Ellen is an enterprise and incubation specialist with 14 years experience of working with startups, specialising in the creative industries. She previously worked as Head of Business Development for creative incubator Cockpit Arts where she held responsibility for design and implementation of the incubation process, set up and managed a microfinance scheme and conducted research into creative business models.

Ellen is an accredited coach and holds a degree in Economics from the University of Birmingham and postgraduate diploma in administrative management. She previously worked for The Prince’s Trust, Arts Council England and Andersen management consultancy.

She also sits on the board of You Make It, a social enterprise that supports young people to develop their social and cultural capital, and This Is Not A Gateway, a not for profit that provides platforms for new thinking in urbanism. Ellen recently joined the S4S team as Head of Curricula Development.

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