The KPMG Inspire Series kicked off this week at a lunch in the Royal Hibernian Academy, Ely Place, Dublin.

The initiative will feature guest speakers from across the business spectrum from leading entrepreneurs to venture capital and business leadership and management experts.

Chief Executive of Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts, Nick Wheeler was the first speaker in the series. Nick has taken a highly conventional business, making and selling high quality shirts and menswear, and has transformed it into a global business with bricks and mortar stores in Paris, London and New York aswell as online.  Across the traditional and new retail platforms, Nick’s business sells over five million shirts a year.
 
The next event in the series will feature Julie Meyer of Ariadne Capital on fundraising and investment opportunities.
 
Speaking this week, Partner and Head of Private Enterprise at KPMG in Ireland, Olivia Lynch said, "We have created the Inspire Series to share the very best business insights on how to build, grow and transform a business.  At KPMG Private Enterprise, we have a long and proud history of working shoulder to shoulder with Irish entrepreneurs, helping them to move through the various stages of the development of their businesses, from the early days to scaling up." 
 
Source: www.businessworld.ie