London Area, United Kingdom
I spent 20 years building tech leadership teams that add, save, and redirect billions. Now I'm putting all those lessons into helping tech leaders prepare for what's actually coming in 2026 and beyond. Most tech leaders are optimising for a world that no longer exists. 🚫 They're hiring for cultural fit when they should hire for adaptability. 🚫 They're building 5-year roadmaps when the world changes every 90 days. 🚫 They're making leadership decisions based on what worked in 2020, not now. Tech CEOs are getting fired in year one because they don't build their teams properly. The cost of the wrong hire isn't just expensive anymore. It's existential. I started The Secrets of Tech Outliers because I was tired of watching major tech leaders make the same mistakes. Every week, I sit down with founders and senior operators who've actually built billion-dollar companies. Yes, you'll hear their stories. But more importantly, we'll discuss: ✅ The patterns that define the world's top founders and operators ✅ The decisions that worked (and the ones that definitely didn't) ✅ The mistakes that changed the course of their businesses (and how to avoid them) These conversations aren't just motivational. They are tactical lessons from people who've done it, not people who teach it. I also write a weekly newsletter breaking down what I'm seeing in real time. Where leadership is breaking and how adaptability separates winning teams from failing ones. It’s the weekly roadmap tech leaders actually need for 2026. And I'm building something else. A secret AI tool based on everything I've learned about what makes leadership teams work. It’s going to change how tech executives think about hiring and scaling. Stay tuned. If you're building something that matters and leadership is the constraint, you're in the right place. Follow for the insights. Subscribe for the roadmap. And DM me when you're ready to talk about your team.
CEO & Founder — Obsidian We build the exec teams behind some of techs most successful teams Trusted by top VCs and scale-up CEOs to: → Find leaders who unlock growth → Fix what’s breaking before it costs millions → Build teams that go the distance ✅ 2000+ execs placed across CPTO, CPO, CTO, COO, CFO, CMO, CDO ✅ Specialists in team architecture, leadership transitions & hybrid scale If your team’s scaling or breaking, we’re the call before the damage hits the boardroom or the valuation
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Sold To gain a wider breadth of knowledge from all sides of recruitment I decided to help create a new job board to fully understand the needs from a candidate perspective. Bored of all the job boards not working so we developed something better, a job board that actually delivers as promised, relevant jobs to candidates and relevant candidates to the right jobs. Much more proactive approach than our competitors to connect the right people with the right jobs and quickly. Focused on business development to attract and retain some superb market leaders on board advertising and a fantastic candidate response, delivering better results than our competitors who had been around forever. Whilst performing Business development i also took care of high level executive placements, senior mandates and Branded Recruitment advertising campaigns for companies that wanted an exclusive, discrete solution for their critical hires. Skills included but not limited to: Retained Head hunting Executive search Strategic Recruitment solutions Contract, Permanent and Interim appointments Senior mandates into Technology focused organisations Branded recruitment advertising Managed resourcing solutions
I consult on a bi-monthly basis to help facilitate growth, acquisition, retention and strategic recruitment solutions for the brand. My role is more of an advisory capacity now ensuring longevity of the brand and its solutions. Skills include advising on: Retained Head hunting Executive search Strategic Recruitment solutions Contract, Permanent and Interim appointments Senior mandates into Technology focused organisations
Sold Owner of a Senior Level, discreet Head Hunting firm, Co-owner of contract consultancy and rec company specialising in building Global leading technology companies through strategic business placements. Proven history of building extremely successful teams within startups taking them to large profit, IPO, etc. Then of course your larger companies, Top 5 etc again hugely successful building UK and Ireland divisions, particularly large PS divisions within this field in a rapid time period. I have contributed to many a now market leader and am looking to work with companies who want the best people, who have that something that makes the best of market stand up and listen, the exciting once in a lifetime opportunities that are so fun to build. I am always interested in new ventures, new ideas (really new not "redone"), the insanely impossible that could just work always gets my attention ( but not always my investment :-) ) Skills include: Retained Head hunting Executive search Strategic Recruitment solutions Contract, Permanent and Interim appointments Senior mandates into Technology focused organisations