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A commercial voice in your boardroom, real value, not just oversight.

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.

Zed at the balustrade
How I help

So here is the value a commercial board voice adds, not just oversight:

A robust, experienced board personality that grows your business, not just governs it
Commercial weight and reasoning behind every strategic call, based on real work
Effective change and transformation, steered by someone who’s done it many times, ensuring successful growth transitions
Your value proposition, marketing and sales organisation critically sharpened to win new clients
The hard decisions around your people, your financials and your strategy handled properly
Exit judgement when needed, from someone who’s closed the deals
Fiduciary controls and duty done right, no exposure
A real value-added contribution, 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.

I’ve done it before

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 Story
In their words
Beyond 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 HemsleyPaul Hemsley · Chief Financial Officer, WRLD Inc.
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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.

Common questions
Independent NED or board advisor?
Either, whichever fits your stage and structure.
How much time?
Typically a day or two a month, plus meetings; scoped to need.
Conflicts?
Declared and managed up front; I keep a clean, focused portfolio.