I work with founders and boards of established SMEs who want clearer decisions, stronger leadership, and better long-term outcomes.
My background is rooted in ownership. I’ve launched, grown, acquired, and sold businesses of my own, and I now work with leaders where decisions materially affect profitability, enterprise value, and future optionality.
This page brings together the most relevant ways to engage with my writing, thinking, and advisory work, depending on where you are in your journey.
The Scale Up Handbook (Newsletter)
A regular weekly newsletter for founders navigating the realities of growth: systems that don’t scale, pressure on margins, leadership strain, and decision fatigue. Focused on practical insight you can apply, not theory or hype.
Most relevant for:
Founders and MDs of £1m–£30m businesses who are scaling and want growth with control.
Weekly insight. No noise. Unsubscribe anytime.
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The Exit Roadmap (Newsletter)
This weekly newsletter explores how value is created long before a transaction, through structure, leadership, governance, and disciplined decision-making. Relevant whether exit is near or years away.
Most relevant for:
Business owners thinking seriously about exit, succession, or long-term optionality.
For owners planning ahead & not rushing a sale.
Subscribe to The Exit Roadmap
The Exit Roadmap (Book)
A practical guide for founders who want to understand what really drives value, how buyers think, and where businesses unintentionally destroy exit outcomes. The book also provides a clear, step-by-step guide to navigating the transaction itself, from preparation and positioning through to deal dynamics, diligence, and completion.
Most relevant for:
Owners who want a clearer, more controlled path to a higher-value exit.
Straightforward, practical, experience-led.
View the Book
Speaking & Media
I regularly speak to founder, leadership, and professional audiences on topics including scaling under pressure, exit readiness, board-level decision-making, and long-term enterprise value creation.
Most relevant for:
Event organisers, podcast hosts, online & offline publications, and networks serving SME founders and leaders.
Professional, experience-led contributions.
Speaking & Media Enquiries
Strategic Advisory at Chalkhill Blue
This work spans growth, scale-up, transformation, acquisition, funding, governance, and exit readiness. Engagements are experience-led and focused on improving decision quality and long-term commercial outcomes.
Most relevant for:
Founders, boards, and shareholders facing high-stakes decisions where the cost of getting it
wrong is material.
“With a strong retained client base, capacity for new advisory projects is naturally limited — though I’m always open to the right challenge.”
Selective engagements. Board-level focus.
Explore Strategic Advisory at Chalkhill Blue
Whether you’re looking to scale, exit, transform, or regain control, the next step is a focused, commercial conversation. No pressure. No generic pitch. Just experienced insight designed to deliver a return on your time and investment.