In today's episode, we will be talking to a very special guest, John Wakeford. John is a partner at HW Global and heads up the Interim business. He shares some interesting insights into the multiple ways the right headhunter can help an entrepreneur make the best board-level appointments. It's a process with many stages and, in ideal conditions, should be handled by someone with the right experience.
John Wakeford: LinkedIn Website
Gary Fletcher: LinkedIn Email
Started life in the Sports & Leisure industry gaining experience in Leisure facilities, Franchising, UK Tourism of Holiday Parks, Golf and Hotels. Traded this for property acquisition and development building company with over 35 residential & commercial properties.
Founded modern Forest holidays and built the company from zero profits and sold 12 years later for 9 figures. Particular focus on company culture, people and service. “ we couldn’t find anyone who did not absolutely love you - we added a new category” higher NPS score than Apple - Pragma Consulting 2011). Recommended by Lloyd’s Bank & finalist in Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year programme 2014.
Transitioning into Chairman & Investor and enjoying helping Entrepreneurs grow themselves and their businesses with pace and focus. Further strong track record developed across 3 separate roles and 2-3 x investor return obtained across 8 & 9 figure exits in 2-4 yrs.
Gary and other founders are still mentored by the leading entrepreneur coach in the world - Dan Sullivan and have set up his own charity www.kidsvillage.org.uk.
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Guy’s working career began in retail where he enjoyed an eleven-year stint in various managerial positions.
Following this, he followed his passion for anything technical and branched out on his own into the technical world. In 2001 he was a founding member and CEO of Cake Solutions Limited and over the next 16 years, he directly oversaw the development of the business from a small start-up to that of an international, multi-million-pound company respected as being at the cutting edge of engineering and process in the open-source software development world.
After being recognised in the Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 and being viewed as one of the most unique, forward-thinking, and fast-growth companies in the industry Cake Solutions Limited was acquired by a multinational corporation and the business was subsequently rebranded as Disney Streaming Services, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a company owned by The Walt Disney Corporation.
As a creative & widely experienced individual with a keen focus on personal development, company culture, and process improvement, Guy is now able to turn his hand to various non-executive roles both in the commercial and voluntary sector. Guy is also the founder and non-exec at the startup factory.tech.
In addition to his working commitments, Guy dedicates time to charitable activities. For well over a decade he has worked with Variety - the Children's Charity in a number of voluntary roles, currently acting as the Chairman for the North West region.
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