Cyril Le Roux

Building AI colleagues, not bots | Fractional CPO | Board Advisor, Aspiring NED, Product Builder

Wickford, England, United Kingdom

About

Co-founder of Frntir, helping mid-sized businesses adopt AI safely. Fractional CPO and Board Advisor for growth-stage companies building product organizations that drive revenue and funding readiness. I partner with leadership teams at companies with 50-500 employees. We install product-centric cultures, design scalable processes, and create strategies that unlock sustainable growth. My experience guides organizations through high-impact product launches, new market entry, and aligning product roadmaps with commercial objectives. At Frntir, we bring a business-first approach to AI adoption. Most companies rush into automation without clear strategy. We start with company vision and identify where AI delivers measurable impact. Then we automate workflows that matter and prepare teams to hand bigger tasks to trusted AI agents. Board Value Proposition: I bring what growth companies need most: product strategies that attract customers and investors. I help boards navigate the transition from founder-led operations to scalable product organizations. My expertise spans Product Led Growth strategies, AI implementation, international expansion (French-English bilingual), and crisis navigation while maintaining strategic focus.

Experience

  • Co-Founder at frntir.ai
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    Co-founded Frntir with Aidan Dunphy to address a critical gap in the market: mid-sized businesses rushing into AI adoption without clear strategy. We help companies with 50-500 employees automate workflows safely and build toward trusted AI agents. Most AI consultancies start with technology and work backward. We start with business outcomes. Our discovery process examines company vision and strategy before identifying automation opportunities. This approach eliminates organizational debt during implementation rather than replicating inefficiencies at machine speed. Business Context: Frntir serves companies caught between startup chaos and enterprise resources. These businesses face maximum pressure to adopt AI but lack the experience to navigate implementation safely. They represent the segment with highest potential impact: a 50-person company using AI well can project the presence and capability of a 500-person organization.

  • Founder & CEO at Produxity
    Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Built Produxity to solve a critical growth challenge: helping ambitious companies scale their product capabilities without losing strategic focus. We turn product teams from reactive feature factories into strategic growth engines that drive customer acquisition and funding readiness. What We Deliver for Growth-Stage Companies: • Product-Market Fit Acceleration: Transform technical capabilities into market-winning products through systematic validation and strategic positioning • Organisational Scaling: Build empowered product teams and processes that grow with your company, from founder-led to mature product organization • Commercial Alignment: Connect product strategy directly to revenue growth, customer acquisition, and funding metrics that matter to boards and investors • Board Advisory Integration: Apply same strategic product thinking to board-level challenges, helping leadership teams make informed decisions about technology investments, market expansion, and competitive positioning.

  • Senior Consultant at Product Focus
    Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    As one of the trainers for Product Focus, I provide product management training across Europe.

  • VP of Product Management at TransferGo
    Jan 2022 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

    TransferGo is a Lithuanian Fintech offering international money transfer. Responsibilities: Budget responsibility over a team of 15 product professionals across 3 tribes and 9 teams, with the primary responsibility of developing an empowered product function. My day-to-day tasks included overseeing the product development process, aligning the product strategy with the company's objectives, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality products that met user needs and business goals. Achievements: • Successfully rebuilt the product function, implementing new processes and structures that enhanced efficiency and productivity. • Oversaw the launch of a Neo-bank in only 9 months, marking the most significant product evolution in the company's history. This product focused on social payment and usability, reflecting the company's commitment to user-centred design and innovation.

  • Head of Product at Moteefe
    Apr 2021 - Jan 2022 · 10 mos

    Moteefe is a Print-on-demand marketplace to design and sell merchandise. Responsibilities: Create an empowered product organisation. Align the product strategy with the company's objectives, coordinate the roadmap, and oversee the product delivery across the organization. I led a team of 4 Product Managers and a Head of UX. Achievements: • Introduced a company-wide product performance management framework, which streamlined the product development process and improved efficiency. • Successfully navigated the company through financial difficulties by maintaining a clear focus on strategic objectives and ensuring the delivery of key projects. • Despite the company's financial challenges, my leadership contributed to the continued operation of the business and the preservation of key functions.