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What I offer

Brand Capital & Strategic Defensibility

Brand Capital & Strategic Defensibility

Clarify what makes your business distinctive and defensible. I help leaders turn underused brand potential into pricing power, margin and long-term value. From Vodafone to Bentley, I support teams building brand capital that compounds.

Growth Partner

Growth Partner

I support businesses wherever they are in their journey. Strategic positioning, growth strategy, and the systems that turn potential into performance. The result is brand capital that compounds.

Experience Systems & Customer Value Creation

Experience Systems & Customer Value Creation

From BT Group's transformation to developing Cazoo's CX, I help design experiences that brings brand promise and reality into alignment. I help teams create systems that build understanding, trust and long-term value.

Strategic Advisory & Board Support

Strategic Advisory & Board Support

Sometimes the gap is not strategy, but how it’s communicated. I help senior teams translate brand value into a shared language for customers, boards and investors. Quietly compelling, commercially grounded.

Experiences

Founder & CEO – Ourglass & Partners

Founder & CEO – Ourglass & Partners

Built a wine business shaped by brand principles, not trends. Grew from concept to Decanter award winner, with 70%+ retention. Ourglass blends curation, clarity and confidence in a crowded category.

Strategy Partner – Ogilvy UK

Strategy Partner – Ogilvy UK

Led brand strategy for Vodafone’s multi-billion pound global Microsoft partnership. Also led development of their service brand and product offer. Worked across teams to align market narrative with business outcomes. Part of a wider shift toward brand-led growth in enterprise.

Director of Strategy – BBH Zag, McCann, Publicis.Sapient, AKQA

Director of Strategy – BBH Zag, McCann, Publicis.Sapient, AKQA

Delivered brand and experience strategy for organisations navigating change – from Unilever and VW to Cazoo and Bentley. Focused on defining position, clarifying offer, and improving experience across key moments.

Founding Member – Wales Youth Parliament

Founding Member – Wales Youth Parliament

Founding member of Wales Youth Parliament. Engaged directly with ministers in the Senedd and Westminster, building cross-party support for youth initiatives. Successfully generated funding and policy changes through vision and advocacy.

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Roles (/)
  • i.e. Marketing director
  • i.e. Mentor
  • Founder & CEO
  • Strategy
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Industries (/)
  • i.e. Tech
  • i.e. Education
  • Food and beverage services
  • Telco
  • Charity
  • Automotive
  • Technology
  • Start-ups / scale-ups
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Career experience

21-30 years

Regions
  • Europe, 
  • North America (east coast)
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Skills (/)
  • i.e. Research
  • i.e. Branding
  • Brand & Business Growth expert
  • Brand Strategy
  • Product Strategy
  • Research and analysis
  • Marketing Strategy
  • B2B Marketing
  • Growth Strategy
  • Strategy
  • B2B Marketing Strategy
  • Customer Journey Mapping
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Keywords (/)
  • i.e. Digital nomad
  • i.e. Ex-Google
  • Brand
  • growth
  • AI
  • Brand Positioning
  • Customer Experience
  • Strategist
  • Founder and Entrepreneur
  • founder mentor
  • marketing consultant
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