AGENCY ADVISORY, CONSULTANTS + STRATEGISTS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS

OUR EXPERT TEAM

Our team at GYDA are all agency growth experts. We have either built and exited our own agencies or have extensive experience working as a growth consultants to build agencies.

GET TO KNOW YOUR (Y)OUR TEAM OF AGENCY EXPERTS

AGENCY FOUNDERS + SECTOR SPECIALISTS

GYDA has developed best practices to help Digital Agency Leaders grow their agencies. Taking over 1,000 agencies through programs and consultancy processes in over twenty countries, learning and sharing the traits of the high-performing agencies.

EXPERT FACILITATORS + AGENCY STRATEGISTS

OUR MASTERMIND TEAM

ROBERT CRAVEN
Managing Partner

  • Known for his no-nonsense approach to business growth, Robert has worked with agencies and platforms from London to Dublin, from Singapore to New York.

JANUSZ STABIK
Managing Partner

  • Janusz has built and grown his own digital agency and now helps other agency owners to do the same.

    He facilitates several Google programs, most notably across EMEA.

PHILIPPA DALE-THOMAS
Associate Consultant

  • Philippa is a business growth and leadership development coach. Philippa was managing director of a leading UK communications agency that grew to 130 people generating £15m revenue.

AGENCY OWNERS + EXPERT CONSULTANTS + ADVISORS

OUR ADVISORY TEAM

GARRY HAMILTON
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

  • After founding, growing (for 15 years) and selling his agency to WPP, Craig now helps clients to focus on growth planning, profitability and exit.

CRAIG RODNEY
EXIT STRATEGY

  • Garry is a founder and Business Development Director at Equator, a top 10 UK agency. He's responsible for over £170m in agency revenue. He knows a thing or two about sales.

STEPHEN FARISH
BOARD ADVISORY

  • Stephen has over 30 years' experience in the marketing sector, and is now a non-exec. He's a former board director at Haymarket Media Group, Centaur Media plc, and chairman of Kantar Millward Brown's corporate and healthcare practices.

PETE EVERETT
FINANCE

  • Pete is a seasoned digital executive with 20 years of experience at the C-suite level. He's founded and exited his own agency and now helps founders define strategy and deliver long-term commercial success.

NEIL COLLARD
SCALING + GROWTH

  • 10 years running and growing e3, one of the UK’s most respected digital agencies. Neil helps his clients develop a structured strategic approach to motivating management teams to deliver success.

JIM MCLAUGHLIN
STRATEGY

  • Jim helps companies grow. He has worked with over 100 clients – both in the UK and internationally.

BEN POTTER
STRATEGY

  • Ben is an adviser, mentor and Non-Exec, helping independent agencies win the right clients with a more purposeful approach to business development.

STUART WELLS
SCALING + GROWTH + TEAMS

  • Stuart has successfully founded two digital marketing and technology businesses, directly funding and employing over 450 people, with offices across the UK and Europe. He now focuses on team growth and consulting.

MARK COLGAN
SALES

  • Mark previously ran a 100-person agency and exited a Digital PR agency in 2022. He's a Sales Prospecting coach and has taught over 1000 students and helps agencies with generating pipeline and closing deals.

EXECUTIVES + ADMINISTRATION

SUPPORT TEAM

LOUISE CLARKE
ACCOUNTS + FINANCE

  • Louise is our book-keeper and works on all things money related. When it comes to what we owe and what’s owed to us, Louise is the person to talk to.

JAIME STENNING
PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND HEAD OF MARKETING

  • Jaime is the driving force behind our marketing and events. Having worked in the creative world for 15 years, she brings an agency-side perspective to all of our enterprises.

CLAIRE MASON
OPERATIONS

  • Claire is our Operations Manager. She ensures the wheels keep turning and is the glue between all the GYDA team and their clients. She works and lives in Spain. The rest of us are jealous.