About me
- From the North-West, settled in the Midlands.
- Set up my first company during university, which my business partner Mark runs to this day.
- Advised over 120 companies in strategy, scaling and exiting.
- I invest in and purchase companies where I see a good match of personalities.
- I love to create! Electronics, businesses, processes, even furniture – creating is a great feeling.
Board memberships & advisory roles
- SAIB Solutions – advisor and IT lead
- Mission Diverse – advisor & mentor
- Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce – business mentor
- Staffordshire Local Area Advisor Board – board member
- Old Birkonian Society – council member
What matters to me
- 60% of people in the UK work for a Small Businesses. We can do great things if we decide to.
- We never stop learning, including about ourselves. Know what you’re good at and what you’re rubbish at.
- Work with great people, support them and give them a workplace they love.
- Just like a business, society needs to think long-term but act quickly.
- People generally have good intentions, but that doesn’t mean they’re right all the time! – especially advisors like me. Take advice, listen – but at the end of the day, do what works for you.
The team
As small business owners we can’t do everything by ourselves. It is always important to surround yourself with a strong team, and these are some of my colleagues who I work with to improve businesses.
- Mark Pennington – my business partner, experienced Integrator, Oxford Executive Leadership graduate and the Managing Director of our IT company.
- Claire Dudson – business strategist, facilitator and trainer.
- Martyn Jennings – advisor, process & system developer and acquisition integrator.