You want a Fractional, Interim or Non-Executive Director (NED) who does more than tick governance boxes, someone who has built and grown businesses, knows where the skeletons are hidden, can hold you and your board to account, and will roll their sleeves up, execute when needed and drive your success plan to fruition.

So here is the value a commercial board voice adds, not just oversight:
Unlike a governance-first NED, I’ve built and grown companies with my own money at stake, so I lift the top line, not just theorise or tidy up the minutes.
Eight years as Non-Executive Director of WRLD Inc. (a US-based technology company), hired by investors, from distressed acquisition through to a $20M Series B raise and a 10x valuation step. As a VC partner, more than a decade of board-level oversight of 6–8 investee companies across three separate cycles at DCD London & Mutual (average 5x exit return).
Client StoryBeyond holding the executive to account and the normal fiduciary functions, Zed provided advice and strategic consultancy on change management, corporate sales and value-proposition design, led on difficult HR matters and advised on M&A. His years serving this company are testament to his contribution to the board.
Paul Hemsley · Chief Financial Officer, WRLD Inc.
BOOK→Grab an hour, on me. See where you are, and whether I can help.
SCORE→A fast, free diagnostic, so we both know the terrain first.
CONTACT→Tell me your specific challenge, and I will reply with how a 90-Day Growth Tree© can start you.
BUILD→Let us scope a proposal: sprint, advisory or mandate, sized to the job.
For your board: An exploratory board conversation · a governance-and-growth review · a proprietary orientation agenda.
“I collect nice people. Some become clients. All become friends.”