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Mentorship and Office Hours

TecTonic celebrates the movement and overlap of people and ideas.

A core element of our offering is our Mentorship initiative, where attendees can get direct access to experienced Mentors and Business Support Experts from across the startup, tech, and creative industries.

Our Mentorship Office Hours offer a unique opportunity to ask questions, gain insights, and receive expert guidance on everything from fundraising and scaling to marketing and product development, as well as expert sessions from our Sponsors. 

Whether you’re a Founder, Freelancer, Tech Professional or Creative Innovator, this is your chance to connect with industry leaders who can help take your ideas to the next level.

How it works

  1. Browse our mentor roster below to review skills, bios and areas of expertise.

  2. Complete the short registration form at the bottom of the page stating what you’d like to discuss and your preferred mentor. 

  3. Our team will review submissions and do our best to match you with your chosen mentor for a session at TecTonic. If matched, we will send a calendar invite to confirm your slot.

  4. Please note mentor sessions are limited and highly competitive. Register your interest early!

 

Can’t make it to TecTonic?

Eagle Labs has a full Mentor Roster where you can book virtual sessions with a diverse range of experts internationally.  

 

This service is supported by

Year-End Exchange 2025 Mentors

Amy Kelly

Fractional CMO/ B2B Growth Marketing Consultant

SAAS Marketing

Go-To-Marketing

Positioning

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Robin Knox

Startup Mentor

Growth

Product Design

Commercialisation

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Liza Sutherland

Startup Fundraising Advisor at Tillir

Fundraising

Startups

Investment

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Andy Robinson

Founder / Advisor GTM / Product

Product

Strategy

Growth

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Nhamo Mtetwa

Data & AI Mentor

AL & ML

Education & Training

Financial Services

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Ceri Shaw

Fractional CTO at Thistle Labs

AI & ML

Financial Services

Education & Training

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Robert Hokin

Founder in Chief at Fundraising 101

Investment Readiness

Startup Funding

Sustainability

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Neil Wilson

Business Advisory Partner at Johnston Carmichael Chartered Accountants

Fundraising

Tax

Business Advisory

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Nathalie Cutting

Relationship Director at Barclays

Maximie Cash-Flow

Funding Options

Business Support

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Sooz Young

Founder at Technology Coaching

Digital Skills

AI & Automation

Innovation

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Stephen Halpin

CEO at PortfolioXD

Fractional Leadership

Scaling Strategy

Executive Operations

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Jason Wagner

Founder at Ping Creates

Arts, Media, Games & Creative

Retail & Consumer Goods

Food, Hospitality, Leisure & Travel

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Sid Kathirvel

Senior Marketing and Product Leader

Any Industry

Growth Marketing

Growth Strategy

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Fraser Merrifield

Founder at FORM Careers

Tech Teams

Recruitment

Tech Career Coaching

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Mandy Kerley

COO at Trickle

Operations & Scaling

Customer Success

Leadership & Team Building

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Michael Heins

Founder at More Yum Studio

Brand

Design

Go-To-Market

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Josh Robertson

Founder at Engineer a Career

Tech Careers

Mechanical Engineering

Project Management

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Kirsty Jagielko

Director at ThrivePath

Fractional CMO

GTM Strategy

Proposition Development

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Greg Zienkiewicz

Filmmaker at CreateGreg

Video Production

Content Creation

Startup & Founder Storytelling

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Chris Noble

Fractional VP Product & NED at Get Imagination

AI & ML

Product Development

International Expansion

Bio
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Ian Henderson

Founder at Speir

Fractional CTO

AI & Product Strategy

App & SAAS Development

Bio
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Jenn Sillars

Product Marketing Consultant at Cosmic Strategy

GTM

Positioning

Product Marketing

Bio
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Gary Crawford

Founder at Owendale Advisory

AL & ML

Climate & Nature Innovation

Product Development & Design

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Callum Stuart

Growth Operations /fCOO at Mullac.net

AL & ML

B2B & B2C SAAS

Strategy & Growth

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Laura Griffin

Social Media Lead at First Bus

Brand

Strategy

Social Media

Bio
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Sam Eccles

Strategic Partnerships & Business Development at Creative Entrepreneurs Club

Creative Industries

Operations

Strategy & Leadership

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Keshan Sharp

AI & Growth at Tomoro

AI Tools

AI Building

Sales

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Marcus Fields

Mentor / Exited SaaS Founder

SaaS

Product

Growth

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Registeration for 10 Dec is now closed.

Biography

Amy Kelly is a B2B growth marketing consultant with a track record of driving brand and business growth across the tech and creative industries. She is a Board Member at Creative Edinburgh and Head of Marketing at Startup Grind Scotland, supporting Scotland’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. 

Previously Director of EMEA Marketing at UserTesting, Amy has also held marketing roles at Meta, YouTube, ITV, and Publicis Groupe agencies. Amy is also the Co-Founder of Flux, a community for senior women leaders in UX and design, and host of The Braw Tech Podcast, showcasing Scotland’s tech innovation. Through her consultancy and community work, she is passionate about helping people and ideas thrive.

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Robin is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for product design, strategy, commercialisation and problem solving. He is also active in the build-to-rent and residential new-build sector. His most notable success was the sale of intelligentpos (B2B SaaS) to iZettle which went on to become part of the PayPal group.

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Liza is a 3x founder, startup advisor and investor with 20 years’ experience in early-stage fundraising from both sides of the table. She’s advised over 200 tech start-ups who have gone on to raise more than £150M in investments. Liza’s current focus is on helping companies raise their Seed and Series A. Liza was most recently Head of Ecosystem at Techstart Ventures, a seed stage venture capital investor. She previously founded a £1M-angel invested venture focused on revolutionizing audience engagement at live events, was EIR at Wayra’s AI & Blockchain Accelerator, and spent over 10 years advising high growth tech start-ups focused on software, AI/ML, synth bio, robotics and regenerative medicine while personally investing in a few. 

Originally from NYC, Liza has an MBA  and BA in Psychology. Her entrepreneurial journey began immediately after university, where she spent her formative years co-founding and leading a multi £million revenue music company while simultaneously DJing internationally.

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Andy is a versatile tech leader with experience as a founder, operator and leader in the world’s fastest growing tech companies. With expertise in value proposition design, product management, business development and strategy, he has a wealth of experience supporting founders launching new products, repositioning existing ones, and transforming established companies. Andy is currently Co-Founder of Zaplex, a data and analytics business focused on helping business customers make smarter energy decisions. Previously, he built and sold Cultivate Software to Deliveroo, where he established and led Deliveroo’s Tech Centre in Scotland. He formed high performing engineering and product leadership teams and experienced their rapid growth, £600m fundraise and IPO. Since then he’s launched products across a range of sectors and been an investor and advisory board member for a number of early-stage companies.His mentoring approach prioritises clear, measurable objectives and brings practical tools to simplify theory and complexity. He helps founders navigate challenges like customer validation, positioning, and product-market fit, while also making space for the personal growth journey of being a founder. Outside of work, Andy is passionate about music and is a record label founder

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Nhamo has been in artificial intelligence (AI) and technology in general since 1999, initially in academia and then in Financial services. AI is a general purpose technology and for that reason Nhamo has been able to apply it to different problem domains ranging from models for predicting which security vulnerabilities will get viable exploits to models for helping a Pest Control company formulate profitable contracts with food establishments.

He has worked both in academia and in industry for international corporates which gives him both the theoretical foundation and the practical application of AI technology.

Nhamo has both experience and  passion for working with startups and SMEs in different sectors.

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Ceri (They/Them) has 20+ years experience in the tech industry as a hands-on developer, technical leader, and product manager. They currently work with start-ups to figure out technical and product strategy from the earliest MVP through to exiting the market. They have worked for a variety of industries including EduTech, FinTech and HealthTech. They are tech-stack agnostic and excited about how No Code can be used in the entrepreneur space – it’s all about finding the right tool for the job, not one-size fits all.

They are passionate about testing, experimentation and learning in the start-up world and love collaborating with founders to explore possibilities. Ceri’s superpower is translating between the tech and non-tech worlds and back again: To help non-tech founders navigate the tech world with ease and deep-tech founders translate their ideas into language investors can get behind. Ceri has also held C-suite and board advisory positions in local organisations and understands the complexities of running a business on a bootstrap..

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Robert is a Chicago-born, adopted Scot and 30+ year veteran in technology and finance. He founded Fundraising101™, an academy helping pre-seed Scottish tech startups master the fundamentals of raising investment in the UK and beyond.

Over his career, he has coached 500+ technology companies in investment readiness, enabling more than 160 startups to secure millions in funding. Robert is also founder and emeritus of Greenbackers Investment Capital, chaired Ecoconnect, and led Cleantech Innovate, alongside advisory roles with Zero Carbon Capital, Cambridge Cleantech, and the Solar Impulse Foundation.

Based in Glasgow, he brings deep expertise in cleantech, fundraising, and growth strategy.

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Partner within our Business Advisory team in Glasgow, Neil joined Johnston Carmichael in 2010. He looks after a varied client portfolio of SMEs, in particular advising a number of young and fast-growing entrepreneurial businesses in the Food and Drink and Life Sciences and Technology sectors. 

Neil aims to add value and be a trusted advisor to his clients, utilising the strengths of Johnston Carmichael’s specialist teams to support clients in areas such as incentivising employees, expanding internationally, seeking investment, scaling their businesses or exiting.

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Nathalie Cutting is the High Growth Business Manager at Barclays, where she is a key member of a specialist team dedicated to supporting Scotland’s high-growth businesses.

With a passion for helping companies navigate every stage of their growth journey, Nathalie provides tailored expertise in lending, debt management, cashflow, and investment matters. She is committed to building strong, lasting relationships with entrepreneurs and business leaders to ensure their financial success.

Her enthusiasm for creating opportunities extends beyond financial support; she actively connects businesses to the broader Barclays network, facilitating valuable partnerships and opportunities that drive growth and innovation.

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Sooz is the creator of the Tekunoji Method, a CPD-accredited framework built around six essential digital skills: Innovation, Web Presence, Social Media Marketing, Cyber Security, AI & Automation, and Making Decisions with Data. 
 
Her approach helps individuals and organisations not only build capability, but develop a complete digital mindset, one that fuels creativity, confidence, and growth with technical and human skills.
 
A former Apple Trainer, Sooz has since gone on to partner with organisations such as The Data Lab, Facebook, Google Digital Garage, NHS Lothian, and Transport Scotland, designing and delivering high-impact training that blends digital confidence with real-world results.
 
In addition to leading Technology Coaching, Sooz is a mentor for AccelerateHER and Barclays Eagle Labs, supporting founders and professionals to strengthen their digital presence, automate smarter, and embrace innovation as a growth strategy. 
 
Her work spans across Scotland’s tech and startup ecosystem, helping businesses streamline operations, improve visibility online, and create systems that scale sustainably.
 
Sooz also hosts the Digital Dominators Podcast, where she interviews entrepreneurs, innovators, and digital thought leaders shaping the future of business and technology. 
 
Known for her engaging delivery and down-to-earth mentoring style, she has a knack for turning complex tech into simple, actionable steps that anyone can apply.
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Stephen Halpin is the founder and CEO of PortfolioXD and the architect behind C-Suite as a Service (C-SaaS™) — a new model that gives ambitious SMEs access to world-class, fractional executive talent without the cost, delay, or risk of traditional hiring.

With deep experience supporting founders, boards, and investors, Stephen specialises in helping growing businesses strengthen their leadership capacity at pivotal moments. Whether it’s unlocking new opportunities, navigating challenges, or bringing clarity to complex decisions, he provides practical guidance on how fractional C-Suite support can accelerate scale while keeping teams focused on what matters most.

At TecTonic, Stephen is available to discuss fractional leadership, scaling strategy, and how founder-led businesses can build the right executive firepower at the right time.

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Sid is a Strategic Growth Partner and Founder at Unlock Growth, renowned for helping startups and scale-ups achieve sustained growth and market leadership.

With 24 years of experience, he specialises in strategic planning, value proposition development, and positioning.

As the former Head of Marketing at Krotos, he led the global expansion of its AI-powered sound software, now used by Hollywood studios and content creators worldwide. His expertise in growth experimentation and go-to-market strategies has driven significant user and revenue growth across multiple industries.

Beyond startups, Sid has worked with major brands like Coca-Cola, Cadbury, NHS, and Unilever, as well as leaders from FanDuel, Meta, and PayPal. His ability to optimize customer journeys and drive inbound growth has doubled revenues for businesses like Flavours Holidays and Lenses in Glasses. Passionate about giving back, he serves as a board member at Rowan Alba, supporting strategic initiatives for long-term homeless individuals. With an MBA from Robert Gordon University and a commitment to lifelong learning, Sid stays at the forefront of leadership, strategy, and marketing innovation.

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The “Craft Brewer of Digital Recruitment” and founder of FORM Careers, Fraser works with leading Scottish tech companies to help them build high-performing engineering and digital teams. 
 
Fraser focuses on quality over quantity 
in the hiring process, to help his clients build highly effective, motivated and scalable teams. 
 
The focus is always on putting the right people together. 
 
His approach to recruitment is entirely analogue, focussing on community building; developing long term relationships; and matchmaking people based on career goals, motivators and cultural preferences.
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Mandy Kerley is COO at Trickle, a scaling SaaS company. With experience across tech, property, and legal sectors, Mandy has led teams through scale-up challenges in both the public and private sectors, including working with multiple NHS partners and navigating complex sales and procurement environments.

She specialises in building scalable operations, driving efficiency, and turning strategy into delivery. Known for her clear, no-nonsense approach, Mandy helps founders focus on what truly drives progress by creating a bold vision and aligning people, processes, and priorities to accelerate sustainable growth.

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Michael is the Co-Founder for Design at More Yum, a leading design and brand studio within tech and culture. They work with founders and leaders to solve narrative, brand and product problems, and have been working with the large companies like FreeAgent, Skyscanner, Meta, Turing Fest and the BBC, as well as with startups and scaleups like AskVinny, Amytis, Pufferfish, Valla and loveelectric.

Michael approaches brand as a function of business, using design to invent a better, more optimistic, imaginative, lovable and daring future. A future that focuses on improving the everyday lives of real humans.

Beyond More Yum, he is a prolific speaker and lecturer across design and innovation in the UK, Europe and the US.

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Josh Robertson is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and the Founder of Engineer a Career. Engineer a Career are redefining how engineering talent engages with industry. With a background spanning major energy, defence, and infrastructure projects, Josh has combined technical capability with a mission to close the visibility gap between education and employment.

Through podcasts, live events, and data-led engagement, Engineer a Career connects industry with the next generation of engineers helping companies attract talent earlier and more authentically. The platform has worked with organisations including AECOM, TAQA, The University of Strathclyde and Mott MacDonald, and works directly with universities across Scotland to highlight real pathways into engineering careers.

Engineer a Career is also building digital tools to make careers more visible, accessible, and data-informed. This includes The Talent Network, a growing community that connects students with opportunities, events, and stories from across industry. Josh’s work blends brand, engagement, and career strategy to help leaders strengthen their visibility and connection with future engineers.

Recognised for his thought leadership on early careers and future talent, Josh speaks at national events and contributes to panels on skills, social value, and the changing landscape of engineering careers. His approach combines storytelling, strategy, and human connection, using insight-driven design to make careers relatable and inspiring to the next generation.

At TecTonic, Josh brings his perspective on brand, engagement, and career strategy, helping founders and leaders think differently about visibility, connection, and purpose. He’s passionate about supporting others to build authentic brands, connect with talent meaningfully, and turn ideas into impact.

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Kirsty helps startups and scaleups turn great ideas into commercially ready, investor-backable businesses.

She built her career in a global health insurer, moving from research and product development to global marketing leadership, where she launched products and propositions across multiple markets. 
 
After her time in corporate, she successfully swapped structure for speed – joining a mental health tech startup, where she helped the business grow from seed to Series A, driving 33% ARR growth and repositioning it as a leading health benefits provider.

Now through her consultancy ThrivePath, Kirsty works as a fractional CMO and advisor, helping early-stage and scaling teams sharpen their propositions, design go-to-market strategies, and build the foundations for sustainable growth.
 
She’s worked with SaaS, healthtech, IoT and edtech companies to clarify their value propositions, align teams, and accelerate growth.
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Founder of CreateGreg Ltd, Greg is a pragmatic filmmaker and video content creator who helps businesses tell compelling stories that drive results.

With a background spanning storytelling, editing, entrepreneurship, and digital innovation, Greg blends creativity with strategy to produce video content that inspires action and supports business growth.

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Ex-Meta, helping Seed and Series A founders scale product and unlock growth. 
 
If you’ve closed your round and it’s time to scale — but decisions are piling up and product’s keeping you up at night — let’s talk. 
 
Chris has built and scaled SaaS products serving millions — and billions at Meta.
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Ian helps businesses make smarter tech decisions without the overwhelm. As a Fractional CTO with a background in software, app, and AI development, he supports teams in cutting through the noise and focusing on solutions that actually work.

Through his consultancy, Speir, Ian partners with startups and growing businesses to shape strategy, guide digital products from idea to launch, and ensure technology serves the business, not the other way around.

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Founders call Jenn when their product’s strong but their story isn’t closing deals. Jenn is a senior product marketing strategist with 12 years of experience turning complex tech into clear, compelling stories that drive sales, from Arm’s deep tech to high-growth SaaS. She’s led GTM work that catapulted products into new markets and helped early-stage startups raise capital.
 
Jenn now brings that expertise to Europe’s most ambitious startups, helping them position and pitch their products so they close more deals. 
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If you need help to turn your ideas into innovative experiences that users love, Gary can help. His expertise around emerging tech (think GenAI, mobile platforms, AR/VR/XR, IoT, etc.) includes business model innovation, value proposition design, product-market fit, experimentation, product vision, strategy and experience design.

A mentor to leaders and innovators in startups, scale-ups and corporate startups in some of the world’s most recognised brands and fastest-growing companies, Gary brings many years of global experience, operating from board and senior exec level to getting hands-on with teams.

Gary believes incredible products come from uniquely blending design, technology and strategy to realise the art of the possible—a belief developed working with world-leading creative innovation company AKQA, tech innovation firm ThoughtWorks and intelligent experiences specialist Waracle. “Thanks to GenAI and other breakthrough technologies, we can now create intelligent digital products that behave more like humans than software.

Products that problem-solve, learn and adapt with users in ways that suggest empathy and emotional intelligence. This ability changes what we build and how.” A regular on the international conference scene, he loves collaborating with passionate people to push, hone and bring to life their ideas.

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Callum is a leader in high-growth startup & scale-up tech companies with over fifteen years of experience as a Startup Founder. His last company reached over 1.5m users, 700m consumer clothing opinions and raised over £6m in equity investment. He has built companies in multiple industries including Security, Consumer Retail and Tech covering both B2C and B2B SaaS. He now works as a Growth and Operations consultant, helping startup founders to deeply understand their users’ problems on their journey to Product Market Fit and grow to scale. He consults for companies and mentors for Barclays Eagle Labs and CodeBase where he is working with a diverse variety of early to mid-stage companies to get to product market fit, raise investment and scale the team.

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Laura is the Social Media Lead at First Bus, where she focuses on how brands can show up with purpose and clarity. She uses behavioural thinking, social listening and cultural insight to guide strategy and content decisions.

Her background is in brand strategy and creative campaigns that bring together insight and creativity to deliver real results. She has worked with organisations including the Scottish Government, Net Zero Scotland, Transport Scotland, Edrington (Macallan), Network Rail, NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, AG Barr, EDF Renewables, Sailor Jerry, Virgin Money, AXA Insurance, Tomatin and VELUX.

Laura cares about making the industry more inclusive and diverse, and she enjoys sharing what she’s learned with others. Whether it’s a strategy chat, a workshop or a mentoring session, she likes conversations that open up new ways of thinking and help people grow in confidence.

Outside of work, she’s an aspiring content creator, using lifestyle and career content to test ideas and keep learning through practice.
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Hi, I am a strategic and forward-thinking leader with a proven track record of building, leading, and transforming impactful organisations across the cultural, education, and third, sectors. Guided by a belief in the potential of people and the power of creative, sustainable ideas, I bring a can-do approach to every challenge—balancing vision with pragmatism to deliver meaningful and lasting change.

I can help you to translate strategy into action, combining analytical insight with creative thinking to design and deliver initiatives that drive growth, inclusion, and innovation. If you’re stuck, I will work with you to get you moving forwards with momentum. Struggling as a leader and feeling isolated or lost? The Operations of running a business getting you in a spin? Let’s talk.

I have extensive senior leadership experience, have led diverse teams through periods of change, fostering collaboration, trust, and shared purpose. My leadership is rooted in honesty, openness, and care—creating environments where individuals and ideas can thrive.

Mywork is grounded in a deep commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion, ensuring that organisations not only perform effectively but also reflect the communities they serve. My expertise spans creative thinking, organisational development, change management, and strategic communication, alongside a solid understanding of the financial, operational, and policy frameworks that underpin success. With strong financial acumen, I have successfully secured and managed six-figure budgets and securied high-level funding from major bodies and local governments.

I am passionate about entrepreneurial education and the role of creativity in leadership development. As a qualified educator (TQFE), I have designed and delivered academically robust programmes and workshops up to postgraduate level, specialising in ideation, design thinking, marketing, and problem-solving. My Facilitation and consultancy work continues to help individuals, teams, and organisations evolve—bridging creativity with evidence-based strategy to drive meaningful progress.

Collaborative, brave, and diligent, I work with a spirit of openness and honesty, dedicated to making a positive difference. Whether facilitating change, advising on strategy, or championing innovation,I remain deeply committed to people-centred practice and the transformative potential of creative thinking.

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Keshan is an leads on Applied AI and Growth at Tomoro, helping organisations unlock their AI-native potential and turn cutting-edge technology into competitive advantage. 

He’s also the founder of AI Builders, a growing UK-wide community connecting AI enthusiasts, founders, and engineers through events, workshops, and interviews with leaders shaping the future of artificial intelligence.

Keshan brings hands-on experience in optimising workflows with AI tools and enterprise sales, bridging the gap between technical innovation and business outcomes.

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Marcus co-founded SchoolCloud, an award-winning EdTech SaaS platform used by over 8,000 schools worldwide that achieved a successful eight-figure acquisition in 2021. Built entirely without external funding, he led the company through more than a decade of profitable growth.

Starting the business aged 15 while at high school in Glasgow, Marcus experienced the full founder journey — from developing the initial platform to overseeing product, development, growth and operations. He now mentors start-ups through Techscaler and Barclays Eagle Labs, helping founders build efficient, customer-focused SaaS businesses that deliver real impact.

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