Charles Denton (business executive)

Charles James Denton (born 20 February 1965) is an English entrepreneur who has served as chief executive of a number of business enterprises and charitable organizations. Following education at Millfield School in the Somerset village of Street, Charles Denton began his career in financial services with the Brian Neal Group before moving to City of London with Charles Sturge & Co.

In 1989 he joined Molton Brown where, until its 2005 sale to Japan's Kao Corporation, he worked for fifteen years in various roles including Sales & Marketing Director, Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman. He has since devoted much of his time to volunteering in various charitable organisations, most notably Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (GOSHCC) where he spent three years as Executive Director before becoming Chairman in 2009. Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) deals with more than 175,000 patient visits every year. The charity exists to enable GOSH to provide world-class care for its young patients and their families; to pioneer new treatments and cures for childhood illness by contributing to the rebuilding and refurbishment of the hospital; funding the most up-to-date equipment; supporting research into, and development of, breakthrough treatments; and providing accommodation and other support services for children and their families.

He was a trustee of Jeans for Genes from 2006 to 2009 and Deputy Chairman of electronic commerce group, ArgentVive plc, from 2007 to 2008. In December 2008 he was appointed trustee and chairman of the African Orphan’s charity Sentebale ^[1] ['Forget Me Not' in Sesotho], set up in April 2006 by Prince Seeiso of Lesotho and Prince Harry of Wales to help vulnerable children and young people in Lesotho, particularly those who have been orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS. In 2009, Charles Denton became chairman of the award-winning advertising agency Fold7. The agency was set up in 1995 specialising in advertising and brand strategy, with onsite facilities including a TV department, in-house editing, production and motion GFX teams for the commercial, film, broadcast and digital world.^[2]

In 2010 he joined the Advisory Board of Heropreneurs ^[3] a new not for profit organisation established to help veterans and widows of those who have risked their lives in service of their country start-up in business. In February 2011 RBS Special Opportunities Fund, managed by RBS Equity Finance backed Charles Denton to acquire the iconic New York luxury skin care brand Erno Laszlo.

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