Ren Kapur MBE // Social Entrepreneur

Ren Kapur MBE is a social entrepreneur, policy adviser and founder of X-Forces Enterprise, the UK’s leading organisation for enterprise and start-up skills within the Armed Forces community. Since founding XFE in 2013, Ren has brought together government, corporate and charity partners to help individuals and communities build confidence, skills and economic independence through enterprise.

Previous to this, Ren's longstanding commitment to equality, learning and opportunity has seen her advise the Home Office, DBT and Cabinet Office, as well as contribute to national work on enterprise and entrepreneurship education. Appointed by the Secretary of State for Education as a national adviser, she has championed enterprise skills for young people and extended this work to support refugees, women and girls in business, and initiatives aimed at reducing reoffending.

Ren has also influenced policy change, with five successful policy outcomes to date. In 2016, she was awarded an MBE for services to entrepreneurship in the Queen’s 90th Birthday Honours List. With a lifelong passion for the Armed Forces, she was appointed a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserves in 2017 and is currently serving as High Sheriff of the Royal County of Berkshire 2026/27.