About

Nineteen years building the people side of start-ups.

I founded Market Mavens, placing top business-school talent into growing firms, and pitched it on Sky TV's The Angel. I turned down investment from John Caudwell because the terms weren't right. That decision taught me more about leadership than the pitch did.

Then in-house: Google Ventures-backed Lost My Name, and Series D Secret Escapes. After that, VP of People at Arrival, where we scaled from 250 to 2,900+ people across 10+ countries, became LinkedIn's No.1 Top UK Start-up in 2020, and supported the C-suite through a NASDAQ listing at a $16bn valuation. I also led two global restructures affecting 1,000+ people.

Inception, funding rounds, public listing, restructure: I've been in the room for every stage.

Most recently VP of People at VC-backed XYZ Reality, rebuilding the People function's in-house talent, improving people team systems and operating model and supporting the C-suite and VPs through significant change programmes.

Results in numbers

Delivered training to over 100+ leaders

Off-sites conducted across the UK and Europe

C-Suite, VP-level, Director and Managers coached

Credentials

MBA, Imperial College Business School
Trained in Human Technics Advanced Executive Coaching (ILM)

Personal

Fluent in English and Polish. Love for football, snowboarding and lifting weights. Developing people is the most rewarding undertaking.

Principles

Radical Cadour

Say the thing early and directly and support the process to achieve the desired outcome.

Measurable Impact

Outcomes measures in 90 days.

Courage over comfort

The comfortable option is usually the expensive one.

Care for the whole person

Supported leaders perform at their best.

Systems that outlast me