From Intention to Impact - The Founder's Journey
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 | 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Harbottle and Lewis Offices, London
What kind of founder do you want to be?
In collaboration with Harbottle & Lewis, this event will explore how founders can embed purpose, values and philanthropy into their journey, not just at exit, but from the very beginning.
Through a panel of inspiring founders, we’ll follow the arc of entrepreneurship: from setting values and vision early on, to staying mission-aligned while scaling, to making intentional decisions around legacy and giving at exit. We’ll ask questions like: How do you embed values from day one? What does “doing good” look like while building at pace? How can early choices shape the impact you have later?
The evening will feature a founders-panel discussion and Q&A, followed by drinks and light food with networking at Harbottle & Lewis’ London offices, with experts from Harbottle & Lewis in the room to support deeper discussion around legal and strategic giving. Expect honest stories, practical insights, and the opportunity to connect with peers who are building businesses with meaning.
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Harbottle & Lewis
Event Co-Host
Speakers
Ann Don Bosco
Founder - Canopie, Eggshells, SettledLove
Ann Don Bosco is a dedicated founder, having established Canopie, a digital mental health platform for new parents, Eggshells, an organisation focused on tackling anxiety, and most recently, SettledLove. Her extensive experience includes Head of Grow with Google and serving as Head of Strategy for Public Health England.
George Bevis
CEO at Scram, Founder of Tide
George Bevis is a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist.
He is best known for creating Tide, the world’s most innovative banking service for small businesses. More recently he founded Crucible, an ambitious initiative to prepare talented teenagers to pioneer future African prosperity, and social ventures incubator CanDo. George currently runs Scram, a new company aiming to transform how serious organisations build software.
Michael Nabarro
CEO & Co-Founder, Spektrix
Michael is the CEO and one of two co-founders of Spektrix back in 2007. Michael leads on strategy, and on ensuring alignment across the business on the direction we’re heading in, as well as having a key focus on our company culture and ensuring this evolves positively as we grow. Michael is passionate about the ability for highly usable software to empower and excite its users.
Niki Buys
Chief Experience Officer (CXO)
Niki joined Founders Pledge in 2018 and prior to her appointment as CXO, worked across the organisation in a number of different roles. She is a founder of our partner fund, Pledge Ventures, where she has been a Partner since September 2022.
Niki began her career as a Stage and Production Manager for theatre and live events. The adventure took Niki from pub theatres to the West End, the Royal Albert Hall, and a very big tent in Saudi Arabia. She also ran a chain of theatre venues at the Edinburgh festival before going on to lead Operational and Exhibitor Services at the Royal Horticultural Society, working across their portfolio of major events including the Chelsea Flower Show and Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
May Delaney
Managing Associate
May advises UK and international individuals and families on structuring, succession planning and capital taxes. May has particular expertise acting for entrepreneurs, business owners and entertainment clients on their wills, trusts and wider estate plans. An increasing part of May’s practice focuses on working with clients on their philanthropy and charitable giving, as an integral part of their planning, and May is a true expert in this area.
May trained at Harbottle & Lewis, qualifying in 2017.
May has been named as one of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for the past three years. May has been named as a “Rising Star” by The Legal 500 in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Alexa Collis
Partner
Alexa has a particular focus on clients in the entertainment and creative industries, as well as entrepreneurs and business owners. Clients often seek Alexa’s expert advice on philanthropic and charitable matters as part of their estate planning.
Alexa has a substantial amount of experience in tax and estate planning for individuals and families with US connections. She is sought after by clients and intermediaries as a specialist in this field.
Alexa won the eprivateclient Top 35 Under 35 award in 2019, the Citywealth Future Leaders Award (Bronze – Senior/Managing Associate) in 2020 and was named as an eprivateclient NextGen Leader in 2024. She was also a finalist for the Future Leader in Private Client Services Spear’s award in 2024.
