Graham is the CEO of the Scale-Up Institute. She has held both European and global managing director roles at Standard Chartered Bank where she set up and scaled several businesses, and was subsequently a managing director of the British Bankers Association. She is a visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship at Strathclyde University and sits on a number of advisory boards.
The panellists
Chris Haley is the Head of Start-ups and New Technology Research at Nesta;
Rowena Burns is the CEO of Manchester Science Partnerships;
Rob Perks is the CEO of Inspire;
James Stuart is the Managing Director of Entrepreneurial Scotland.