EMC Helps to Bring Entrepreneurs Together

The man who led Capita to become an FTSE 100 company with profits in excess of £200m has been sharing the secrets of his success with Sussex entrepreneurs.

Rod Aldridge OBE was the keynote speaker at Kleinwort Benson’s Sussex Entrepreneurs’ Dinner at Brighton’s Hotel du Vin in November.

It was the first time Kleinwort Benson had brought its successful entrepreneurs’ forum to Brighton, and EMC had played a key role in helping to make it happen.

Fergus Caheny, Kleinwort Benson Executive Private Banker, said: “We have hosted a dedicated forum for entrepreneurs at our London offices, on a quarterly basis, since 2001. Earlier this year we decided to take the show ‘on the road’ to regionally-based entrepreneurs, and we are delighted with the response we have had here in Brighton.  

“Rod Aldridge has enjoyed an incredible career, and the knowledge he was able to impart around his success at Capita and ambitions for the Aldridge Foundation were perfectly suited to the accomplished entrepreneurial guests.”

EMC Chief Executive Nik Askaroff added: “We have worked with Kleinwort Benson for a number of years and it was a real pleasure to help them bring their entrepreneurs’ dinner to Sussex. Rod Aldridge and his leadership of Capita are an example to all businesses. Kleinwort Benson are market leaders in wealth management and we like to think that EMC are the leading corporate finance and interim management firm in the South East, so this association has worked particularly well.”