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).
Robin Hilton – Thursday 12 February 2026
Robin Hilton is Chief Financial Officer at ClearSpace, a business dedicated to sustainable operations in orbit. Robin has been an entrepreneurial CFO for over 20 years, partnering with founders to turn early traction into disciplined, scalable growth. He has built finance functions from the ground up, led equity and debt raises, and helped take businesses from startup to professionalised scale up and exit.
Previously CFO at Envisics, developing next generation AR HUD technology, Robin helped build a US$ 500m business, building a finance function, implementing processes, controls, KPIs, and board level reporting, raising US$150m across Series B and C. Earlier, he scaled NeutraHealth plc from cash shell to a market leader via strategic acquisitions and organic growth, and transformed Thames Card Technology from a family business into a respected services operation, with both business securing a successful exit to industry.
Robin is a Fellow of the ICAEW and holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management. He brings a pragmatic mix of strategic insight, financial discipline, organisational design, process improvement and analytical clarity, always in service of creating the future.
