We are delighted to be welcoming Rachael Brown, CEO Cultural Enterprise Office & Convenor CanDo Scotland, for a fireside chat to learn about what it means to have a truly entrepreneurial mindset and considerable potential to drive growth. Rachael is a leader within the creative and social enterprise sector who thrives on solving problems and turning ideas into reality.
Currently Chief Executive at Cultural Enterprise Office, Rachael is also the Social Entrepreneur in Residence with Social Investment Scotland and Board Director with Social Enterprise Scotland.
She previously spent over a decade at Impact Arts and has worked on joint ventures with the Scottish Government and leading agencies including Creative Scotland and Scottish Enterprise. Rachael also completed Entrepreneurial Scotland’s Saltire Fellowship programme in 2015.
Rachael's experience and knowledge are truly beyond question, and her passion for business and cultural, creative arts is infectious. Rachael will share her experiences of the creative industries and social enterprise sectors as well as giving her insight into how the creative industries and social enterprise interact. We will also touch on her strong belief that Scotland is one of the best places in the world for this kind of business.
What you need to know:
Who: Rachael Brown, CEO Cultural Enterprise Office & Convenor CanDo Scotland
When: Thursday 22nd August
Time: 6pm
Where: CMS, 1 W Regent St, Glasgow G2 1AP
What Else: Pizza, Beer, Wine, Soft Drinks and GREAT People
Join us at CMS Glasgow offices to hear as we talk about how the social enterprise landscape is continually evolving, and what may become of the sector in the next few years.
Future Economy Company
CEO
Rachael is a leader within the creative and social enterprise sector who thrives on solving problems and turning ideas into reality. Rachael is currently CEO at the Future Economy Company (FEC), who’s vision is to achieve a future where the makers, doers, thinkers, creatives, innovators and social impact creators within Scotland have access to the best support, networks, skills and knowledge.
Rachael is a leader within the creative and social enterprise sector who thrives on solving problems and turning ideas into reality. Rachael is currently Chief Executive at the Future Economy Company (FEC), who’s vision is to achieve a future where the makers, doers, thinkers, creatives, innovators and social impact creators within Scotland have access to the best support, networks, skills and knowledge to enable them to flourish, thereby helping to transform employment, communities and the economy.
The FEC acknowledge the need to discover and develop new inspiring inclusive ways to live, work, learn and play in an ever-changing world. They share Scottish Government’s ambition to create a more successful country, with opportunities for all of Scotland to flourish and unlock its economic potential.
Within FEC Rachael runs the Creative Entrepreneurs’ Club (CEC), a member-driven community, designed to help creative people grow their businesses. With a strong track record of operational success, Rachael works extensively to support creative entrepreneurs and social enterprises to develop, grow and scale their endeavours.
Rachael is part of the Leader Network at Entrepreneurial Scotland and Social Entrepreneur in Residence with Social Investment Scotland. She is also the current Convenor of the Scotland Can Do Collective; a vetted group of opinion leaders and stakeholders from the entrepreneurial ecosystem, business support agencies, and the Scottish Government. The Collective's mission is to inspire, collaborate with, and enable each other to best support the thriving community of Scotland-based entrepreneurs.
Glasgow Startup Grind
Director
