Advisory & coaching
A copilot for the moments that matter.
In his career, Vikas has mentored and coached hundreds of entrepreneurs and leaders. He works with founders as a copilot on their growth and scale journey, and has advised on numerous transactions including investment from seed to institutional, MBOs, acquisitions, disposals to trade and private equity, IPOs and turnarounds.
Founder & CEO coaching
One-to-one, candid and confidential. For founders and chief executives who need a sparring partner who has sat in the chair for 25 years: strategy, people, capital, boards, and the personal cost of leading.
Transactions & exits
Buying, selling, raising and restructuring. Vikas has personally led more than twenty-five M&A transactions and has sold his own businesses to trade, private equity and listed groups. He helps owners prepare, run and close.
Growth & scale strategy
International expansion, supply-chain architecture, commercial strategy, and the operating structure, leadership and governance needed to sustain growth. Practical, board-ready and grounded in having done it.
Board & governance advisory
Designing boards that work: composition, audit and risk frameworks, 100-day plans, management incentives and the governance that private-equity and institutional investors expect.
Confidential. Candid. Built on having done it.
Track record
Selected experience and outcomes.
Selected investments and advisory mandates that went all the way to exit.
Angel investor & strategic advisor
Adhesys Medical
Eight-figure (USD) sale to Grünenthal Group
Non-executive director & investor
Avnio
Eight-figure sale to Loopio (Salesforce Ventures)
Strategic advisor & NED
Fletchers Group
Eight-figure sale to Sun Capital Partners
Mentoring
Mentor to 100+ start-ups and scale-ups through TiE, the world's largest entrepreneurship non-profit, where he served as President of TiE UK North, and as Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Manchester Innovation Factory, advising IP-rich spinouts across deep tech, AI and life sciences.
Conversations he draws on, through Thought Economics
Sir Richard Branson · Daniel Kahneman · Sir James Dyson · Steve Ballmer · Mark Cuban · Arianna Huffingtonand 600 more.
How it works
Small number of clients. Real attention.
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A first conversation
Thirty minutes, no charge, to understand where you are and whether Vikas is the right person to help.
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A defined engagement
Coaching retainers, transaction mandates or a fixed piece of strategic work, scoped in writing.
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Direct access
You work with Vikas, not an associate. Sessions in Manchester, London or remotely, with support between them.