Our Specialists

Alex Mackenzie SVS

Executive Coach

Executive coach and business leader with 20+ years’ experience supporting leaders under pressure, in turnarounds, hyper-growth, first-time scale, and mission-critical environments.

Andrea Edmondson SVS

Leadership Coach & Founder of The Biology of Leadership™

Founder of NeuroSmart™, helping leaders strengthen their internal systems, so they become a positive ripple for their teams, organisations, and the wider world.

Andy Hanselman SVS

Founder and Partner, Andy Hanselman Consulting

Andy Hanselman is a keynote speaker, author, and consultant who helps businesses, their leaders and their people create real competitive advantage.

Annette Lyn O'Neil SVS

chptrs.tech, Board Member

Sheffield-based technologist with chptrs.tech and a board member of Venture.Community.

Carl Stanton SVS

Founder, Trove Ventures

Founder of Trove Ventures, advising and supporting early-stage businesses through The Business Trove.

Craig Stewart SVS

IT Operations and DevOps specialist

I'm an experienced IT Operations engineer with 20 years of experience across multiple aspects of the space, and a deep understanding of computing and networking technology.

Jimmy Armitage SVS

Managing Director, Your Wavelength

Founder of Your Wavelength, helping businesses sharpen brand, marketing and communications.

Joe Milnes SVS

Founder, Revitk

Sheffield-based founder of Revitk with a TDSC (Translational Defence & Security) background.

Mark Asquith SVS

Commercial clarity for founders & investors

Fractional CFO helping founders get to commercial and financial clarity. I simplify decisions, strengthen commercial logic and bring finance and strategy together so founders can move with confidence.

Martin Barnes SVS

Presentations Specialist, 8s2c

Presentations specialist helping founders and leaders craft and deliver high-impact pitches and talks.

Nazeli Ter-Petrosyan SVS

Research & Innovation Engineer

AI researcher working across startups and academia. Research & Innovation Engineer at Opply, and a founding engineer at Wearify, a fashion-tech startup.

I deeply care about people, ideas and technology. My door is always open for Founders. I've helped over >£14M of fundraising and >20 companies with pitch coaching in the last 15 months. P.S. Come to my raves and buy my dog food

Nicky Dibben SVS

Founder, Invention Marketing

Cambridge-based marketing specialist helping inventors and early-stage technology businesses bring products to market through Invention Marketing.

Rachel Swann SVS

Founder of Rachel Swann Ltd

South Yorkshire-based independent consultant working under her own practice at rachelswann.com.

Rebecca Noskeau SVS

Organisational Psychologist & Executive Coach, Growing Beyond

Helping founders strengthen decision-making, leadership and team effectiveness as they scale through organisational psychology and executive coaching. Founder of Growing Beyond and board director of Venture.Community.

Sandra Patricio SVS

Talent Specialist, Toki Talent

Talent and people specialist with Toki Talent, helping growing businesses build the teams they need.

Shaun Sagar SVS

Founder, Sagar McClintock Sales Consultants

Barnsley-based sales and operations specialist helping founders find product-market fit and execute go-to-market, with depth in manufacturing, fulfilment, SEIS/EIS and valuation.

Simon Mather SVS

CTO, Glue Software

Technology leadership specialist and CTO at Glue Software, a technology consulting and strategy firm. Supports founders on architecture, technical decisions and engineering leadership.

Stephen Bridge SVS

Founder or GTM Consultant

Founder of Silent Kid Limited, a business consultancy specialising in turning commercial ambition into measurable commercial outcomes.