Expert network
Meet some of our expanding network of experts, coaches and consultants who are committed to supporting business growth.
Richard Garwell
Director & Business Growth SpecialistWLP
An experienced director, certified management consultant, process improvement specialist, business support advisor, and executive coach, Richard has a proven track record of delivering business performance improvement within the manufacturing sector.
Iain Hunter
Founding PartnerIain Hunter Associates (Part of THE Worldwide Partners)
Iain is an Advisor, Mentor and NED with experience in 4 geographies working with start-ups, SMEs, and young enterprises to build businesses, increase performance, results and value, often viewed through an operations, branding and communications lens.
Sharon Kindleysides
Chief Executive OfficerCILT (UK)
Sharon provides global expertise and strategic leadership on an Interim, Advisory, NED or permanent basis to Boards, Start-ups and Businesses facing challenges within Future Mobility, Smart Cities, Intelligent Transport (ITS) and Emerging Technology sectors.
Paul Oggelsby
Managing DIrectorRiverlite
Paul is an experienced CEO, investor and growth coach. With over 25 years of commercial experience, he has a proven track record of year-on-year double digit highly profitable organic business growth.
Julian Webb
Managing DIrectorChange2Achieve Ltd
Julian has worked in high profile senior leadership roles within the Manufacturing Sector (Food Industry, Electronics, Engineering, Textiles) for over 35 years and continues to provide workshops, mentoring, coaching and consulting for Directors and senior managers in a range of industries.
Nick Hadley
PartnerQuattrostar Consulting
Nick's background in both IT and commercial property have been common threads running through his several senior roles in differing industry sectors, where most of his work has been conducted at CxO and Board level. His consultancy supports businesses, particularly in IT and business strategy.
Alan Todd
Director, Business Adviser & ConsultantCambridge Business Advisers
With 25 years as a Banking Professional in senior Management positions, 10 years as a Director of Finance in a medium-sizes not-for-profit and 10 years as a Business Consultant/Advisor, Alan brings a full range of experience to support clients.
Jan Fachot
PartnerPEM Cambridge
With over 10 years working in a couple of the Big 4, Jan specialises in startup tax efficient equity funding (SEIS, EIS, VCT), R&D tax credits, RDEC, Patent Box, buying and selling, structuring, M&A tax and international tax, as well as expatriate tax issues.
Dr Chris Owen
Managing DirectorOwen & Partners Ltd
With over 30 years of experience in advanced manufacturing sectors, Chris has help operational senior leadership and line management roles in Quality, Manufacturing, Operations, Product Development, Engineering and Supply Chain.
James Duez
NED, Investor, Co-Founder and CEORainbird Technologies
With over 20 years of experience in industry, James helps start-up founders find the right product/market fit and accelerate them through the discovery phase and on to revenue generation. While sometimes investing himself, he helps businesses find the right funding, typically at Seed or Series A stage.
Dennis Embleton
Managing DirectorEmbleton Business Growth
Dennis is a successful entrepreneur having started his own business from scratch in 1996. He built the business to over £20 million turnover. He is also a business coach and brings a vast wealth of experience in SME business around the world.
Harry Harris
Business ConsultantNexus Tree Consulting
Harry has over 30 years business experience in leadership and management in multiple sectors and working with start-ups to national organisations in both business and third sector.
