Most business advisors earn their credibility once — then spend years talking about it. I earn mine every week.
I’ve built from both sides. As a founder, I started from nothing and learned what the textbooks leave out. As an operator, I’ve spent twenty plus years inside organisations — building commercial engines, scaling teams, fixing what was broken — with resources I didn’t fully control and authority I had to earn rather than assume. That combination is rarer than it sounds.
I ran global operations at some of the world’s largest technology companies. Not from a stage. From inside the machine.
The professionals I work with are senior people inside complex organisations: executives who need to make something significant happen without owning the whole board. They come from different industries, because the challenge — building inside structures you don’t fully control — is not industry-specific. I work with a small number of them at any given time.
Books
The Build (yourself) series. Written for people doing the work, not studying it.
The Founder
For those entering professional or entrepreneurial life for the first time. What the textbooks leave out — and what you actually need to know before you start.
The Intrapreneur
For those building inside organisations they don’t own. How to operate with real impact, influence, and independence inside complex structures.
The Leader
For those who lead people with formal authority. How to make leadership intentional rather than inherited — and what separates the ones who last.
The Team
For those building and managing teams. The conditions under which teams actually work — and why most don’t.
Work With Me
Advisory & Consulting
For organisations and senior leaders navigating commercial complexity. Strategy and execution, from the inside out. 2–3 clients at a time.
Coaching
For executives and senior managers who want to think more clearly, decide more confidently, and lead more effectively. Maximum 6–8 clients.
Speaking & Training
Keynotes, panels, and executive workshops on commercial leadership, intrapreneurship, and building from the inside.
I take 2–3 consulting clients at any given time. If you think we might be a fit, the first step is a conversation — not a form.