Often getting involved at strategic turning points, I specialise in leading strategic transitions, building finance operations, and delivering increased value to shareholders, customers, and teams within VC/CVC-backed tech-enabled startups. Skilled as an operator & growth enabler, currently I'm the principal finance leader for two SMEs. Prior to this, I led & accelerated two trade exits.
What I offer
Fractional CFO for seed to Series B stage businesses.
Hands-on leader and strategic partner who works to ensure a collaborative & purpose-led environment and achieve busniess growth.
I enable you and the wider team to define KPIs, assess financial viability, and benchmark the business against its competitors to drive sustainable business growth.
I bring rigour & contribute significantly to realise optimal financial control for businesses to make informed decisions, optimise financial strategy, and achieve their financial objectives.
A portfolio role that evolved into an operational role. Key impacts so far:
# £4.5m pre-Series B raise, opex reduced by over £900k annually, and capitalised £2m IP asset.
# lead US and UK finance team.
# a strategic partner to the CEO to drive the business to profitability.
A supervisory role for all financial and tax reporting & related activities. Duties include:
# maintain internal controls over financial reporting in the business
# review & present financial reports to the Board
# compliance with relevant German fiscal authorities
A Founders Factory incubated startup, the business has since exited to a larger fintech.
# Led finance, operations, compliance and investor reporting aspects for the business.
# Raised £1m seed fundraiser pitching to angel syndicates & EIS funds.
Delivered a build-exit strategy for a £12m scale-up.
# trade sale & integration to Generali Italia.
# transformed finance and business processes enabling scale business growth by 3x in customers, 5x in users, and from 20 people to 100+ people organisation operating across 10 countries.
Delivered business cases to leverage enterprise messaging infra & monetise OTT services. Two notables were:
# Lease IoT-based devices to large shipping cos & 3PL providers for assets tracking proposition
# Digital-wallet proposition to give consumers a simple & secure shopping experience