Commercial Edge.
Board-Level Impact.
Portfolio NED and Board Advisor working with PE-backed and growth-focused boards that want straight-talking commercial challenge alongside strategic support.
Most boards don’t lack governance. They lack commercial edge — someone at the table who has built, scaled, and turned around businesses, and who will say what needs to be said. That is what I bring. As a Portfolio Non-Executive Director and Board Advisor, I work with PE-backed and growth-focused boards across the UK, Europe, and internationally. My background is operational: Regional MD at Henkel, doubling revenue across five Southeast Asian markets, co-founding and exiting a Strategy and post-acquisition integration firm. I sit on boards not as a governance layer, but as a commercial asset.
Board Advisory & Non‑Executive Director roles
Straight-talking commercial challenge at board level. Working with PE-backed and growth-focused boards as a Non-Executive Director and Board Advisor.
M&A & Market Intelligence
Commercial due diligence, market intelligence, and strategic advisory for acquisitions, disposals, and market entry. PE-relevant, operator-led.
Trusted Counsel
Confidential commercial counsel for Chairs, CEOs, and senior executives at decision points where the stakes are commercial. Not coaching. Not theory.
AI at Board Level
Practical AI literacy applied as a commercial lever, not a technology project. Helping boards treat AI as a value creation opportunity — with the governance architecture to make it credible.
PE-backed services business reset
A PE-backed professional services business stalled 18 months into a 4-year value creation plan. Board-level commercial challenge diagnosed strategy mismatch, reset execution, and launched exit 18 months early.
Professional services partnership transition
A Managing Partner faced succession, partnership friction, and personal transition simultaneously. Confidential commercial counsel resolved all three: internal successor confirmed, two-tier partnership approved, NED portfolio career launched cleanly.
Founder-led scale-up under investor scrutiny
A £15m ARR Series B-funded business needed to evolve from “founder + friends” to professional governance. Independent NED challenge improved unit economics, supported founder transition, and unlocked Series C at a higher valuation.
Building a board-grade AI operating system
A Portfolio NED built a personal AI operating system with human-in-the-loop governance — demonstrating the same principles a board would expect of a portfolio company. Multi-agent stack, golden rule, credibility proof.
Ready for straight-talking commercial challenge at board level?
If you’re a Board Practice partner, PE Operating Partner, or Chair seeking a NED with genuine commercial depth and international operating experience, let’s talk.