When growth starts breaking things - I fix it.
Hands-on operational leadership for founder-led businesses turning over £2m to £8m, built to keep up with growth.
Meet Kate.
I work with founders who are still doing three jobs, because the business grew faster than the structure around it. You don't need a full-time COO. You don't need a report telling you what you already know. You need someone who's done this before, who'll get stuck into the detail with you.
I'm a doer. I roll my sleeves up, get into the detail, and get things moving, without losing the people along the way.
I'm currently working hands-on with founders at this stage, on sales process, team structure and margin, as well as the internal systems. It's exactly the kind of work I love.
Earlier, though, I led a $31M ARR healthtech through a Chapter 11 restructuring, securing $10M in new investment and $6.5M in annual savings, with zero voluntary resignations throughout. Before that, scaling CX for 3M+ customers at Curve, and equity campaigns at Crowdcube for Freetrade, Moneybox, and what3words. I bring that same rigour and pressure-tested judgement to businesses a fraction of that size, because most £2m to £8m founders never get access to someone with that background.
I mention Chapter 11 and the PR launch of Help for Heroes (£6M raised in under six months) not because they're recent, but because they're where I learned what's possible when you back something that matters and refuse to let it fail.
