
Stop running an agency.Start building an asset.
I transform founder-dependent marketing agencies into highly profitable, turnkey machines engineered for a premium exit.
You can't sell an agency that relies on you.
Right now, you are the ultimate bottleneck. If you take a month off, the agency breaks. You are managing client escalations, overseeing team leads, and carrying the operational weight of the business.Private equity firms and strategic buyers do not acquire high-paying jobs. They acquire documented systems, autonomous management layers, and bulletproof cash flow.If your margins are slipping and your org chart still has your name in three different boxes, your agency is practically unsellable. We fix that.
Margin Engineering
Revenue is vanity; EBITDA is the only metric buyers care about. I strip out bloated overhead, fix broken time-tracking, and restructure your delivery mechanisms to hit institutional-grade 35–40% EBITDA margins.
Autonomous Leadership
I remove you from the org chart. I will establish clear heads of department, align your inbound and outbound sales functions, and install the middle-management layer that buyers demand during due diligence.
Bulletproof Systemisation
Bespoke work kills valuations. I will document and productise your entire service delivery. I'll turn your messy agency operations into a heavily documented, predictable operating system that sails through M&A audits.

Built by an Active Operator, Not an Academic.
I build the mechanics that buyers acquire.I am currently the lead operator engineering a mid-eight-figure exit for a 100+ employee international agency, actively driving a mandate for 40% EBITDA margins.Having previously run marketing operations at scale for agencies like fatjoe, Digital Ethos/Cadastra, and Purpose Media, I understand the friction between sales promises and fulfillment realities.I build the exact departmental structures, margin optimisations, and offshore delivery hierarchies required to pass aggressive due diligence. I can install that same architecture into your agency.
Step 1: Diagnose your agency in 5 minutes
Step 2: The exit-readiness audit.
My intervention starts with a ruthless, asynchronous diagnostic of your business. Here is how it works:
Phase 1: Deep Dive (Days 1–7)
We start by looking under the hood of your agency. I conduct a frictionless, asynchronous audit of your core tech stack - examining how tools like HubSpot, Toggl, and your project management software actually interact. Alongside this, I run brief, targeted interviews with you and your key department heads to uncover the hidden friction points and cross-departmental bottlenecks that are quietly slowing down delivery.
Phase 2: The "Red Flag" Report
You receive a comprehensive, unfiltered assessment of your agency’s operational health. This diagnostic exposes the silent killers of your profitability - identifying exact margin leaks, unbilled scope creep, and drops in billable utilisation. I will also score your current setup on its "Exit Readiness," revealing how your operations would hold up under buyer due diligence today.
Phase 3: 90-Day Roadmap
Diagnosis without direction is useless. I translate your audit findings into a prioritised, step-by-step 90-day execution plan. You will see exactly which cross-departmental SOPs need to be built, which tech stack bloat to cut, and which QA gateways to implement in Month 1, Month 2, and Month 3 to stabilise your delivery and push your gross margins higher.
Phase 4: Findings
We sit down for a highly focused 45-minute walkthrough of your report and roadmap. We discuss the financial impact of the operational leaks and review the exact steps required to fix them. You leave this call with absolute clarity and a binary choice: hand the roadmap to your internal team to execute, or retain me as your Fractional COO to drive the implementation for you.
One-time investment
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