Track Record

My experience spans founder-led businesses, investment-backed environments and private family offices, with a track record of building operations, solving complex problems and delivering through periods of growth, change and pressure.

Scaling Businesses & Building Operations

From first employee to operational leadership

I joined a founder-led property investment, development and asset management business as its first employee and helped build the operational infrastructure required to support its growth from approximately £65m to more than £500m in assets under management.

As the business evolved, my remit expanded across operations, finance, asset management, people, marketing and communications, working directly with the founder and taking ownership across both the business and its assets.

Financial Oversight & Cost Control

Commercial discipline alongside operational delivery

I’ve held significant financial responsibility across businesses and complex asset portfolios, managing operating budgets from £100k to £5m+ and capex programmes exceeding £30m. My focus has always been on understanding where money is being spent, where value is being created and where things can work better.

I’ve delivered operational cost savings of 20% through restructuring, process improvement and contract renegotiation, as well as managing cashflow pressures, negotiating payment arrangements and balancing commercial discipline with the need to maintain important supplier and stakeholder relationships.

Complex Projects & Risk Resolution

Taking ownership when the stakes are high

Much of my career has involved stepping into situations where there is no obvious playbook, multiple stakeholders are involved and the financial, legal or reputational consequences matter. I bring structure to the problem, establish what needs to happen and take ownership through to resolution.

This has included leading a highly contentious, multi-party legal and operational project to a successful outcome within eight months, recovering 75% of long-outstanding defects retention funds within six months, and managing sensitive founder and principal matters involving significant legal, financial and reputational considerations.

Founder & Principal Partnership

Trusted support at the centre of the business

I’ve spent most of my career working directly alongside founders and principals, often with visibility across both the strategic priorities of the business and the operational detail required to deliver them. My role has frequently been to connect the two, bringing structure to priorities, filtering complexity and making sure decisions turn into action.

That has meant acting as a sounding board and trusted operational partner, establishing clearer reporting and decision-making structures, coordinating teams and advisers, and using judgement and discretion in fast-moving or sensitive situations where there is rarely a straightforward answer.

Global Operations & Stakeholder Management

Operating across borders, businesses & stakeholder groups

My experience includes leading teams, operations and projects across the UK, Ireland, USA, Germany, Netherlands, UAE and Singapore, working with internal teams and external advisers across different jurisdictions, time zones and regulatory environments.

I’ve established new international entities, coordinated legal, tax, banking and compliance requirements, and worked with investors, lenders, legal advisers, finance teams and other senior stakeholders. I’m comfortable being the point of connection between different parties, keeping communication clear and maintaining momentum when there are multiple interests and dependencies involved.