Gloucester Growth Hub

Paul Spenley

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Paul is a Chartered Engineer with over 20 years experience of helping companies develop and implement their growth strategies. He helps companies create a clear and inspirational vision and application of innovation to create the product or service USP needed to compete successfully in existing markets or to diversify into new revenue streams.

Hannah Darby

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Hannah is a growth specialist focused on customer acquisition and retention using digital as the enabler to reach and serve new and existing customers. She works with businesses to operationalise their growth ambitions, helping them put in place actions and plans that take them from where they are today to their ultimate growth goal; be that revenue, customer numbers or earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT).

Andrew McKenzie

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Andrew is a sustainable-business leader focused on helping organisations lighten their footprint as they address the opportunities and challenges of climate change. Andrew has worked across multiple sectors supporting clients to develop and embed purpose-driven strategies within their operations. As a champion of innovative technologies and solutions, Andrew has worked with businesses to improve their resource efficiency, reduce their environmental impact and establish market differentiators.

Holly Sweet

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Having studied in Gloucestershire, Holly worked in Human Resources and Business Development; often at the junction between the business and academic worlds.

With experience in commercial services, particularly marketing and events, Holly honed her range of skills before bringing them to The Growth Hub to help other businesses to grow.

Nathalie Dawson

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Nathalie’s background in sales and marketing, project management and business development enables her to quickly understand many of the common pain points in growing businesses.

Having lived and worked in Gloucestershire for 20+ years, her passion for the growth of the county’s economy underpins her daily work at The Growth Hub.

Agi Seabright

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Having been born in Poland and then studied in the United States, Agi brings her international experience from a raft of forward-facing roles.

Having worked in both the public and private sectors, Agi is a well-rounded advisor to existing organisations and future entrepreneurs alike.

Tina Paton

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Tina spent her early career in marketing departments of large organisations, including The AA. After relocating to Gloucestershire, she established and ran her own successful business for 10 years, before wanting to use her experience to help other businesses.

Andy Kime

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Andy joins The Growth Hub having spent 20 years in the B2B financial services arena, the majority focused solely in the Gloucestershire region.

With many years’ experience of cash flow and term lending, Andy has played a pivotal role assisting Gloucestershire SMEs with their business growth.

Most recently, Andy has spent six years at Santander, managing a portfolio of 125+ businesses; applying his experience across all sizes and sectors.

Angela Spenley

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As a business coach in Gloucestershire, and previously as a Growth Coach for Growth Accelerator, Angela has worked with many ambitious businesses over many industry sectors.

Focusing heavily on growth strategy, Angela specialises in helping businesses find effective ways to overcome barriers to growth and plan for scale up. With proven expertise across all strategic marketing channels, Angela retains a firm focus on an organisation’s bottom line and operational efficiency.

Peter Brown

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Peter’s specialist strengths are drawn from his 30+ year career holding senior strategic roles across FMCG consumer and industrial brands, plus PL volume manufacturing.

As an SME board member, Peter has hands-on experience across finance, business turnaround, distributor acquisition, repositioning sales models, export distribution and e-commerce. Peter is a skilled consultant in NPD, operations and production and QC processes.