Managing Director, Cooper Parry Digital | Head of Early Stage, Tech & High Growth |

I lead the CP Digital business, supporting clients with their Digital needs. Responsibilities include all M&A and growth, alongside our Private Equity partners. 

I also lead market activity for CP in the Venture Capital ecosystem (funds & founders).

Our specialist team works with Founders, CFOs and Boards of early stage, scale-up and high growth businesses, navigating challenges spanning accounting, finance, tax, audit, technology, and deal support. 

We are highly active in the scale-up ecosystem and have worked as the accounting partner for leading organisations and communities whilst also building our own community platforms, TechCFO and VentureCEO.

Having started my career at PwC, I went to on to establish and build a successful early stage focussed firm, Acclivity Advisors (which was acquired by Cooper Parry in Jan’23).

Along the way, I wrote the best selling book 'The Finance Playbook for Entrepreneurs', so that entrepreneurs of ALL backgrounds could benefit from the very best teachings.  

My unique experiences and skills have afforded me a number of Board positions across industries within public & private sectors. 

At present, these include:

1. Middlesex County Cricket Club (Board Observer, Chair of Growth Committee)
2. Queen Elizabeth's Global Schools (Chair, International Schools)
3. Labrys (Advisor to the Board)
4. HM Revenue & Customs - ABAB (Board Member)

As well as the above, 

I advise Government on how to innovate for SMEs & entrepreneurs through consultative committees and forums.

All of these roles have shown me the value of sharing what I know beyond my own sector;

And so, I enjoy speaking at universities, schools, accelerators and incubators on a wide variety of relevant entrepreneurship related topics.

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I’m a Senior Manager in the early-stage team of Cooper Parry’s Tech & High Growth (THG) Division. 

In the early-stage team, we work with Seed-Series A businesses on all matters of compliance and, importantly, preparing them for scale. Our later stage THG colleagues work with almost 300 scale up businesses that have raised Series A and beyond. So, we have all the expertise in-house to provide you with seamless support as you continue your growth journey. 

In my role, I work with our accounting teams and provide technical and commercial assistance for any escalations that arise on a day-to-day basis. I’m also responsible for designing operational processes, gathering feedback from our clients so we can stay at the forefront of their needs as they grow, and fine-tuning everything we do accordingly. 

If you’re an early-stage founder, we should chat about how we can support you and your business. As the #1 Accountancy Firm to Work For in the UK and the UK’s largest accountancy B Corp, we’ve built something unique here. Our culture attracts the industry’s best talent. And we pull out all the stops to deliver a client experience that goes above and beyond.

When not working with my early stage colleagues I am an avid Liverpool FC support, F1 enthusiast with and a sense of wanderlust!

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