Strategy consultant by training with 7 years at PwC Strategy&. Completed 90 projects working on private equity transactions and developing strategies for private equity-backed businesses. Moved into marketing leadership at CarTrawler in the online travel space, one of the most advanced digital marketing categories. Led 3 brands across 20 international markets with a focus on search marketing and conversion optimisation. Partner at Livingbridge advising 50+ B2B and B2C investee companies on marketing-led value creation and appraising 100+ pre-deal opportunities – combining my experience as a pragmatic operator and a strategist. Most recently completed an interim Chief Marketing Officer role with an alternative investment platform at start-up stage.

Alastair brings over 30 years of experience in strategy and transactions, advising private equity firms and corporates across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia. He has led more than 500 growth strategy, value creation and due diligence assignments globally. Most recently, Alastair led PwC’s Global Deals Strategy business, overseeing a team of 1,000+ professionals. His focus areas include growth strategy, M&A strategy, commercial and strategic due diligence, post-deal revenue optimisation, and value creation.

Experienced operator having spent 2 years at IWG plc (Regus) as Commercial Director prior to joining Scale Space (initially as CCO and then CEO), where Mike was responsible for building a marketing and sales capability, and scaled the business to >£3m EBITDA. 8 years of strategy consulting experience at PwC Strategy&, completing over 50 projects across growth strategy and commercial due diligence for private equity clients across a range of industry sectors. Mike holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.

Strategy consultant with 5 years experience with Boston Consulting Group in London advising clients in the Tech, Media, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors. Gained digital and operational experience during a 9 month secondment at TimeInc supporting their transition from print to digital. Joined the Value Strategy Group at Livingbridge, advising and working with portfolio companies to define and deliver value creation plans, including customer segmentation, new market entry, product development, M&A and exit strategies. Founded and ran a social enterprise for 2 years during Covid to support professional musicians. Lockdown Presents was a global platform for booking virtual live concerts for personal and corporate events. Spent 3 years as an independent consultant supporting management teams of VC and PE backed businesses with strategic projects and fundraising. Combined operational experience, strategic problem solving and investor lens to translate between big picture strategy, financial impact, and on the ground execution.

7 years at PwC Strategy&, completing more than 50 projects across commercial due diligence, growth strategy, and value creation for private equity-backed businesses. Joined Spotlight Sports Group (backed by Exponent Private Equity) as Head of Strategy & Business Development. Oversaw the acquisition and integration of multiple B2C and B2B businesses, and launched the US-facing media site Pickswise.com. Latterly, led the Global B2B and US B2C business units as Managing Director, overseeing the Sales, Marketing and Content functions. Responsible for strategy, P&L and operations across a wide range of products and services, overseeing £30m of revenue.

Experienced strategy consultant with more than 16 years’ combined experience in strategy consulting and commercial management. Successfully completed more than 75 strategy projects across a consulting career that has included experience with Walgreens Boots, Pragma Consulting and latterly Strategy&, where Tim was a Director. Led multiple commercial due diligence, performance optimisation, go-to-market strategy, and value creation projects on consumer, fintech and software businesses, for a predominantly private equity client base. This has included experience assessing the marketing effectiveness of multiple D2C businesses. During his time with Walgreens Boots, Tim led the £250m revenue baby product business, overseeing trading teams to deliver category targets via a number of range, price, COGS and marketing initiatives.

Commercial and operational executive with deep experience scaling investor-backed digital and consumer businesses through multiple growth stages, acquisitions and exits. Spent over 13 years at Travel Chapter in executive leadership roles including Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Strategy Officer. Helped scale the business from under £5m revenue to in excess of £100m revenue, building a highly cash-generative marketplace business spanning both consumer demand growth and supply-side partner acquisition and performance. Experience spans growth strategy, go-to-market, pricing, marketplace dynamics, digital product, commercial operations and organisational scaling. Now works with private equity investors and management teams on growth strategy, commercial improvement and operational performance.

Most recently spent 3.5 years at venture capital firm Connect Ventures, establishing the company’s first dedicated operations management role. Experience includes developing processes, improving internal efficiencies, event management, office management and wider project management where required. Previously spent 4.5 years at private equity firm Livingbridge, focused on support and event management.

Worked with OC&C Strategy Consultants for 2 years, delivering Commercial Due Diligence and Corporate Strategy projects across several industries. Followed by 2 years building startups in COVID-testing, Logistics Tracking and Medical Appointment Booking, with a focus tech development. Most recently spent 2 years contracting in the strategy analytics and data provision space for a range of consultancy, private equity and corporate clients. Graduated with a Masters from London School of Economics and from the University of Warwick with a degree in Economics.

8 years of total experience including 2.5 years at BCG, delivering projects across pricing and customer acquisition strategy. Previous experience also includes a fintech where he worked on growth strategies and process optimisation, and 4 years in banking across both retail and corporate as well as building an eCommerce business. Qasim holds a Chemical Engineering degree.

Strategy consultant by training, with experience in Deloitte's strategy, analytics and M&A practise, supporting public sector, private sector and FS projects across all of these areas. Previously completed internships within the FinTech space and digital analytics consultancy, helping household name companies better manage and analyse sales data. Graduated from the University of Bath with a degree in Mathematics.

Professional consultant with 4.5 years of experience at EY working with leading clients across Financial Services. Luke has delivered a range of projects across Technology, Data and AI from defining strategy through to execution.

Three years in Simon-Kucher's Transaction Services & Private Equity team, delivering 20+ Commercial Due Diligence and Pricing Due Diligence projects primarily focused on B2B software, information and media businesses. Undertook Kubrick Group's Data Management training programme, building skills in data tools and governance. Graduated from the University of Warwick with a degree in History.

Jordan has experience across a range of start-ups and scale-ups, predominantly within real estate, recruitment, and deep technology spaces. Previous roles include Product, Business Development, Revenue Operations and Account Management, building GTM processes from within from the ground up. Graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Geography.

Worked at Jaguar Land Rover for 2 years, leading the development of the brand strategy for the Discovery brand. Also led cross-regional workstreams focused on customer retention. Previously worked in consulting at Bain & Co., helping clients identify white space opportunities within their portfolios. Also worked at a startup, successfully delivering over 15 Commercial Due Diligence projects across multiple sectors such as automotive, financial services, CPG, and more. A founding member of their Digital practice. Graduated with a Master’s in Business Analytics from Warwick Business School and a Bachelors in Automotive Engineering from Delhi Technological University.

Previous management consultancy experience, focusing on intangible asset valuation and strategic advisory across a variety of industries. Before this, Fin worked as an English teacher in various positions across the globe. Graduated from the University of Oxford with a History and Economics degree.

Previous experience within management consultancy, providing analysis and insights into the sales data of a global payments provider. Graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in Human Sciences.

Louis spent 2 years in Deloitte’s AI & Data practice, working on analytics, data visualisation and data engineering projects for clients in transport, insurance and healthcare. This included large-scale data integrations and the development of dashboards in Power BI and Tableau. Prior to this, Louis spent four years teaching mathematics in the UK and the United Arab Emirates across both state and international school settings. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Bath.

Completed an internship at an M&A boutique focused on the logistics market. More recently worked on designing financial reporting tools for film and TV productions with clients including Apple TV, Netflix, and HBO. Graduated with a Master’s in Applicable Mathematics from the London School of Economics.

Previous experience in multiple consulting (Deloitte, PwC) and engineering firms providing analysis, drafting reports and developing working platforms for clients. Graduated with a Masters and Bachelor’s in Information and Computer Engineering from the University of Cambridge.

Previous experience includes work in growth departments for early-stage startups in the education-tech and e-commerce space, and corporate banking. Graduated with a Masters from the London School of Economics and a Bachelors in Economics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences.

Strategy consulting experience in innovation and govtech SMEs. Previously worked at PUBLIC, a digital transformation consultancy scaling European startups. Former research assistant at LSE and UCL, contributing to studies on EU economic performance and business policies. Holds an MSc in International Political Economy from the LSE and a Bachelor’s in History, Politics, and Economics from UCL.

Currently studying Economics at the University of Bath completing my placement year at Coppett Hill. Previously completed work experience with a financial services company (RDBifs), as well as experience in a marketing role.

Studying Politics with Economics at the University of Bath and on a placement year at Coppett Hill. Previous experience within financial services, including various insight programmes and a summer internship.