WANT A DATE WITH AN ANGEL?GET SET TO TALK BUSINESS

摘要

Scientist and business angel Chris Evans answers the door of his Belgravia townhouse-cum-office wearing a blue tracksuit. This isn't his usual garb, he explains, but he's had to reschedule his personal trainer to accommodate a hugely important lunch-time meeting. 'Somebody is flying in this morning to discuss a really big deal involving many millions of pounds,' he confides with his undisguised Welsh lilt. In a stereotypical world of egghead boffin scientists, Evans cuts a colourful figure. True, he has a microbe named after him, but he's also into fast cars, rugby and Fender guitars. Even more important, he is probably the UK's leading business angel in the technology field and has created a personal fortune of more than £50 million by creating and floating a string of these companies. Successive governments have called upon his expertise and he has even chaired a European Commission committee on SMEs.