Business Development - Sales & Marketing - Culture & Leadership.

Commerce, communication, reputation and responsibility.They’re all facets of the same diamond.

What I do

I work as an interim, executive or non-executive director, and as counsel, mentor and coach. I don’t mind what you call me, but I help people to grow profitable and responsible companies.

I help founders, management teams and investors to make and execute sensible and achievable plans for sustainable growth.

My expertise and experience is to blend commercial nous and business intelligence with empathy, ethics and creativity.  Profit with principles.

I help them to build the sales & marketing processes and foundations to ensure that they understand their customers, and can communicate the right thing to them, in the right way at the right time.

All companies grow by reputation, so I help my clients to improve what they do and how they do it, both with their customers and their teams.

I teach them how to sell themselves without selling their soul.

 Who I work with.

I work with founders, investors and leadership teams of purpose-driven, responsible and sustainable companies.

Designers, creatives, engineers and makers who don’t think of themselves as ‘businesspeople’.

Brilliant leaders who have never built and led teams of their own.

Innovators with planet-saving ideas, but no experience of how to bring them to market or where and how to find investment.

Investors who want to nurture and protect the ideas and people they’ve backed.

Since I started this kind of work in 2014 I’ve worked with: architects, software engineers, accountants, lawyers, graphic designers, farmers, venture capitalists, rug-makers, apparel & fashion designers, events companies, laser-cutters, environmental activists, furniture makers, technology hardware manufactures, metal spinners, ad agencies, brand studios, photographers, PR companies, yoga teachers, motorcycle maintenance trainers, private equity houses and impact investors.

I’d love to add to your company to that list.

 Why do people come to me?

[What problems do I solve?]

They’re usually people who are so busy running their businesses, they can never find time to grow their businesses.

They need to hone their skills, improve their internal and external communications, and better understand the way their customers buy and procure their products and services

They need help to devise, set and follow workable plans to track their progress and hit their targets.

Most of them need and want someone to hold them accountable, and to ensure that deadlines don’t whoosh past.

Mostly, they need a kind advisor to give them experienced advice, urge them forward, offer truly constructive criticism, and to show them how they can reach their goals.

It can be lonely at the top, so often they need protection, reassurance, counsel and guidance.

My clients always say it better than I can.

 What I do.

[and how I do it]

What?

Growth planning

Brand, team and culture development

Sales & Marketing foundations, processes and infrastructure

Communication strategy and campaigns

Leadership training

Succession planning and transformation

Oversight and governance

Lobbying, advocacy and influence.

How

Regular coaching & planning sessions

Workshops for teams and events

Quarterly reviews

Advisory boards

Interim, Exec & Non-Exec Directorships

Every client I work with is different, so of course I work with them all differently. Everything always starts with a free chat to see if we are the right fit for each other, and then I can suggest a range of ways that will suit everyone’s budget, time and resources.

So let’s start with a chat.

Experience