Over the past decade The Entrepreneurs Network has built a network of more than 10,000 founders, working to make Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a business. Through cutting-edge research, campaigns for reform, and events that connect founders with policymakers, it shapes the conditions in which businesses start, scale, and succeed. It keeps entrepreneurs informed on the policy changes that affect them and champions their role in public debate, while serving as Secretariat of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Entrepreneurship.
Philip Salter founded The Entrepreneurs Network in 2014 to bridge the gap between entrepreneurs and policymakers.
He is a regular commentator and speaker on entrepreneurship and public policy, and writes Perennial Gale – a widely read weekly column on entrepreneurship policy. He also appears frequently across the media.
Philip was previously Business Features Editor at City A.M., where he wrote a weekly entrepreneurship column and interviewed many of Britain’s leading founders.
His mission is to help make Britain the best place in the world to start and scale a business.
Dr Mann Virdee is the Head of Science and Technology at The Entrepreneurs Network, having joined in November 2025.
Before joining The Entrepreneurs Network, Mann led the Council on Geostrategy’s work exploring how the United Kingdom can build a more competitive and resilient science and technology base. He previously worked at RAND Europe, the UK Parliament, and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF.
Mann’s research has covered areas such as AI, energy, infrastructure, quantum computing, R&D, 5G, space, the life sciences, civil service reform and Foreign Direct Investment.
Mann has featured extensively in print and broadcast media. He has written and provided commentary for outlets including the Financial Times, The Daily Express, the i Paper, City A.M., the Nikkei, The Telegraph, LBC, Newsweek, Civil Service World, fDi Intelligence and Times Higher Education. He has also appeared on LBC Radio and Times Radio.