Strategic and Operational Financial Leadership for Ambitious Businesses
Helping founder-led and PE-backed companies grow, restructure, and thrive.
A commercially sharp and emotionally intelligent CFO with over 20 years’ experience supporting SMEs and scale-ups through growth, challenge, and transformation. I work with businesses at pivotal moments—whether scaling, restructuring, or preparing for investment or exit—bringing clarity, energy, and grounded leadership.
I combine strategic direction with operational delivery, building financial frameworks and executing them with precision. With a balance of commercial insight, operational rigour, and emotional intelligence, I bring the full breadth of CFO capability—tailored to where your business is now, and where you want it to go.
Think like a CEO, operate like a founder, and lead like a partner.
Leadership for businesses at a pivot point.
I work with companies navigating change—whether scaling fast, managing restructure, or preparing for investment or exit. I bring both strategic direction and hands-on delivery, stepping in as a CFO who brings clarity to complexity and momentum to opportunity.
From designing the plan to executing it with precision, I lead with commercial insight, operational discipline, and emotional intelligence.
The Difference.
Where many CFOs bring financial stewardship, I bring entrepreneurial empathy, strategic foresight, and operational resilience. My difference lies not in ticking the typical CFO boxes—but in going far beyond them.
Commercial Edge & Human Insight
Most finance leaders are analytical. Fewer are intuitive. I’m both. I don't just report the numbers—I influence them. From startup funding rounds to board-level strategy in PE-backed groups, I blend financial acuity with emotional intelligence to align teams, drive growth, and build trust at every level.
Difference: I think like a CEO, operate like a founder, and lead like a true business partner—not just a finance technician.
Proven Impact Across the Lifecycle
Unlike peers who’ve specialised narrowly, I’ve delivered across the full arc—from startup to exit, from turnaround to scale-up, from domestic to global. I’ve built finance functions from scratch, led group restructures, secured multi-million-pound funding, and navigated international expansion—often simultaneously.
Difference: I bring battle-tested experience across all stages of the growth journey, not just one phase of it.
Global Outlook with Local Delivery
I’ve led distributed teams, opened overseas offices, and delivered cross-border finance leadership without losing sight of cultural or operational nuance. I know when to centralise, when to localise, and how to keep decision-making connected across time zones and reporting lines.
Difference: I deliver global sophistication without corporate bureaucracy.
Operator, Not Just Advisor
Where others advise, I execute. I’ve personally led ERP migrations, transformed FP&A, embedded internal controls, and managed daily cashflow under pressure. I’m as comfortable on the ground with the ops team as I am presenting to a board of investors.
Difference: I’m a sleeves-rolled-up leader who delivers real change, not just PowerPoint.
Founder Mentality, Finance Rigour
Running my own businesses and supporting countless founders has given me deep empathy for what’s at stake. I know how lonely it can be. I know what keeps them up at night. And I bring the clarity and calm they need to move forward—with data-driven confidence and commercially-sound judgment.
Difference: I bridge the gap between founder ambition and financial reality—with heart and with numbers.
Collaborative, Commercial, Committed
If you're looking for a finance leader who can bring clarity to ambiguity, lead from the front, and create tangible enterprise value—not just tick compliance boxes—you’re in the right place.
I work as a true strategic partner: collaborative in approach, commercially focused, and fully committed to your success.
Whether navigating growth, transition, or transformation, I bring a steady hand and a forward-looking mindset. Equally at home building a financial model or presenting to the board, I translate ambition into results—combining analytical strength with people-first leadership and calm under pressure.
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