Murray Brown — Sustainable Growth, Value Creation

I help businesses grow at a pace they can sustain.

Revenue growth is only half of the story. A strong P&L can be masking pressure points that put growth at risk: client over-concentration, key person dependency, shadow AI, cashflow squeeze.

I help you navigate the next stages of growth, and avoid the problems that can undo it later.

Twenty five years including two decades inside JPMorgan, where growing revenue and managing risk were never two different jobs. Now applying both sides of that to scaling, private market businesses.

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Beaconsfield, UK · murray@mjbconsulting.uk

The vantage point

Close enough to see clearly, without the blind spots of being the person in the chair

Founders and leadership teams are so close to their own business it can be hard to see what's building underneath it. That outside vantage point comes from twenty five years spent alongside founders and senior leaders, watching patterns repeat across sectors and business cycles.

Twenty years inside a rigorous, risk literate institution, translated for businesses that don't have easy access to that level of experience. Judgement, tested under real conditions - technology bubbles, financial crises and now the AI revolution.

Gain the outside perspective and execution capability institutional investors bring to their portfolio companies, without having to sell equity or governance control to get it.

How I help

Two ways to work together

For B2B professional, financial, and other knowledge based service businesses. Typically £2m to £25m in revenue, private, pre or early in their investment cycle.

Interim / Fixed Term

Deliver a defined initiative

I lead a growth focused initiative with a defined outcome and budget, for a set period. Not a vacancy to fill, a specific initiative where the capacity, experience, or judgement to execute is needed. Example: a six month strategic partnership activation project.

Crossroads Advisory

Resolve a growth blockage

A long standing or emerging issue is hampering growth and needs objective assessment, and often help resolving. Example: running the AI Usage & Exposure Diagnostic to manage AI risk.

An entry point

Scale with AI and stay in control.

AI Usage & Exposure Diagnostic is a short, practical assessment that gives leadership a clear, evidence based view of how AI is actually being used across the business, and where real exposure lies before it becomes a problem.

43%

of breached organisations experienced an incident involving Shadow AI this year, more than double last year's 20 percent.

SOURCE: IBM COST OF A DATA BREACH REPORT, 2026, WITH THE PONEMON INSTITUTE

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Problems I solve

What you'll actually notice change

Each of these looks like a different problem. They're really the same question asked four ways: is our growth built to last?

Growth

Growth has stalled

The right partnerships or distribution channels aren't there. You'll see a working route to market you didn't have before, and a pipeline structure you can keep using after I'm gone.

PROOF: ANKURA, ETHY, CURRENTLY MY JOB GURU

Investment readiness

Ambition, lacking infrastructure

Pre-investment or early stage, without the operating infrastructure a serious investor expects. You'll see infrastructure that can actually withstand due diligence, not just ambition on a slide.

PROOF: THE INSOMNIA CLINIC, RESOLUTE GLOBAL

AI exposure

Nobody's sure what's exposed

AI has been adopted faster than anyone can see clearly. You'll see a scored, evidence based picture of where the real risks sit, and a prioritised plan to close it.

PROOF: THE DIAGNOSTIC ITSELF, CURRENTLY INTERACT TECHNOLOGY

Hidden pressure

Something feels off

Hard to name, even though the numbers still look fine. You'll see the actual pressure points, named, owned, and being managed, instead of growing underneath a good looking P&L.

PROOF: MJB OPERATING SYSTEM — IN BETA

Recent work

Proof, not promises

A recent working record across different stages and situations, growth, infrastructure, risk. I focus on B2B professional and financial services, turning over £2m to £25m, unlisted.

Ankura · Strategic Partnerships

Two strategic regtech partnerships activated, unlocking a stalled capability.

Resolute Global · Growth Director

Turned early ambition into infrastructure ready for seed investment.

Ethy · Growth Director

Signed a new revenue generating strategic partnership within a short fractional engagement.

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Interact Technology · AI Diagnostic

Running the AI Usage & Exposure Diagnostic, following early positive interest from the founder.

The Insomnia Clinic · Advisory

Advising through a shift from consumer to business facing, helping identify growth risk and funding routes.

My Job Guru · Growth Partner

Positioning and negotiating a strategic partnership with a global HR and people advisory group.

Let's talk

Start with a conversation, not a pitch

Fifteen minutes is usually enough to know if there's a genuine fit.

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