What I offer
Business Growth Consultancy
I work with founders, CEOs, Boards and Investors on anything from concept , business hypotheses, product market fit, Go to Market, Sales Strategy, grant and private capital funding, sales and business development, change and transformation, talent and leadership, and everything in between!
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REF Portfolio Peer Forum Partner and REF Forum Leader
I facilitate peer to peer groups of Business Leaders and Portfolio Professionals that meet once a month, physically and virtually, who
form 'circles of trust', leveraging their collective intelligence, reviewing their cases, sharing knowledge, and learning and growing together.
Non Executive Director
Currently NED on the Board of a US technology Inc. and Chair for an AI business being spun out of Durham University. I have previously sat on boards of many companies. I provide strategic direction, governance, commercial expertise and robust counsel. I am always happy considering new NED roles.
Business Mentor
I have been a business mentor for individuals and accelerators for many years. I was mentor for successive cohorts of the London Sport accelerator and I am a mentor for Imperial College's Enterprise Lab dedicated to entrepreneurship. I regularly mentor Founders, CEOs and Portfolio professionals.
Experiences
LEADERSHIP AND TURNAROUND AS CEO
Turnaround of health tech scale up. Succeeded in overhauling company; developing an effective sales organisation and ensuring client centric culture throughout business. Direction and empowerment of sales, marketing, operations, client services and development teams in London and Cornwall.
BUSINESS GROWTH AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT as Interim CEO
Absolute was a small disruptive insurance claims BPO organisation that had secured investment from a plc investor to significantly develop their business. The investors board invited me to take the role on a part time interim basis as a condition of the final part of their investment and turnaround.
CHANGE AND TRANSITION GlaxoSmithKline, as Interim Project Manager
Project and change management of divisional transformation programme to Target Industrial Model (TIM); as part of the overall divisional strategy. This included organisational and business process change. Overall responsibility and accountability for timely delivery of project.
INTERIM COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR at Hamilton Bradshaw
I was hired to provide oversight, build processes, accountability and direction of all non recruitment companies; property investment portfolio, new real estate division, and social enterprise joint ventures and the Caan charitable foundation.
NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR at WRLD Inc.
To advise on WRLD Inc's (previously Eegeo) next stage of growth, providing leadership, strategy development, change and transformation, and performance and culture improvement. Ultimately to prepare the company to achieve larger growth funding rounds.
MASTER FRANCHISOR at NEW HORIZONS COMPUTER LEARNING CENTRES UK & EIRE
Founder and Master Franchisor for United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland of New Horizons Computer Learning Centres. New Horizons, is a leading provider of IT skills training worldwide. I led the flagship operation in the UK, opening a further 6 centres in the UK in 4 years with £12m revenue.
