Strategic Mentors

► What We Do Differently?
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We 𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 companies, 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 with owners, or 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿 individuals to build high-income, high-value companies. We structure them so as business grows life becomes easier, not harder. 

We help founders 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 so they're financially set for life for the rest of their lives. 

Whether post-acquisition, or while partnering or mentoring, we use this framework:

🔸 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝟭 - 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲
→ Starting position: there's a revenue ceiling, and roller-coaster income pattern
→ New outcome: consistent leadflow, high conversions with 'pull' rather than 'pitch'
→ Breakthrough the ceiling, stay at the new level, continue to build

🔸 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝟮 - 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁
→ Starting position: delivery capacity is limited, constraining growth
→ New outcome: unblock the model to expand capacity at higher profitability
→ Cashflow consistently building as constraints on scale and profitability fixed

🔸 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝟯 - 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
→ Starting position: business depends on founder, hence locked-in and low valuation
→ New outcome: evolved business no longer depends on founder
→ Founder is now a Profit Orchestrator, no longer locked-in to the hamster wheel

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Learn more at https://strategicmentors.co.uk 
Email: ✉ chrisgardener@strategicmentors.co.uk

Strategic Investor & Mentor

Finance Director to a number of SMEs across numerous industries and sectors.
Size range from £500k sales to £10m sales.

Portfolio Finance Director

Electrocomponents plc

Strategic change leader, international business manager, Europe and Asia executive mentor, business unit manager, finance professional

General Manager, Finance Manager & Marketing manager

Grant Thornton

Advisor to range of clients from £500k - £30m sales across many sectors and industries.

Chartered Accountant

1️⃣ Helping turn Founder Businesses into Sellable/Freedom Businesses - from "I'm busy in the business" to "I own this brilliant asset", with the option to keep or sell 2️⃣ Investor & Mentor

For B2B service business owners who've hit six figures but found themselves working harder than ever: there's a different path to seven figures that doesn't demand more of your time and energy.

This isn't just theory - it's wisdom gained from experience....

I've spent 20 years building, exiting, and helping others scale their businesses. But my greatest business lesson didn’t come from financial success—it came from personal tragedy.

When my wife was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor, I had to reimagine everything. With young kids at primary school, business had to fit my life—not the other way around. Money wasn’t the issue. Time was.

After losing her, I had to rebuild with new boundaries. Limited working hours forced me to think differently. The surprise? My business performed better than ever.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝘆 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁?
Most six-figure businesses grow through addition—more revenue, more clients, more complexity. They hit a ceiling because their business depends on them.

Instead, I help business owners become Multipliable—so as the business grows, it gets lighter, not harder to manage. 

Breaking the £1M barrier changes everything—we use surplus cashflow to build a £2M Freedom Fund for true financial independence.

❯ Multiply results while reducing stress—grow without more work.
❯ Retain control while lightening the load—protect your autonomy.
❯ Build financial independence—a business with profits, not pressure, and £100K+ in passive income for life.

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗜 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵:
1. B2B service-based business owners ready for sustainable, intelligent growth.
2. Founders who want their business to fund their freedom, not consume their life.
3. Leaders who know success isn’t just about more money—but more choices.

𝗠𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱:
❯ Chartered Accountant turned entrepreneur & investor.
❯ Built and exited multiple businesses over 20 years.
❯ Advised & invested in 250+ businesses from startup to £20M valuation.
❯ Amazon bestseller: The Busyness Delusion.
❯ Active portfolio across B2B services, marketing, advisory, IT & cloud, analytics.

𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁:
1. Becoming Multipliable
2. Freedom-First Business Design
3. Removing Growth Constraints
4. Building Wealth Through Business Assets
5. What Actually Matters in Life & Business

𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁:
DM me or learn more at strategicmentors.co.uk

Chris Gardener

Overlooked

Co-Founder

Helped rescue a failing programme to deliver Nordics Index Migration programme of works including Software design and delivery and DevOps, working with multiple external suppliers whilst implementing cost savings.

Technical Program Manager

IQ-EQ

Leading the Client Onboarding Programme for Funds Management (Private Equity) for Tier 1 bank.

Program Manager

Numel Solutions Limited

Objective: 
Transform the global and the 4 regional IT functions so IT can fully support the  major global digitalization programme and become a valued partner to the business.
Integrate, connect further this major company to become more agile, global.

Achievements:
Gained trust at all levels and based on facts, changed the image of IT from a support service to a key player at Board level. 

Consolidated further a disconnected company between head office and regions by addressing key issues such as lack of decision making process, prioritization based on solid business case, etc.

Programme Manager/Business Analyst

Avenir Group  Limited

Responsible for leading the delivery of multiple large-scale, global digital and infrastructure projects to successfully transform governance, risk, auditing an operational effectiveness. 
Managed the end-to-end delivery of digital development projects, aligning geographically dispersed stakeholders, development teams and end users to establish and embed a single strategic vision.

Agile Programme Manager

Extra Technology

Extra Technology is a specialist IT services company, delivering Robotic Process Automation, Business Process Automation, End-to-end Performance and Latency Monitoring, Capacity Planning, IT Security, IT Automation encompassing Workload Automation (Including AutoSys and dSeries), Mainframe and Systems & Database Management solutions, Microsoft Solutions including services and training.

I was responsible for the professional services team of over 30 consultants. Managing the provision of IT Development, Managed Services, Professional Services, Education and Talent Development. We work with financial services, public services, retail, manufacturing and outsourcing sectors.

Responsible for delivering tool & automation programmes including introducing automated processes to reduce lead times from 6 months to hours.

Global Digital Programme Manager

News UK

Programme Lead 

Harvey Nash Group

 Programme Lead and Advisor

Thomas Cook

Data Governance Programme Manager (PIA and Automation Workstreams)

JUST EAT

Programme Director 

I help organisations deliver. 

Digital Programme Manager/ Transformation Programme Manager, highly ambitious and driven, with extensive cyber security, digital, automation and infrastructure agile programme delivery experience across highly-competitive Retail, FMCG, Telecoms, Consultancy, SME & Corporate market sectors.

A seasoned SeniorProgramme Manager who has a track record of efficiently building, developing and managing highly effective, diverse and multi-disciplined professional services teams across continents to successfully deliver multiple end-to-end enterprise level projects.

The most passionate project professional who is able to draw on over 20 years of varied, multi-cultural, international, customer-focussed, client-facing, full-lifecycle programme delivery experiences to ensure the successful on-time, on-budget delivery of complex, multi-million-pound business change projects, IT-lead change projects and data governance  projects in a structured yet pragmatic manner. 

End-to-end Agile delivery experience, leading and championing complex migrations and technical integrations. Expertise in migrating to cloud-based solutions, boosting business growth, continuity & security.

Strong Technical Delivery knowledge (Cyber Security,  Automation and emerging (BI, AI, etc.) , with a deep understanding of the landscape. ‘Bridges the gap’ between technology and business areas, influencing strategy while anticipating evolving business needs.
My expertise also lies in providing an consultative approach to the proven end-to-end delivery of global programmes in multiple industries across country and cultural divides. 

Most recent CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 

✅ Delivered a large and complex Assurance Programme that brought new processes and structure to the team. This helped bridge the gap between the business and IT to start engaging earlier in the project lifecycle, allowing  SME's to embed security by design from the start; eventually becoming the building blocks to a Delivery model.

✅ Delivered a Data Governance programme that was 2 years behind schedule and delivered successfully in 5 months saving £600k lead to the recovery of £2.5M from one of the BIG 4

✅ Lead the delivery of a large-scale, complex automation transformation programme with an overall value of £5m 




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