Award-winning entrepreneur Evelyn O’Toole gets used to the limelight

Friday interview: Evelyn O’Toole, founder and chief executive of Complete Laboratory Solutions

Fri, Nov 3, 2017, 06:10 Updated: Fri, Nov 3, 2017, 06:47

Charlie Taylor

Evelyn O’Toole: “If you can explain something quickly and simply to me, then chances are we’ll work together. If you meander too much, I get frustrated. I like simplicity.” Photograph: Aidan Crawley

Evelyn O’Toole: “If you can explain something quickly and simply to me, then chances are we’ll work together. If you meander too much, I get frustrated. I like simplicity.” Photograph: Aidan Crawley

“The fact that I’m only one of three winning female EY entrepreneurs out of 60 people shows that there remains an imbalance in society.” Photograph: Aidan Crawley

“The fact that I’m only one of three winning female EY entrepreneurs out of 60 people shows that there remains an imbalance in society.” Photograph: Aidan Crawley

She may have just won two prestigious awards in the space of three days but Evelyn O’Toole is unlikely to lose the run of herself.

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