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What I offer

Legal and Strategy Consulting

Legal and Strategy Consulting

I provide legal and strategy consulting services for early-stage companies, VCs, and SMEs. I help companies overcome challenges related to contracts, funding rounds, employment and HR matters, M&A (buy and sell side as well as running a M&A readiness programme), ESG and Sustainability, and DEI.

Non-Executive Director/Advisor

Non-Executive Director/Advisor

I provide strategic insight and constructive challenge as a non-executive director to help improve decision-making, with particular strength in strategic, legal, governance and compliance issues. As an Advisory Board Member, I support founders and their teams with strategic advice to grow and scale

We provide free resources and support to underestimated founders®.

We provide free resources and support to underestimated founders®.

I help underestimated founders grow and scale their businesses, and create opportunities to access capital. I often act as a mentor or advisor to the CEO.

Experiences

Senior Legal Director and Group Ethics and Compliance Director

Senior Legal Director and Group Ethics and Compliance Director

Managed the Asia and Americas legal function and bootstrapped the global ethics and compliance program to 24k employees across 129 locations in 29 countries. More recently added driving forward sustainability so it is operationalised across the organisation. Helped take company public in 2017.

NED/Advisor/Trustee

NED/Advisor/Trustee

Experienced independent NED to private organisations such as Agile Business Consortium and Puppet Animation Scotland. Also act as a trustee of Pave the Way. Board advisor to various startups.

Founder and Managing Partner - Diversity X

Founder and Managing Partner - Diversity X

Built a community from zero to 500 underestimated founders in less than 18 months as a side hustle. Created a founder education program which will launch in Sept 2023. Launched an angel syndicate to invest in certain underestimated founders from with the DX Founders' Community.

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Roles (/)
  • i.e. Marketing director
  • i.e. Mentor
  • Legal Consultant
  • Non Executive Director
  • Advisor To Founders And
  • Investor
  • Coach/Mentor
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  • i.e. Tech
  • i.e. Education
  • Startups
  • Manufacturing
  • Automotive
  • Legal services
  • Venture capital and private equity principals
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Skills (/)
  • i.e. Research
  • i.e. Branding
  • Legal Advice
  • Setting Strategic Vision
  • Corporate Governance
  • Fundraising
  • Commercial and legal support
  • Early-stage Startups
  • Board advisory / Board Member / NED
  • Collaborative Decision-making
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  • i.e. Digital nomad
  • i.e. Ex-Google
  • investor
  • advisor
  • NED
  • lawyer
  • general counsel
  • fractional GC
  • Business mentor
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