Carl Engelmark

Co-Founder & CEO, Engelworks

Carl is the CEO and Co-Founder of Engelworks, a London based growth advisory firm that helps owners and leaders of corporations and scaleup companies take advantage of market & technology change and drive growth, scale and shareholder value.

Carl has built 30+ years of experience as an investor, board member, business leader & entrepreneur in leading and growing technology-enabled businesses in Health & Wellbeing, Life Sciences, Fintech, Sustainability and Music Tech globally.

He has co-founded and successfully exited seven companies via IPOs and trade sales. Carl’s strong focus has always been on business fundamentals, desirable products and services and fast and sustainable growth.

Why do you support the work of The Entrepreneurs Network?

Starting, funding and running a successful business is challenging. TEN understands where we entrepreneurs are coming from, but they don't always have answers right away, which is why their team works hard to help raise awareness and influence policies on these issues facing entrepreneurship here in Great Britain, something any genuine business person will understand.

What research should more people read (either our research or other organisations)?

Always keep on top of macroeconomic events and recent economic developments in the market you operate in (e.g. Bloomberg, Reuters), combined with sector specific research by large reputable firms (e.g. McKinsey, Deloitte). Also, it is, very important to study research by the top specialist analysts that look at your sector (e.g. Coalition Greenwich research for Finance and Fintech, Messari.io for crypto).

And everyone should read The Economist weekly and the FT daily - very good value for money for excellent market coverage!

Why is the UK an attractive place to grow a business?

Britain has been a great place for me to start my business and find success. I appreciate all the support that this government offers entrepreneurs like myself, but there's no denying it: we need more policies designed with growth-friendly principles in mind if our long term prosperity is going to be sustainable!