Charlotte has been a director of eight public companies, including three appointments as chair. In addition, Charlotte has board experience with a range of unlisted companies including international engineering firm Laing O’Rourke, BT Pension Fund and as the National Chair of Institute of Directors UK.

Charlotte is a corporate governance expert and a keen advocate for equality and diversity in the boardroom, underpinning this advocacy with action by founding Board Apprentice in 2013. She is also a professor in governance and leadership at the University of Strathclyde.

A lifelong human rights advocate, Charlotte is driven to play her part in creating an inclusive society; being diagnosed as autistic at 52, she began advocating around Neurodiversity equality and inclusion, working at the intersection of government, industry and the third sector, as well as public speaking. She founded the global Institute of Neurodiversity in 2021.