Tom began their career in consulting before realising that he had enjoyed scaling the consultancy business more than he enjoyed consulting. That led to a career in scale-up, taking businesses from 20 people to 200 people. The focus has been around the interface between technology and professional services and, ever more so with time, impact businesses. Tom's route to CEO has been through senior commercial and operational roles and he still loves to go back to his consultancy routes with an Excel spreadsheet and a PowerPoint story.