This is the perfect opportunity to hear first-hand accounts from successful entrepreneurs. The Bettany Centre Entrepreneurship Speaker Series gives you the chance to hear from a variety of entrepreneurs from across a range of industries.
The speakers will give you an insight in to their journey, identifying their successes and any mistakes that they may have made along their way. You will also be given the opportunity to ask questions, allowing you to delve even further in to the backstory of these well-established entrepreneurs.
Attending these events will provide you with a great chance to network with like-minded individuals who share your passion for entrepreneurship.
The events are entirely free of charge and refreshments are supplied (face-to-face events only).
Michael Toxvaerd
Founder and Executive Director
Michael is a serial entrepreneur, investor and private equity professional.
After exiting a telecoms manufacturer in Denmark as CEO in 2003 and completing a Cranfield MBA in 2004, he founded and led the IPO of NeutraHealth plc on the London Stock Exchange in 2005. He grew the business to a turnover of £35m and EBITDA of £2.3m before stepping back as Deputy Chair and exiting it to Mumbai based Elder Pharmaceuticals plc.
Michael was later Managing Partner of HBG Holdings UK and CIO of HBG Holdings, the Dubai based private equity group as well as a director of the specialist asset management and investment banking group Rasmala plc in the UK, Dubai and Egypt.
He has over 20 years of mergers and acquisitions experience and extensive experience in capital markets, investing, strategy, finance, listing and advising private and public companies. During the last lockdown in 2021 Michael co-founded and listed Nightcap plc on the London Stock Exchange with his wife Sarah Willingham to consolidate the late night bar industry in the UK. They have grown rapidly to a turnover of £50m+ both organically and through three acquisitions. Michael leads Nightcap’s acquisition and corporate strategy.
