What I offer
Fractional Chief Financial Officer
Providing part time strategic financial support to startups and scale-ups where a full time CFO isn't required. Experience leading funding rounds in startups. Specialist in financial forecasting models, cashflow prediction.
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Fractional Chief of Staff (Strategic Projects)
Working as a fractional, hands-on chief of staff on strategic initiatives that don't fall into one specific area. Efficiently executing tasks as well as identifying what needs doing.
Identifying and implementing new ways to grow
Defining where to play & how to win
Identifying new business models, partnership opportunities & acquisitions
Assessing viability & market size
Building prototypes & bringing ideas to life
Building rapid prototypes, MVPs, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, landing pages to showcase an idea, get user feedback, conduct user testing or gain internal or external stakeholder buy-in
Assessing commercial viability & calculating market sizes
Assessing the commercial viability of a business, including focusing on the unit economics. Top down and bottom up market sizing forecasts. Financial models and scenario analysis, including sensitivity analysis. Staff levels / org design to improve commercial viability from a headcount perspective
Creating business cases & investor decks incl. financials
Building business cases for new businesses, products or services. Writing a compelling story in the form of investment or pitch decks, grounded in logic and sound financial metrics. Looking at different scenarios. Also working on the investment side in terms of due diligence and investment scouting
Experiences
Strategy and innovation consulting for the world's largest companies
Supporting clients across multiple sectors to identify growth opportunities, develop new business models and take their products to market. Worked with Philips, BAE Systems, Ford, CloudNC (Series B), McLaren, Calisen.
sidekick: mental health charity
Co-founded sidekick, a community charity creating tools, organising information and encouraging positive conversations about mental health
Designed, coded and maintain our iPhone app, designed to be your own personal mental health toolkit in your pocket
Co-produced podcast with over 50 episodes
Landlord: Property Trading Game
Conceptualised, designed, coded and launched Landlord, a real-world property game allowing players to manage an online property portfolio; buying venues they visit and earning rent as others check-in
Achieved over 20m downloads worldwide with monthly ARR in excess of £100k
Sold in 2014
PwC: Business Recovery and Debt Advisory
Currently supporting a VCT-backed vehicle repair and maintenance business across finance and strategy. Just helped them secure an additional £800k in growth funding.
