Scalewell brings together two people who have built and led scaling businesses and advised the leaders who run them. We work with investors and management teams on the organisation behind the plan: whether it can deliver, what is getting in the way, and what to change.
Having read Law at Oxford University and qualified as a solicitor, Nick quickly realised his heart didn’t lie in corporate finance law, and that his real passion was developing leaders and businesses. He worked for leading organisational consultancies including Oliver Wyman Delta and Heidrick & Struggles on many projects, including cultural development at NASA following the Columbia disaster.
Since 2012 Nick has worked in-house and as an adviser to dozens of leaders and scaling businesses across Europe and the US. His work focuses on leadership, organisational effectiveness and helping businesses build what they need to deliver their strategy as they grow and change.
Nick likes to think he can surf (despite once almost meeting his maker in a wipe-out) and is slowly becoming a half-decent chef. He is also trying to get to grips with non-dualism and quantum mechanics, and as a result is an infrequent guest at dinner parties.
With an MA in Industrial Economics and Management from Cambridge University, Phil began his career creating digital products and services for global leaders and challenger brands. As well as working on five continents for consultancies now part of Deloitte and EY, he was part of the launch team at 3, worked for Robbie Williams (on his website, not as a backing singer) and co-founded a pre-Spotify mobile music service.
Since 2011 Phil has focused on scale-ups, initially as co-founder of Kabbee (until Uber spoiled the party) and then, after a stint launching Facebook’s first incubator, as CCO and Board Member for the UK’s favourite car-sharing service, hiyacar. Working with Nick to combine operating experience with leadership and organisational expertise was a long-held ambition, finally realised when Scalewell was born.
Phil aims to develop a fraction of Jürgen Klopp’s genius in strategy and people leadership before retiring one day to a life by the sea, ideally in the Caribbean but more likely in North Wales.
Every engagement is led by Nick or Phil, and the first conversation is about your plan and your people.
