A love of building businesses
Our story
Our team Small team, mighty experience
Our team have all built their careers as line managers and leaders within businesses rather than as external advisers. Everyone has achieved a lot in their careers, built an impressive range of skills and experience, and are keen to help business leaders get the best out of the businesses that they manage. We are entrepreneurial, very commercially focused, and have worked in team management roles as well as being external business partners.

Jess Coles
I have spent over 20 years working with sales, marketing, operations and finance teams to increase business performance in Corporates to SMEs.
- £21m+ in value delivered at Treasury Wine Estates
- £20m+ in value delivered at Petroplan
- £50m+ per year in business priced at Williams Lea
I have grown a variety of start-up business including the Emerson Nash Group. I am a keen investor in public and private companies, a professional leadership coach, winner of “Best Team” awards and have a variety of professional business qualifications.
Previous experience: Innocent Drinks, Fosters, Williams Lea, PA Consulting, BP, Ernst & Young, Petroplan, A&O, McAuliffe, Konditor, Banking Automation, Guestline plus many SMEs
Our associates

Arend Welmers
I am a challenging and engaging coach, facilitator and speaker. I have a reputation for designing and implementing performance strategies that generate results and challenge conventional practices. I work with CEOs and executive teams to implement effective business performance acceleration programmes.
Previous experience: Romatex, Marks & Spencer, BBC, Prudential, Netjets Europe, American Institute of Physics Publishing, Talyor & Francis, Pharmaceutical Press, T-Mobile, SI Labs, Saueressig, Royal College of Nursing Publishing, Home Group and North Devon Homes, Konditor & Cook, plus many others