Experience

RunYourself

• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  RunYourself is a leadership development platform with 1-on-1 peer coaching at its core. Our mission is to enable leaders to learn how to bring out the best in themselves and those they lead by stepping out from the ‘doing’ and taking regular time for reflection. We believe that each of us has the potential of achieving extraordinary things if we're provided with the space to reflect and think for ourselves. RunYourself is a leadership development platform with 1-on-1 peer coaching at its core. Our mission is to enable leaders to learn how to bring out the best in themselves and those they lead by stepping out from the ‘doing’ and taking regular time for reflection. We believe that each of us has the potential of achieving extraordinary things if we're provided with the space to reflect and think for ourselves.



On Deck

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Founder Fellowship (ODF 15)

  • Sep 2022 - Present



new | baseline

• United Kingdom
• Professional Training and Coaching

• Performance coach for startup founders & teams

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  I work with high-achieving entrepreneurs, founders and startup teams to help them a more compassionate and enjoyable kind of high-performance. Because consistent performance requires compassion (for ourselves and those we work with) and investing in our wellbeing. I support founders and their teams via: - 1-on-1 coaching sessions - Groups workshops - The Startup Journals (a self-coaching product) I focus primarily on topics around these 3 areas – mindset, habits & routines and effective communication. I don’t talk about ‘work-life balance’ (because work is part of life), but rather about making the most of our one rich life which has a personal, work and social domain. My favourite topics are Burnout & Resilience, Habits & Routines, Time Management, Effective Communication and Befriending Our Inner Critic.



Angel Investor

• Angel Investor

  • Feb 2014 - Present

  - Tails (tails.com) acquired by Nestle - Monzo - Skin + Me (skinandme.com) - Heights (yourheights.com) - Pollen & Grace (pollenandgrace.com) - Detox Kitchen (detoxkitchen.co.uk) - Mamamade (mamamadefood.com) - Life Supplies (lifesupplies.com) - Roleshare (roleshare.com) - Carbon13 (carbonthirteen.com) - Tails (tails.com) acquired by Nestle - Monzo - Skin + Me (skinandme.com) - Heights (yourheights.com) - Pollen & Grace (pollenandgrace.com) - Detox Kitchen (detoxkitchen.co.uk) - Mamamade (mamamadefood.com) - Life Supplies (lifesupplies.com) - Roleshare (roleshare.com) - Carbon13 (carbonthirteen.com)



Better For You Kitchen

• London, United Kingdom

• Founder & Plant-Based Chef

  • Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

  Our mission was to create plant-based products which brought nutrients and taste together, supporting a healthy gut and a productive brain. Our first product, The Unconventional Cupcake, was an indulgent and nutritious treat made with truly unconventional ingredients. Plant-based, gluten-free and packed with macro and micro nutrients, all without compromising on taste and texture. Our clients included offices, co-working spaces, gyms, yoga & health clubs as well as specialist cafes. Our mission was to create plant-based products which brought nutrients and taste together, supporting a healthy gut and a productive brain. Our first product, The Unconventional Cupcake, was an indulgent and nutritious treat made with truly unconventional ingredients. Plant-based, gluten-free and packed with macro and micro nutrients, all without compromising on taste and texture. Our clients included offices, co-working spaces, gyms, yoga & health clubs as well as specialist cafes.



Year Here

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mentor

  • Feb 2019 - May 2019



ZINC

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Mentor

  • Jan 2019 - May 2019



Bizzby

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Dec 2014 - Feb 2019

  As a BIZZBY's COO I had been focusing on a wide variety of things including: - Business Model & Strategy - B2B Partnerships - Operations & Customer Support Strategy - Data & KPIs - Finance - Tech - Compliance - HR BIZZBY is a tech-driven company with a mission to connect the world to services, on-demand. Offering over 50 services across 10 different trades (smart appliance installers, electricians, gas safe engineers, plumbers and others) carried out by trusted, experienced and insured professionals across the UK, BIZZBY is leading the way in smart & energy-efficient installations for homes and businesses.



graze.com

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Data & Business Insight

  • Apr 2012 - Feb 2015

  - Part of the company’s executive management and internal decision-making board, working closely with the CEO, CFO and CMO in driving forward the company’s strategy - Led the development of the company’s own in-house Data & Business Insight team (across the UK and the US) having made the case for a data-driven decision-making culture and the necessity to harness the power of the company’s data - The team was at the centre of the company’s operations, empowering the decision-making process of all other teams - Marketing, New Product Development, Finance, Manufacturing & Supply Chain, Customer Services - Oversaw the entire spectrum of the data supply chain: setting and reporting on business KPI, business forecasting, providing insight and recommendations on current marketing strategy, performance marketing, A/B tests and email marketing campaigns, data analysis and visualisation (cohort analysis, logistics strategy, product evaluation), developing machine-learning techniques to find solutions for more complex business challenges, developing self-service data tools and automated reports, as well as data warehouse development and maintenance



Evercore

• United States
• Investment Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Investment Banking - Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Jun 2009 - Mar 2012

  - Exposure to a diverse range of transaction types and complex strategic advisory: sell-side and buy-side M&A advisory, defence advisory against unsolicited approaches, restructuring / recapitalisation advisory, legal structure advisory - Clients: Large to mid-cap companies and financial sponsors - Diverse sector exposure: financial services, aerospace & defence, technology, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals - Comprehensive M&A financial analysis and modeling experience including DCF, LBO, accretion / dilution, sum-of-the-parts, trading comparables, precedent transactions, premium analysis, contribution analysis, value math - Broad restructuring / recapitalisation financial analysis and modeling experience covering various financing scenarios: amend-and-extend, debt-to-equity conversion, debt-for-asset swap, convertible / exchangeable instruments - Experienced with preparing marketing materials on sell-side transactions (Teasers, Information Memoranda, Management Presentations) and analysis of acquisition opportunities on buy-side transactions - Conducted extensive business and financial due diligence as part of buy-side processes, and also managed sell-side processes involving multiple buyers



Goldman Sachs

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• European Special Situations Group

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  - Analysed current and over-the-cycle dynamics in various markets including the global cement market, the European free-to-air and free- to-view television (with a particular focus on advertising revenues in the face of the financial crisis) and UK soft beverages market - Distinguished between company-specific risks and sector-wide / industry-wide risks - Participated in the preparation of Investment Committee Memoranda - Analysed current and over-the-cycle dynamics in various markets including the global cement market, the European free-to-air and free- to-view television (with a particular focus on advertising revenues in the face of the financial crisis) and UK soft beverages market - Distinguished between company-specific risks and sector-wide / industry-wide risks - Participated in the preparation of Investment Committee Memoranda