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With over three decades in senior leadership, I have held executive roles across complex, fast-evolving organisations—leading transformation, driving financial resilience, and aligning business strategy with long-term value creation.
I experienced a nervous breakdown while serving as a CFO, brought on by chronic overwork and burnout. I came dangerously close to causing serious harm to myself — a turning point that reshaped how I view leadership, success, and wellbeing.
That experience became the catalyst for my commitment to help others facing similar struggles.
Through supportive coaching, I guide leaders in developing balance, emotional resilience, and sustainable ways of working. My approach is grounded in positive psychology, focusing on cultivating a healthier relationship with stress, building strong emotional foundations, and rediscovering meaning and connection in both life and work.
This work is personal. I know how isolating burnout can feel — and I know tha…
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So good to see so many familiar faces & make some new ones yesterday! And big thanks for all the super warm feedback from my Imposter Syndrome workshop.
I’m a big believer in feedback. So if you were at my session & there’s anything you’d like me to hear – gushing or otherwise! – do get in touch. I’d love to hear from you…
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Thanks so much for running your workshop, Rob! If we hear any specific feedback regrading your session we’ll be sure to let you know, but in general the response to our survey is very positive
So thank you again for being part of the experience!
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I’m Eduardo, an Executive Coach, and I’ll be at The Portfolio Career Festival tomorrow! I’m excited to meet the most interesting people who are redefining work and finding new ways to succeed. If you’re ready to amplify your career impact, let’s connect and share ideas on success and fulfillment!
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Hi guys im launching a new venture called ..YETI.AI
Its a new type of business incubator designed to leverage AI tech to rapidly test and deploy start ups ..we would like launch a one Ai business every 10 weeks..my core team will be no more that 3-5 people ,I would love to work with members of TPC i think we need the following
1.AI/ML engineer
2. 1 full stack developer
3. Growth marketing generalist
If your interested in getting involved please get in touch love to see who from our community fancy’s coming along for the ride
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Congrats on the new venture, Mike!
Tagging some community members who might up for collaborating/know those would stuart-jubb: George Bradshaw, Stuart Jubb, Richard Saldanha, Tom Morrell, Adrian Wong, @katietschuster, Samie Dorgham, Yalin Solmaz, Garry Taylor, Jules Perkins, Frida Persson, Damien, Jerome Minney, Mark Woodhall, Dan Lester, Mala Morris, Wes Godwin, Elena Melnykova, Mark Varley, Pavan Konanur
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@mra5…Happy to discuss if I could get involved and support from a purely advisory point of view and potentially explore use of my skill set to help further.
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Hi Mike interesting post. I have been in the IT Industry for 25 years. I had joined this industry when web development was taking off and I have vast experience working in .Net technologies previously. Currently I manage large scale software development programs. I work with products each of which have been using AI technologies for a while to provide great insights, more efficient and robust results. I would be happy to discuss with you in detail the requirement you have.
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Mike Anderson I’m a growth marketing generalist – have sent you a message with my calndely link so we can discuss synergies and how i can potentially help here.
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Hello Mike. I am an Executive Coach. I will be interested to hear more about your business and find out how my Executive Coaching could add value to your growth. Cheers. Eduardo.
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Dear TPC Community – I am new to the community and am here to introduce myself! I help professionals stop underselling themselves and start commanding the rooms they’ve earned the right to be in.
I came to this career via my stage experience and my ICF coach qualifications. I work with individuals and businesses to help people walk confidently onto whichever stage they need to deliver on and do so with the confidence that they need.
My portfolio career includes 25+ years as a classical singer, soloing at the BBC Proms at the Albert Hall, singing on over 100 film soundtracks (this year’s include Mission Impossible, Fantastic Four and Jurassic World) and as a backing vocalist for the likes of Take That, Pulp and Florence & the Machine. Beyond this, I have run music departments in London schools, run choirs, and taught singing.
I’m excited to see how this platform works and i’ll see some of you next Tuesday!
All best, Polly
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Welcome Polly May
You are the second TPC member today I have interacted with whose first passion was singing – the other being Christabel Biella. Maybe the two of you could give us a duet at the Battersea Arts Centre on Tuesday?
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Lovely!
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Hey Polly
If you’re around this afternoon it would be lovely to see you at our Community Welcome call: https://portfolio-collective.com/events/getting-started-with-tpc/ We take 30 minutes to run through what TPC is about and what we have to offer, so is a strong way to start your time with us!
Shout if you have any questions in the meantime
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Dear Polly, just a note to say that I love movie soundtrack / movie score music, and wanted to say that I listen to playlists of that genre of music constantly – so no doubt have heard you sing. How amazing, what a talent. I wish I could sing, but I was born with the good ears to appreciate what I am listening to. Best regards, John
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Hey hey TPC Community!
I just joined this community, and am introducing myself!
I work with e-commerce startup and scale ups, helping founders build their visions into world class businesses with commercial, operational and product planning.
My career spans 20+ years working with some iconic grocery, lifestyle and homeware D2C e-commerce brands in the UK, EU & US, and I have worked with lots of fast growth startups over the last 8 years as a commercial leader. Most recently, I helped to launch BRiMM, a membership-led, planet positive e-commerce marketplace.
My passions outside of work include food, home interiors and renovating.
I’m excited to join this community as I continue to build my portfolio and can’t wait to connect with more of you at the career festival next week!
Best, Christabel
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Welcome to TPC Christabel Biella – I look forward to continuing the conversation at the Battersea Arts Centre on Tuesday
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Great to have you, Christabel!
Later this month we have our final Community Networking session of 2025, so it would be wonderful to see you there
https://portfolio-collective.com/events/community-networking/See you Tuesday!
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Hi Community,
I’m on a mission to help build purpose-led, self-managed organizations where culture, leadership, and well-being thrive.
To kick this off, I’m launching a series of online events- panel discussions designed to spark awareness and share practical insights.
I’m currently looking for speakers with experience in any of these areas who would like to exchange knowledge in an engaging and impactful conversation.
If you feel called to share your perspective and inspire others, I’d love to connect.
👉 More info: http://www.coirea.com
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Nice initiative, Maria
Some community members that might be a good fit for you: Christina Taylor, Beth Marchetti, Lara Hayward, Lara Hayward, Ramune Le, Jon Morgan, Hayley Harkins, Juliet Morris, Simone Werzberger, Kiki Steegstra
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Hello Maria, this sounds like a fantastic initiative. I work in Customer Experience and transformation, with a focus on building service models, culture alignment, and leadership practices that drive both performance and well-being. I would love to be involved and contribute to your panel discussions. Happy to connect and explore how I can add value.
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Hi Maria, nice to meet you. Happy to connect to find out a bit more about what you’re working on. I run my own consultancy where I focus on creating more people centric organisations and the many similar topics come up. Happy to have a chat and explore opportunities to collaborate. Feel free to book time with me: https://calendly.com/christina-learntogrow/30-minute
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Hello Maria, sorry to have spotted this so late. I wonder if my knowledge may be of use to you. I have worked and learnt directly from Buurtzorg and supported many organisations looking to implement self management. I worked on a 6 year project across four countries where we recorded the barriers and challenges in adopting the model of self management in the health and social care sector. If you have questions I would be very happy to have a call to see how I might support your conversations.
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Hi Maria – I’m a Presentation & Confidence Coach, with 25 years stage experience and an ICF coaching qualification. I help businesses increase their successes by ensuring their teams can present as confidently as they can strategise. I work with messaging, body language, voice and breath, in order to help staff feel more aligned with their role and thus more confident to deliver on the bigger stages. I would love to chat more about speaking for you. My website is http://www.polly…
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Dear TPC community, I’m setting up a new UK limited company and looking for an accountant to help with company setup, bookkeeping, and quarterly reporting. There won’t be any trading revenue for the first 12 months, but I’ll be using the company to apply for grants and build foundations for future operations. If you know of anyone, please let me know! Thanks!
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Exciting times, Charles! We have plenty of people within the community who would be able to help with this: Maneesh Jain, Scott Thomson, Teresa Owen, Jason Zollo, Matthew Winch, Suzannah Steele, Philip Knowles, Amir Foroughi, Joanna O'Neill, Mark Winkler
Also remember, as a Founding Member you have access to a free 30 minute consultation with our partners Crunch – you can find out how to make use of this benefit by navigating to the Membership Benefits section of your dashboard (let us know i…
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Hey Charles Gadsdon I have had an accountant for 20 years. Happy to share his details. Let’s connect.
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You could speak to my accountant he’s fab! https://www.instagram.com/heightsaccountancy?igsh=MTdpOGp3bzM0ZTczMA==
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Hi Charles, if you’re just starting up, rather than an accountant I would recommend using ANNA for your bank – automated book-keeping and e-filing services for anything you need for companies house in one place – if you’d like to keep costs low!
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Wow, thanks so much for sharing your story, Jay – it sounds like you’ve really made the effort to take something beautiful from a very hard time, so well done for that
As a new member of the community I’d definitely suggest coming along to our Community Welcome call – this 30 minute Zoom session runs through most of what we have to offer, so you can figure out the best use of your time with us: https://portfolio-collective.com/events/getting-started-with-tpc/
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