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Fractionals in the Spotlight

  • Writer: FCC
    FCC
  • Jun 27, 2023
  • 5 min read

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Our community is growing and has just passed the 500 mark so we now have a massive variety of fractional CxO’s in our network. Many of them are open to taking on 1-2 new clients so we felt it would be useful to share some of the expertise within the community.


This post is a way to highlight some of the CxOs in our network and the areas they may be able to help, have a look through the profiles and feel free to reach out directly to anyone that looks suitable. If you would like to see a wider selection then we are now running a free service called Find a Fractional for FCC members, partners and founders which is an easy way to promote potential roles anonymously to our community of fractionals, or just dip a toe in the water and see who is out there. Interested in finding a fractional? If you'd like to find out more then register your details here.

This post is sponsored by Find a Fractional from FCC and RecWorks - See testimonials below:

"Find a Fractional is an incredible free service from the FCC and RecWorks. Effortless to engage with, and we received a series of well-qualified introductions. We didn't want just to hire the first person we met, so having a few applications to compare was very useful. We are really pleased to have found someone we feel is a great fit for our business." Mashooq Badar, MD/Cofounder, Codurance

This editions fractionals in the spotlight are below


Fractional Chief Marketing Officers

It may be worth considering a fractional CMO if you're large enough to need senior-level, experienced, support and strategic input, but not so large that you need this full-time.


More than 25 years of experience working with technology companies including telecoms, wireless, cyber security, software, IoT, mobile etc.


Nicky can help with:

  • Very quickly getting to the crux of what the real issues are from a holistic objective perspective, not just what surface-level symptoms are

  • Helping businesses focus and prioritise in an action-oriented way, so that they can keep moving forwards

  • The perfect balance of both strategy and execution, avoiding analysis paralysis at one extreme and meaningless tactics at the other extreme


Amy has worked with everything from back of a napkin startups to FTSE100/Fortune 500 organisations valued over $1bn. She has worked across Business & Financial Services, Clean & Environmental Tech, Fintech/Insuretech, Ecommerce & Retail, Media, Private Equity, SaaS and Travel.

  • Amy can help pragmatically advise founders and advisors to provide best-fit solutions tailored for budget and where the organisation is in its life cycle, according to the existing/needed team, tech and suppliers.

Fractional Chief Operating Officers

A fractional COO brings impartial, strategic insight based on significant experience and expertise. The solution is cost-effective and brings, especially to a new or founding CEO, a trusted right hand to assist with all of the heavy lifting associated with rapidly scaling up.


Simon usually works with scaling businesses with 20 to 800 employees, privately held and listed businesses.


Work with Simon if you…

  • Want a “company builder” COO to build teams, hire at pace and put in infrastructure for sustainable growth.

  • Want a COO with accountability for creating a resilient business.

  • Want to grow an open, results-oriented and progressive culture.


Gareth works predominantly in the technology space, SaaS, Cyber, software and also in manufacturing. with firms moving from start-up to scale-up.

  • He bridges the gap between the consultant and the coach, working with the founder/ceo on getting things done in terms of growth, organisation and process development

  • He bring strong strategic insights based on significant experience

  • He helps foster an inclusive team culture based on vision, mission, values

Fractional Chief Product Officers

Good product managers need expert coaching and mentoring to become great product leaders - and all organisations need great product leaders. Founders, investors and boards need a clear, compelling vision of their product's role in the world. A fractional CPO should deliver on both of these.


Nick helps founders of B2B tech startups scale from 25-250 people. He's a founder and CPO who's taken his own companies from zero to exit and works with both PE and VC portfolio companies. He helps founders:

  • Understand and develop the mindset changes needed to scale themselves from founder to leader.

  • Build strong alignment behind their vision, leading to faster execution, better products and stronger sales growth.

  • Identify, recruit and onboard senior leaders quickly, with high success rates.


Sabah has worked for seed startups all the way to series B. She has also worked for data-focused non-profits.


Sabah can help with:

  • Getting clarity on your product strategy through conducting an open-minded discovery process that includes user research

  • Taking products from initial concepts all the way through the design and development process, testing, launching and reaching MVP in the market - retaining a relentless user-centric mindset - no matter how technically complex the problem.

  • Sometimes Sabah supports clients with products that are not getting traction in the market to help companies uncover why and then guiding them on how to resolve the issues

Fractional Chief Finance Officers

Hiring a fractional CFO gives you access to C Suite individuals at a fraction of the price tag, which means budget can be freed up to recruit more junior team members who can look after the day to day. It also offers an improved selection if you need someone with a particular skill (e.g. M&A).


Aaron is a sector agnostic all-rounder with experience in practice (latterly in BDO's Corporate Finance team) and industry (most recently at Hometree a home services scaleup taking on the decarbonisation of heat).

He can help with:

  • Growing small & medium businesses (building & running finance functions, commercials, strategy, etc.)

  • Buying & selling businesses (M&A / Financial Due Diligence) having completed over 50 deals

  • Executing on fundraising (most recently Hometree's $45m Series B raise from Legal & General)


Rakesh has worked with SaaS, Ecommerce, Fintech and Cleantech businesses from pre-seed up to Series C.


  • He can help with: Financial modelling, unit economics, metrics and KPIs

  • Systems, processes and procedures to scale up

  • Day to day financial management and cashflow forecasting


Fractional Chief Technology Officers

Early-stage startups and smaller businesses often can't afford to hire a full-time CTO or simply don't need one. Fractional CTOs provide the value of a CTO without the same cost or commitment.


Dan co-founded a fintech, managed large e-commerce, Edtech & many other sectors. He has experience in early to late stage startups.


He can help with:

  • Take ideas from founders and turn them into MVPs, full-on products and scale them

  • Build and manage and scale teams from 0 to 150 staff

  • Engage with boards, investors and corporate customers to sell a companies vision and provide credibility


Fergus’s focus has been on product-led startups and scaleups with technology organisations of 10-100. He has worked across a wide variety of industries with a specialism in MedTech/HealthTech.

  • He can help product-led businesses deliver greater value to their customers, faster

  • He can build out new capabilities within existing teams to achieve strategic company goals, including bringing new products to market and generating new revenue streams

  • He can navigate business constraints such as regulatory requirements or complex operating models to achieve tangible outcomes for the business


This post is sponsored by Find a Fractional


"Incredible free service from the FCC and RecWorks. Effortless to engage with, and we received a series of well-qualified introductions. We didn't want just to hire the first person we met, so having a few applications to compare was very useful. We are really pleased to have found someone we feel is a great fit for our business." Mashooq Badar, MD/Cofounder, Codurance


“I’m a fractional CTO myself and a member of the FCC network. I used the Find a Fractional service to connect with a CRO for our business. It was very simple, we just submitted a few bits of information and were presented with a shortlist of potential people. We spoke with the consultants who seemed the most suitable and found someone who was perfect. Thanks Barry.” Charlie Markham, Fractional CTO, Metapraxis


If you'd like to find out more then register your details here.


 
 

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