Charlotte Lockhart, MNZM
4 Day Week Global Co-Founder
As co-founder of 4 Day Week Global, Charlotte works promoting internationally the benefits of a productivity-focused and reduced-hour workplace. Through this, she is on the board of the Wellbeing Research Centre at Oxford University. Charlotte’s passion for the reduced-hour work has led 4 Day Week Global to become the world’s leading organisation in promoting the concept of working smarter, not longer.
In her role she is a co-founding partner of the World Wellbeing Movement alongside a number of leading global partners. In addition, Charlotte is working with a number of central and regional governments to help create an equitable method to transition to reducing work hours across an entire economy.
Today, Charlotte is considered the pioneer of the global four day week movement. Alongside her partner, Andrew Barnes, they are conducting the largest ever trials, currently taking place across the globe, with hundreds of companies and thousands of staff taking part to change their workplaces. This trial is combined with a global research programme involving academics from leading universities including Boston College, Cambridge, Oxford and many more.
As an experienced speaker, she encourages organisations to look at what they can change to become future workplaces and ready for the 21st century and beyond. Forbes Magazine recently recognised her as one of the Future of Work 50. Charlotte is focused on changing the way we work today to a better, more inclusive experience for everyone and every economy, which has lead 4 Day Week Global to be named in Time top 100 most influential companies for 2023.
She is on the chair of the board of Give-a-little, New Zealand’s number one fundraising platform, is on the executive of their family wine businesses and property portfolio.
In her free time, Charlotte collaborates with art and cultural organisations and spearheads a number of sponsorships to increase opportunities across the region. Her philanthropic purpose extends to arts, education and important historic causes. In May 2024 she and Andrew once again tackled the Peking to Paris Car rally, having fun and raising awareness for the 4 Day Week around the world.