Mike is passionate about supporting businesses to help them start, develop, improve and grow their business.
Having owned, grown, franchised and sold his own businesses, Mike has worked as a business mentor and connector, where he strives to combine and share his experience and skills gained from past roles in management, finance, business development, health & safety, operations, training, sales and marketing.
Mike is a volunteer with OxLEP skills, having been appointed the first Enterprise Adviser in Oxfordshire over 4 years ago. He also runs three business networking groups in Oxfordshire.
Speaker sessions
09:00 - 09:15
Welcome to Venturefest Oxford 2019
John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre
Hear from Mike Foster, Executive Chair of Venturefest Oxford and Neil Mendoza, Provost of Oriel College Oxford on the importance of innovation and the role it plays in supporting and encouraging both innovation and entrepreneurship.