I hired Keith to help scale Simply Business from a startup to a multi-million-pound venture with two successful exits—before an outright $490m acquisition.
Keith demonstrated his curiosity for learning and the capability to achieve demanding outcomes from an early stage. He executed with results that set the tone for our ambitions. He rapidly developed his commercial and strategic acumen, and actively challenged our assumptions—priming us for success.
Keith was integral to the team I built to take the venture from product-market fit to rapid scale. He would be an invaluable coach or advisor to any early-stage or scaling startup.
Keith and I worked together for four years at Simply Business.
Our core growth engine was Keith's insurance product team. He led this team with his deep relationship skills, sound commercial nous and thoughtful pragmatism. He consistently used his big-picture view to identify great opportunities to grow our business and deliver results for our partners.
He's the kind of person whose perspective you always want to stop and listen to—on point, thought-through, and often with an angle that others have missed.
Keith is a pleasure to work with and someone you want on your side when working in a competitive business environment.
He has exceptional skills in strategy, leadership and problem solving which were best demonstrated by the results and outcomes his team achieved when we worked together at Simply Business. He's diligent when it comes to devising strategy but never afraid to act quickly and seize an opportunity.
Keith possess that rare skill of seeing the bigger picture but knowing that the devil still lives in the detail.