I am an executive mentor and coach working with CEOs, founders, CTOs, and CPOs from Seed stage (funded or preparing to raise) through to Series B.

My background is firmly rooted in commercial execution and scaling revenue. Over more than 20 years in executive and commercial leadership, I have helped businesses build go-to-market engines, scale enterprise sales, and establish disciplined operational frameworks. Because I also started in software engineering and hold a PhD in Computer Science, I naturally bridge the commercial and technical worlds. I understand the realities of product development and speak engineering fluently, making it far easier to align commercial ambitions with technical teams.

My experience draws on direct, lived scaling challenges:

- Early-Stage Growth: Early team member at Shazam, driving early product-to-market scaling and international business development across Europe and East Asia.

- Commercial Scale: 14 years at Google, including over five years as Director leading Go-To-Market strategy, sales operations, and business unit growth across EMEA.

- Complex Operations: Former COO in advanced robotics, managing operational cadences, cross-functional delivery, and commercial alignment.

- Governance & Capital: Angel syndicate co-founder/operator, non-executive director, and board chair with direct insight into investor diligence and board dynamics.

How We Work Together

If your challenges were just difficult, you would have solved them already. We deal with complex challenges where there is rarely an obvious answer, requiring bespoke solutions that fit both the situation and your individual strengths as a leader.

Engagements begin with a complimentary discovery call to understand your specific challenges and assess alignment, typically followed by a focused programme of around six sessions designed to deliver clear, repeatable outcomes.

Core Focus Areas

- Commercial Transition & GTM: Translating technical value into enterprise sales narratives and building repeatable sales processes for national and international markets.

- Operational Rigour & Execution: Creating operational cadence, clear performance management, and alignment between engineering, product, and commercial teams.

- AI Transition & Change Management: Introducing AI pragmatically at an organisational level, balancing governance and policy with measurable business value.

- Investor Readiness & Board Governance: Calibrating for institutional diligence, managing investor relations, and chairing effective boards.

- Leadership Identity, Decision Quality & Resilience: Navigating the transition to senior executive authority, elevating decision-making under uncertainty, and managing co-founder dynamics.

Client Testimonials

"Thomas has been a fantastic mentor... Our regular sessions became a real sounding board where he challenged my thinking in all the right ways. His constructive questioning, together with the insights he shared from his own experience, genuinely helped shape my development as a CEO."

"Disruptive thinker, passionate, quick to spot an opportunity or get to the heart of a problem, an empath and all round great human being."

"He has provided guidance and support for the business; for example, on go-to-market plans, product strategy and team growth. Beyond this advice, Thomas has kept me accountable as a founder, but also provided support during difficult times."

"His enthusiasm was contagious and I always came away from our meetings feeling energised, optimistic and focused. His assessment of our situation and the knowledge he shared was always incredibly useful."