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Open to Chief of Staff, Founder’s Office and strategy & operations roles

Strategy / Growth / Building

From theboardroomto theblank sheet.

I work alongside founders and executives to turn ambitious ideas into commercial opportunities, operating systems and measurable execution.

Where I’ve worked

  • Hastings Direct
  • Paddle
  • RBC Brewin Dolphin
  • Canaccord
  • Circus Capital
  • Founder-led ventures

In numbers

Across finance, strategy, operations and growth
10 years
Businesses progressed to pilot stage at a seed-stage AI venture
6
Series D at Paddle, where I supported the financial analysis
$200m+
Currently building
Turnout concept screen: a place opened up on a Saturday long run, held for 9 minutes 41 before it passes to the next person, with a hold-to-take-it button.

Concept direction, 2026. Product and UX by me; brand by A Plus M Studio.

Turnout logo

Turnout. A sports and wellness community platform I co-founded.

Turnout connects clubs and people, bringing together a sports and wellness market that’s fragmented. Clubs get a backend for collecting money and organising events, and Poppy, our AI agent, supports the coordination.

From the initial concept through company formation and product testing, I’ve led commercial strategy, product and UX direction, monetisation and go-to-market. I conceived Poppy, our AI agent, and work with our fractional CTO, who builds the technical implementation.

My role
Co-founder
I lead
Commercial & product
My concept
Poppy, our AI agent
Selected work

A few things I’ve worked on.

The CoS OS Investor Relations Desk for a fictional company raising an £8m Series A: indicative interest, soft commitments, legally committed and funds received shown separately, a capital ladder against the target, and investor conversion by stage.

AI · Product · Business Operations

Building the Chief of Staff system I wanted to use.

I built CoS OS to bring strategy, project delivery, commercial pipeline management and investor relations into one AI-enabled operating workspace. Rather than creating another dashboard, I wanted to connect the information executives rely on with the decisions and actions that follow.

Zero-to-One Growth · Go-to-Market

Finding the market before there’s a playbook.

Working alongside a technical founding team at a seed-stage AI venture, I helped turn an emerging technology proposition into an actionable go-to-market strategy, progressing six businesses to pilot stage.

Executive-level delivery · Canaccord, Commercial Office

Making strategy executable.

Business Initiatives Lead · Commercial Office

Working directly with the Group Chief Commercial Officer of a major wealth management business, I developed an organic growth strategy adopted by the Executive Committee and established the governance and operating rhythm to turn leadership priorities into coordinated delivery.

  • Strategy adopted, and made executable
  • Eight workstreams to Board sign-off
A little about me

A little bit of everything.A lot of getting things done.

My career has taken me from the financial and operational foundations of listed businesses to venture-backed technology, investment management and building something of my own.

I’ve worked directly with executive teams on commercial strategy, growth initiatives, fundraising, financial planning and business operations. More recently, I’ve co-founded a venture, developed early-stage go-to-market strategies and built AI-powered tools to make small teams more effective.

What connects the experience is a willingness to move between strategy and execution, understand the detail and take responsibility for getting things done.

Beyond the boardroom

There’s more to life than a job title.

When I’m not working, I’m usually learning something new, finding a new place to explore, getting lost in a book or convincing myself I have time for another project.
  1. 01

    Art & collecting

    Developing my eye and discovering artists and ideas.

  2. 02

    Reading & learning

    Economics, technology, business and whatever catches my curiosity.

  3. 03

    AI & experimentation

    Building practical tools and agents, mostly to see what’s possible.

  4. 04

    Movement & wellness

    Tennis, Pilates and finding time to move.

  5. 05

    Travel & culture

    New places, music, different cultures and interesting conversations.

Contact

Have something interesting in mind?

I’m always interested in meeting ambitious founders, thoughtful operators and people building interesting things.

Whether it’s a business challenge, a collaboration or simply a conversation, I’d love to hear from you.