Our Growth Experts
Our panel of eight Growth Experts are all former consulting business owners, who have sold their firms for between £10m and £30m. Their experience crosses sectors and specialisms, and they now all coach, mentor and advise owners within and outside the Network.
Their contributions are varied, including hosting events, contributing ideas on Slack and sharing their insights with new members through their Strategic Reviews.
The roles of our Growth Experts
Marc Jantzen Connect on LinkedIn
Strengths
Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Conflict Management
Areas covered
Guildford, South East, London
Achievements
Built and sold a multi-award winning sales, service and cultural transformation consultancy to Capita for £10m. Now advising consultancy owners via TheNub as well as founding The Consultancy Growth Network.
Dom Moorhouse Connect on LinkedIn
Strengths
Strategy, Sales, PS-related capability build, High-performing team development, P3M, Knowledge/IP/methodology management, senior team mentoring
Areas covered
Guildford, South East, London
Achievements
Built a business transformation consultancy to £20m in 5 years. Author of 5 guides on entrepreneurship in the context of professional services. Now involved in businesses such as Method Grid and acting as a mentor, NED and angel investor.
Marcia Marini Connect on LinkedIn
Strengths
Business Growth, Strategy, Exit Planning, M&A, Board Governance, Setting-up a Board, Shareholders Alignment, Family Business, Leadership, Executive Coaching and Mentoring
Areas covered
Central London
Achievements
Led the growth and sale of several consultancies, including one that grew to £20m in 7 years. She has driven expansion of businesses internationally to over 20 countries. Marcia has been involved in the completion of 15 M&A transactions. She holds several NED and Board Advisory roles.
Sarah Matthew Connect on LinkedIn
Strengths
Growth and Commercial Strategy, Marketing and Comms, People and Performance
Areas covered
South East, London, Dorset
Achievements
Multi-award-winning entrepreneur and mentor who has scaled and sold two consulting firms. Now a NED, angel investor, accredited transformational coach and leader at The Vibrant Company, providing consulting, coaching and mentorship.
Chris Parry Connect on LinkedIn
Strengths
Strategy, sales, stages of business growth, team/board/relationship dynamics and mentoring
Areas covered
Kent, South East, London
Achievements
Built a £10m turnover award winning leadership development consultancy employing more than 100 people, steered it through a series of mergers and acquisitions until its final acquisition by IBM. Now an investor, NED, mentor and coach.
Richard Squire Connect on LinkedIn
Strengths
Strategy; marketing; helping align all aspects of a firm to enable growth and build value; preparing firms for investment or acquisition
Areas covered
London, South East
Achievements
Built and sold 2 market-leading specialist consulting firms, both providing global support in shaping and delivering complex transformation and technology programmes for major organisations in the financial services sector. Now a board advisor to professional services and technology firms and Fintech Founder and CEO.
Augusto Negrillo Connect on LinkedIn
Strengths
M&A, Investment, Equity Growth, Technology, Data, Digital Transformation and Change
Areas covered
London, South West, all of UK
Achievements
Run and sold business in Sydney Australia (over $35m). Built a sold a business in Perth, Australia (over $10m). Built and sold a business in UK (over £20m). Started Vivero as Advisory and M&A execution partner to consulting SME businesses.
David Bailey Connect on LinkedIn
Strengths
Growth and Commercial Strategy, Marketing and Comms, People and Performance
Areas covered
London, Reading and 50 mile radius
Achievements
Professional services advisor since 2009. Built and sold management consulting firm Impact Plus (£10m turnover) to Hitachi Consulting. Became Managing VP and a member of Hitachi’s Global Consulting Committee and European Strategy Board. In advisory spaces, acquisitions for KMPG, BearingPoint and BIP Group; multiple company sales of UK businesses to UK, Ireland, Italian and German buyers; strategy review of firms £1m-40m turnover; ongoing growth advisor for firms £2-12m turnover.