Mr Charles Lovatt
MA, MBA, FRSA
Teaching Fellow
Teaching 2012/2013
- MN2112 Enterprise and Creativity
- MN4263 Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development
- MN5001 Contemporary Global Issues in Management
- MN5002 Contemporary Conceptual Issues in Management
- MN5510 Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity
- MN5511 Leadership in Organisations
Biography
Charles has had a long and successful entrepreneurial career which began with the re-cycling of recording tape, in 1969. His commercial interests reflect a life-long love of music and fascination with technology. Since the late 1970s he has founded, or co-founded, over a dozen businesses - two of which became market leaders and continue trading today.
In 1985 he set up a semi-conductor trading company which served personal computer, telecom and contract manufacturers, across Europe, the USA, Hong Kong and China. From this, various spin-outs emerged: independent companies sharing a common business model and ethic. In 1987 he co-founded a record label; it became a music publisher, and is now a leading sync rights exploitation company active in the licensing of copyright material for use in advertising, film and television productions.
Charles has been involved with entrepreneurship education since 2004. He has designed and taught post graduate modules on the Embreonix programme at Abertay University in Dundee. His academic interests include strategy, innovation, technology, business development and enterprise history in the Creative Industries.
Formerly a member of the Scottish Arts Council and Chairman of the Scottish Screen Investment and Digital Media IP Fund, he currently holds a number of Public Appointments: Member of the Board of Management of Elmwood College; Trustee of the National Library of Scotland, and Non-Executive Member (Audit and Risk) of Education Scotland the newly established national body responsible for supporting quality and improvement in learning and teaching from early years to adult and community learning.
His interests include the practice of entrepreneurship, marketing, innovation, governance and enrichment. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and active in the Media, Creative Industries, Culture and Heritage Network group based in Edinburgh.