Career Development
Startup Founders: Tough Lessons Learned
Listen to a panel of startup founders who will share their journey and entrepreneurial struggles, and what it really takes to launch and scale a successful startup.
Giles Andrews
Co-founder & Executive Chairman, Zopa
London
Giles was part of the team that founded Zopa in 2004. He became CEO in 2007 and moved to the role of Executive Chairman in 2015. Prior to Zopa, Giles co-founded Caverdale, a startup taken to a £250m revenue motor retailer and sold in 1997. He also set up his own consultancy, with large clients in the General Retail and Financial Services sectors, and which also provided start up advice and early stage funding for new businesses. Giles is also non-executive Chairman of Bethnal Green Ventures, the accelerator for startups using technology to make social or environmental impact. He received an OBE for services to financial services in the 2016 New Year’s Honours list.
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