Mark Lyttleton | Business Mentor and Angel Investor
Business mentor and angel investor Mark Lyttleton supports small business owners and founders, drawing on his extensive experience to help them avoid common setbacks, overcome challenges, and recognise and capitalise on untapped opportunities. Mr Lyttleton recently founded Percent for Good, launching the charity to enable city professionals to support a host of worthy causes by donating a percentage of their salary.
This blog will incorporate posts on topics such as early-stage investing, stock market investing and corporate social responsibility, drawing on Mark Lyttleton’s extensive investing, entrepreneurial and business leadership experience. It will also feature posts pertaining to Mr Lyttleton’s philanthropic pursuits, including information on how to give efficiently via payroll giving, as well as updates on the work and impact of Percent for Good.
Business Mentoring & Investing
Mark Lyttleton offers both paid and pro-bono services as a business mentor and angel investor. In addition to providing financial support, he also offers practical advice to help business owners and founders negotiate the significant personal challenges involved in building and scaling a business, helping them to achieve a healthy work-life balance and deal with the pressures involved. As a registered Pranic Healer and qualified meditation teacher, Mark Lyttleton takes a keen interest in psychology and working ‘smarter’ rather than ‘harder’ to avoid the risk of stress and burnout.
As an angel investor, Mark Lyttleton focuses on businesses created to achieve a positive planetary impact and has acquired interests in more than 30 ventures to date. Enterprises he has invested in span a wide range of industries, including manufacturing, technology and green energy.
Career History
Prior to embarking on his career as a business mentor and angel investor, Mark Lyttleton worked in the financial services sector. During his time with Merrill Lynch as a fund manager, Mr Lyttleton was credited with growing assets under management from $250 million to a staggering $4 billion thanks to a combination of strong fund performance and astute asset gathering. Mark Lyttleton ranked as the top fund manager in the UK in 2005 and subsequently went on to serve as an equity retail fund’s lead manager, overseeing investment of circa $7 billion in assets.
Philanthropy
Having dedicated himself to helping others build and grow thriving businesses, Mark Lyttleton fosters a sense of collaboration within the organisations he serves. His charity work with Percent for Good is quickly gathering momentum. Focusing on the enabling sectors of the environment, education and arts, cost of living, and health and wellbeing, the organisation aims to encourage 50% of employees and 100% of senior management in participating firms to pledge 1% of their salary to worthy causes, thereby driving significant social and environmental change.