Business Strategists

Having the right people in the right places doing the right things will help you to maximise the efficiency and profitability of your organisation. This is particularly important if you hope to sell all or part of your company to a private investor or via public offering.

We work with small-medium sized enterprises and departments of large organisations to help them turn their vision and goals into reality. We do this by looking at the bigger picture of what you want to achieve and by considering what skills, knowledge and behaviours your people need to employ to help you get there. We can help you to get the right leadership team in place, ensuring you have the structure to move forward more effectively and at a faster pace.

Our team has worked at senior level within small-medium sized enterprises and gained hands on experience of growing and selling businesses. They would be delighted to share their experience with you and to help you decide on the best way to incentivise your key people to stay with you throughout the challenging and exciting times ahead.

Meet our team...

Nigel Coopey

Nigel has more than twenty years experience in health protection, high technology and the not-for-profit sectors. He is a highly flexible and energetic business executive who can lead from the front in almost any situation.

Nigel has recently undertaken Business Process reviews for the HPA and European Commission and prior to that he held Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director roles in two start-up companies. His particular strengths are in building and reviewing service organisations and he has directed £multi-million projects for various blue-chip clients.

Nigel holds an MBA from Cranfield University. He is also a Non-Executive Director of the Polar Moment Group.

Simon Garnham

Simon has twenty-five years in pharmaceutical clinical development, with a very strong emphasis on entrepreneurial activities, establishing new businesses and corporate growth management. He consistently established new businesses and managed these through early stage development to successful exits. He is experienced in handling international strategy, including financial management and in presenting results of Group Operations. Simon is skilled in navigating the hurdles of developing and implementing standardised policies and procedures in a number of diverse fields and across different cultures in highly regulated industries.

He has established and managed businesses in the UK, USA, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Poland, Ukraine, India and Canada.

John Garratt

John is a venture capitalist and a director of several small-medium sized private companies. He provides managerial, financial and marketing advice and assistance to companies in their development.

John is experienced in analysing opportunities/feasibility studies, project development; re-structuring; managerial & supervisory activities; business development; finances; refinancing; valuation; financial models & projections; accounting, planning, negotiations with statutory, government & industry bodies; and providing litigation advice.

John holds an MA in Economics & Political Science from Trinity College, Dublin.