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What I offer

Chartered Director services

Chartered Director services

I provide support and services to SME Boards, ranging from informal pro-bono mentoring to board training and board effectiveness reviews.

You wouldn't let and unqualified practitioner diagnose your medical needs, so why allow the health of your company to be diagnosed by an unqualified board?

D7 Advisers Ltd

D7 Advisers Ltd

Founded in 2022, D7 Advisers helps founders, boards, programmes and projects make better quality decisions using a high-end blend of business and military planning and decision-making skills.

Board Trustee at HighGround

Board Trustee at HighGround

HighGround helps Service Leavers, Reservists and Veterans to work out what military skills and experience they have, how they will map into the land-based sector and how to access the many opportunities it offers for employment and self-employment.

Onboarding Officers - NED Programme Ambassador

Onboarding Officers - NED Programme Ambassador

OnBoarding Officers is an exclusive community for exiting military officers to help them transfer their skills into the commercial world and become world-class business leaders.

Experiences

Brexit resilience planning Director

Brexit resilience planning Director

Parachuted into Highways England Ltd as the Special Projects Director to form and lead a new business unit responsible for Brexit resilience planning across the company and into local and central government. A little like being on military operations but without being shot at!

Strategy adviser

Strategy adviser

Former adviser to The LandApp, an early-stage startup bringing technology and nature together so that everyone from landowners, farmers, farm advisors, land agents, ecologists and surveyors can better protect the landscape and secure its future.

UK Armed Forces

UK Armed Forces

First career spent serving in the UK, Germany, Hong Kong, Nepal, the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan with the British Army and wider Defence. Please just ask if you would like to know more. Best job...forming and leading the UK Media Communications unit in Afghanistan. Left for greater challenge.

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Roles (/)
  • i.e. Marketing director
  • i.e. Mentor
  • Non Executive Director
  • Board Member
  • Board Director
  • Board Adviser
  • Business Mentor
  • Founder
  • Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
  • Special Projects Director
  • Brand Ambassador
  • Military Officer
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Industries (/)
  • i.e. Tech
  • i.e. Education
  • Strategic management services
  • National infrastructure
  • Transportation, logistics, supply chain and storage
  • Defence
  • Space
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Career experience

31+ years

Regions
  • Europe
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Skills (/)
  • i.e. Research
  • i.e. Branding
  • Board Governance
  • Board Advisory
  • Leadership, coaching and mentoring
  • Strategy & Planning
  • Transformation
  • Crisis avoidance & recovery
  • Reputation Management
  • Performance Assurance
  • Risk & ESG Management
  • Stakeholder Engagement
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Keywords (/)
  • i.e. Digital nomad
  • i.e. Ex-Google
  • Adviser
  • Consultant
  • leadership
  • Strategy
  • corporate governance
  • Planning
  • transformation
  • Advisory Boards
  • ESG
  • Non-Executive Director
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