Who are EDCL?

EDCL is a full-fledged centre of excellence in entrepreneurship education, training, entrepreneurship research, business incubation, project management and global consulting services. EDCL was founded as a global initiative by St. Patrick's International College London, a 207 year old institution of higher learning, with Royal Holloway University of London as a strategic partner in executive education.

Based in the heart of central London, the Entrepreneurship Development Centre London (EDCL), directs its operation to cover European Community of nations and even more imporantly aims to provide strategic value to the enhancement of capacities required to inject a specific entrepreneurship-driven development momentum among emerging markets and least developed countries. The Centre is founded on the fundamental principle that education in developing countries must focus on development needs and that entrepreneurial human capital development will remain a critical driver in a nation's economic and social growth.

Global Catalyst

EDCL cuts across all disciplines and offers students, executives and entrepreneurs everywhere a clear and defined opportunity to study and practice entrepreneurship, to support entrepreneurial projects and ventures within organisations or undertake new ventures on their own. The Centre's mission is to act as a significant global catalyst in creating a critical awareness of entrepreneurship and its values, to provide quality education, training and consulting as well as to contribute to the process of developing solutions to eradicating poverty and increasing the wealth of people in emerging nations.

EDCL Operations

Guy de Fontgalland, EDCL Director combines demonstrated expertise in banking and business development strategies. As senior executive with the World Bank Group, he was engaged in accelerating small business development across the entire South Pacific region, and as General Manager for International Projects with the Westpac Banking Group, he moved a variety of small businesses from Australia to the Southeast Asian region.

Guy serves as International Advisor to the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, sponsored by 4 of the major banks in India and supported by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, where this unique model of training and setting up young men and women in business has been applied with great success during the last 25 years.