Gaynor Dykes | Women Angels Forum

GAYNOR DYKES

Regional Manager for Growth Finance at Grant Thornton & Founder of LCR Angels Network

Gaynor’s career has been in banking, investment and the professional services sector. She has a wealth of experience advising business owners on all aspects of raising finance for growth. Gaynor joined leading financial and business advisory firm Grant Thornton UK LLP in 2012 and leads the firm’s Growth Finance service in the North of England. Alongside fund manager MSIF and law firm Brabners, Gaynor founded the LCR Angel Network in 2017 to address the gap in the Liverpool City Region for business angel activity. LCR Angel Network aims to help stimulate this market and raise awareness of angel investing to both investors and entrepreneurs.

Discuss the latest market research

Women are responsible for owning over 45% of the UK’s wealth, yet only 14% of Angel Investors in the UK are women.

Only 39% of women are confident in their capabilities to start a business compared to 55% of men. This is a perceived gap in ability, rather than an actual gap in skill sets.

Women are responsible for owning over 45% of the UK’s wealth, yet only 14% of Angel Investors in the UK are women.

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Only 39% of women are confident in their capabilities to start a business compared to 55% of men. This is a perceived gap in ability, rather than an actual gap in skill sets.