Events
Wednesday
27
MAY
2026
Stories from Emma Entrepreneurs: Charlie Mercer (2013), Policy Director, Startup Coalition
6:00pm – Online, via Zoom
Join Charlie Mercer (2013), Policy Director at Startup Coalition, for an hour-long discussion around his professional journey and on how his work supports entrepreneurship and innovation.
Charlie Mercer is Policy Director at Startup Coalition. He lobbies for startups across the UK and sits on numerous Government Boards as a representative of the entrepreneurial sector. Startup Coalition was founded in 2010 and is a non-profit that works across every sector of the economy to identify opportunities for policy and regulation to support entrepreneurship and innovation. Charlie studied HSPS; matriculated in 2013; managed Emma Bar for one happy, hazy year; and previously worked at American Express.