Follow the Entrepreneur Investor Summit
By Kelly Dolan O
n Friday 25th May, 2012, Ariadne Capital and RBC Wealth Management held their second
annual Follow the Entrepreneur Investors Summit, taking place in leafy Hampshire at The Four Seasons hotel. High net worth entrepreneurs, business leaders, and investors convened to
hear several international
leaders share their visions of the future investor landscape.
The ethos of the day was that Capital Follows Ideas, and it is
business
leaders who have game changing ideas that will hold future investor opportunities. Delegates were also offered a unique insight into what the future looks like, where to invest their capital, and how their firm can have the biggest impact in the world of tomorrow. Delegates heard a wide range of topics, including the Future of the Citizen and Society, Climate Change, Entrepreneurship in the GCC and in the Developing World, Financial Technology and
Trading, Health,
Social Media and the Real Economy. Also, the speakers on the day were entrepreneurs and thought leaders from across the globe, particularly Bangaladesh, Israel, South Africa, the UK, the US, Israel, and Qatar.
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The ethos of the day was that Capital Follows Ideas, and it is business leaders who have game changing ideas that will hold future investor opportunities.
Beginning the day’s proceedings
was Julie Meyer, with a powerful introductory speech welcoming 200 leading entrepreneurs and investors to hear 10 outstanding keynote speakers who would share their vision of the future of their ecosystem or domain. Julie also presented every delegate with a free copy of her latest book, Welcome to Entrepreneur Country, that highlighted how Europe and the UK is being redefined by its entrepreneurs, as well as how society runs best when the entrepreneur is at the core of- not
just the economy - but also of society. Next, Philip Harris, Head of Private Client Wealth Management UK, addressed the audience with a look at the future of private banking and why Canadian banks are redefining the financial services industry. Philip also forecasted the future of banking - that social media would bloom, access to finance may become more difficult, and business models would become better defined with an increase in client expectation. He also looked at how RBC had weathered the recession,
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