We 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.
We 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.
Close enough to see clearly, without the blind spots of being the person in the chair
Founders and leadership teams are often too close to their own business to see clearly what's building underneath it. That outside vantage point comes from twenty five years spent alongside founders and senior leaders, watching the same pattern 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 we 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
A defined initiative
We 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.
Advisory
An unresolved issue
A long standing or emerging issue is hampering growth and needs objective assessment, and often help resolving. Example: running the AI Exposure and Ownership diagnostic to manage AI risk.
What this solves
What you'll actually notice change
Each of these looks like a different problem. They're really the same question asked four ways: is this 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 we're 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. The current focus is B2B professional and financial services, £2m to £25m, private.
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.
Live right now
Interact Technology · AI Diagnostic
Running the AI Exposure and Ownership 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.
Why this, why now
AI is accelerating growth. It's also planting the future landmines boards are most nervous about.
43%
of breached organisations experienced an incident involving Shadow AI this year, more than double last year's 20 percent.
The gap surfaces at the exact moment a business is trying to grow. A due diligence process, a board update, or a live acquisition negotiation will bring AI exposure into the open whether the business has prepared for it or not.
SOURCE: IBM COST OF A DATA BREACH REPORT, 2026, WITH THE PONEMON INSTITUTE
Let's talk
Start with a conversation, not a pitch
Fifteen minutes is usually enough to know if there's a genuine fit.
