Charlotte Fairhurst

Director, Evelyn Partners

Charlotte joined Evelyn Partners as a Director in 2021, previously from Octopus Investments. She focuses on growing and engaging Evelyn Partners’ community of entrepreneurs, spotting opportunities to help founders and business leaders take the next step, in business and in life. Charlotte works closely with other entrepreneurial groups, including Foundrs, Scale-up Group, Vistage and The Prince’s Trust. She also supports corporate partners to develop their Financial Wellbeing strategy, to achieve happier and more productive workforces.

Why do you support the work of The Entrepreneurs Network?

The Entrepreneurs Network is an incredible network of entrepreneurs, made up of some of the most ambitious and brightest minds in the country. It’s exciting to be a part of a community that is determined to shape the political and economic landscape to help businesses flourish, and together, I believe we can achieve The Entrepreneurs Network’s ambition of making the UK the most promising place to start, scale and exit a business.

What research should more people read?

Beauhurst’s research paper Female Entrepreneurs: gender diversity across the UK’s high-growth ecosystem. I’m passionate about supporting female-founded businesses and I’m excited to see that 25% of the UK’s high-growth companies have a female founder. But we still have a lot more work to do, as highlighted by The Entrepreneurs Network’s startling paper One in a Million.