Co-Founder and Managing Director, Fresh Networks
Charlie is a co-founder of FreshNetworks, a social media agency which helps brands engage with customers to drive advocacy and increase sales. In 2008 FreshNetworks won the HBOS / Sunday Times £5M London Entrepreneur Challenge.
Before FreshNetworks Charlie worked in Interactive Marketing at P&G and co-founded and grew FreshMinds, a business services firm, twice named UK Market Research Agency of the Year. Charlie’s personal accolades include London Entrepreneur of the Year, Esquire Magazine UK Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Carlton Young Business Person of the Year and Real Business Magazine “One to Watch”.
Charlie is a fellow of the British American Project and holds a Masters in Engineering, Economics and Management from Oxford University. He’s an occasional blogger for FreshNetworks and Econsultancy and in his spare time competes as part of the FreshMinds sailing team at international match-racing regattas. The team recently reached a ranking of 28th in the world.
The Customer Experience must drive everything that we do as retailers, and the theme for this year’s Retail Week Conference will look further and beyond the high-street as to how to delight them, inspire them and drive them to spend.
Angus Thirlwell
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