In 2001, after leaving an ethically disappointing sales role, I landed a logistics job in an extrusion factory within smelling distance of a sewage treatment plant.

The job involved a lot of manual data entry; transferring entries from one place to another - and although it was a full-time role, I was sure it didn't need to be.

So I got ahead + carved out time to look at efficiencies. Later that week I’d semi-automated everything; my full-time job could now be done in ~20 minutes + with time on my hands I looked for more ways to save time + pain.

In 2003, I started working in business development for a loss-making MedComms agency. Working with the CEO I developed + executed a strategy for turning it around.

Two years later, after helping to turn it into a profitable international business, I left - and later that year started my own consultancy to help more agencies to grow.

One such agency was System Analytic + from 2006 to 2015 I worked with the founder to grow them from a start-up to a multi-million pound business, before they successfully sold a majority shareholding to WPP.

In 2015 I decided it was time to grow my business too; so I found an office + started the journey; it was exciting - but employing folk was a very steep learning curve.

I felt like I was running at full speed 15 hours a day just to stand still; so I implemented systems, tools + tech to keep the team up-to-speed + to reduce manual tasks.

Today I use my experience to help small and medium size business owners to progress their business; improving processes, automating manual steps, improving their approach to business development and being a mentor, advisor, critical friend, accountability partner and more!