Board Advisor | Growth Strategy | Commercial Leadership | Organisational Culture | Executive Mentor | Fractional Commercial Director | Founder & Managing Director The Hand Consulting
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A commercially astute and strategically minded Growth, Commercial and Business Development leader with more than 25 years' experience helping organisations accelerate sustainable growth, strengthen commercial performance and build high-performing cultures. Founder and Managing Director of The Hand, with a decade of experience partnering with entrepreneurial businesses, creative agencies and international organisations to design commercial strategies, reposition propositions, optimise sales and marketing functions, strengthen CRM capability and develop scalable revenue engines. Work has contributed more than £50 million in attributable commercial impact.
Recognised for combining commercial insight with emotional intelligence, excels at creating alignment between strategy, people and culture.
Founder & Managing Director at The Hand Consulting (2013-01 – Present)
Founded and continue to lead a specialist commercial consultancy providing embedded growth leadership and strategic advisory services to creative agencies and B2B organizations across the UK and internationally. Working directly with founders, boards and executive leadership teams to help navigate periods of growth, repositioning and commercial change.
Fractional Commercial Director at Cite (2026-03 – Present)
Providing board-level commercial leadership to an employee-owned consultancy, supporting strategic repositioning, cultural transformation and sustainable growth through a renewed commercial strategy and market focus.
Fractional Global Advisory Sales Director at MovePlan Group (2019-01 – 2023-12)
Provided executive-level commercial leadership to a global workplace consultancy operating across the UK, Europe and North America, supporting the Board and executive leadership team through one of the most challenging periods in the organisation.
Training Associate Member (AIGA) | Institute of Group Analysis (IGA)
Member | Institute of Directors (IoD)
DBA Accredited Expert | Design Business Association (DBA)
BA (Hons) English Literature & Sociology | University of Kent
Continuous professional development in organizational psychology, leadership coaching and executive mentoring.
Ongoing study in Group Analysis, applying behavioural and systems-thinking approaches to organizational effectiveness, board dynamics and leadership performance.
Regular contributor to commercial best practice, growth strategy and business development thought leadership within the creative and professional services sectors.
