Our Partners
Our founding board of advisors boasts over 200 years of combined experience in professional business services, both within the UK and globally. This extensive experience allows us to offer a broad range of support activities tailored to meet the unique needs of our clients. Our senior team’s expertise is unmatched, making us your go-to partner for strategic business advice.
The Trusted Business Advice Team
Natasha Cleeve
Partner
​Accomplished Executive Headhunter, Executive Interim Management Specialist & Founder of Cleeve Partnership, enabling the successful growth of businesses in the engineering, technical and industrial sectors.
Jen Payne
Partner
​I am an experienced Business Process Lead having completed several ERP and logistic system implementation and improvement projects throughout my career. I pride myself on being an out of the box thinker and my diverse experience allows me to cross pollenate ideas from one sector to another. I am able to understand ERP systems from first principles at both technical and functional levels. My high level of communication skills enables me to both lead and collaborate with diverse teams, either technical, functional or managerial. I can break down the complex into the comprehensible, and the reverse, translating rich user stories into functional requirements and technical specifications.
Paul Ward
Partner
​Experienced Interim, Non-Executive, Fractional Director, Executive Coach & Consultant specialising in scaling, turnarounds, M&A, start-ups and growth in industrial, software, engineering and manufacturing sectors.
Innovative business leader with broad experience in operations, sales, marketing, strategy, technology and product development in the capital goods, aerospace, energy, automation, oil & gas and commodity metals. Proven ability to implement strategies for business growth and bottom line improvement. High impact, energetic and strategic thinker known for ability to get the best out of people and maximise performance of the team or organisation.
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Greg Barker
Partner
Experienced corporate finance professional, providing down-to-earth, practical advice to SME business owners and managers on acquisitions, disposals and management buyouts. Services include valuing companies, finding buyers/sellers, structuring and negotiating deals and fundraising. Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant having trained and qualified at Deloitte in Nottingham.
Gabriella Eberhardt
Partner
Dynamic and results-driven executive leader with a proven track record of driving global business growth and spearheading strategic HR transformations. With expertise spanning nine industries—including HVAC, Media, Philanthropy, Pharma, Mining, Financial Services, Lighting, Tech/IT, and FMCG—brings a unique ability to navigate complex challenges across corporate and private family-owned businesses.
A trusted partner to CEOs and Boards, known for a hands-on, solutions-oriented approach to business transformation, strategic workforce planning, and organisational culture development. Adept at scaling businesses, leading high-impact restructuring, and designing forward-thinking HR/OD strategies that fuel growth. With a sharp eye for talent, leadership, and change management, delivers innovative solutions that shape high-performing, future-ready organisations. Passionate about inspiring, engaging, and empowering teams, driving sustainable success through people-centric strategies. Delivers measurable impact with agility, vision, and execution excellence.
Tim Green
Partner
My career objective is to use my proven commercial leadership abilities to add value to disruptive and forward-thinking organisations. I hugely enjoy re-engineering businesses to deliver outstanding results, and motivating and encouraging others through change. I am a skilled communicator & relationship manager, and excel at bringing stakeholders together to achieve win-win outcomes. I firmly believe in management by data, and possess strong analytical & strategic thinking skills.
Mark Akinlade
Legal Services
I am a business lawyer with 29 years of experience, including 22 years as General Counsel/Chief Legal Officer for international groups in listed and private equity ownership across the U.K., U.S., Europe, China, and Australia. My industry expertise spans manufacturing, engineering, infrastructure, support services, consumer goods, and hospitality. I advise on day-to-day legal needs (e.g., commercial agreements, M&A, regulatory compliance, governance, and IP portfolios) and provide strategic board-level leadership, crisis management, and hands-on legal support. With a commercially driven, results-focused approach, I excel at handling complex, critical matters and delivering solutions that maximize stakeholder value.