Newfound

Consider us an extension of your team

“After years of working with tech businesses, I saw an opportunity to improve the success rate of international expansion for those who do not have the in-house expertise or capacity to handle proper planning and ultimately fail"

PETER GILLINGWATER | CEO, NEWFOUND

Newfound was created to help tech scaleups successfully expand to new markets avoiding the common mistakes and pitfalls often made at significant cost.

WE APPLY EXPERT OPINION & A STRONG COMMERCIAL FOCUS

Our insights-led, best practice approach working with industry insiders and subject matter experts has been met favourably by businesses looking for a much more commercially focused approach to scaling and exploring new markets.

STRATEGY INFORMED BY INSIGHTS

Having a clear understanding of the market is enabling businesses to make better decisions with the support of their stakeholders and investors who also feel better informed about the opportunities ahead.

WE’RE TECH SPECIALISTS

We are the only tech-focused specialists in the UK providing expert market validation, market entry and expansion as well as executive search. It’s a fully supported market expansion journey which covers all the bases.

Our sweet spot is in B2B SaaS and we cover a number of sectors including:

AgriTech / Cyber / EdTech / FinTech / HealthTech / InsurTech / Lawtech / MarTech / PropTech / RegTech / RetailTech / Smart Cities / Telco / WealthTech

WE’RE INTERNATIONAL AND WE’RE GROWING

We work with tech scaleups and trade and investment organisations from all over the world. From supporting businesses coming to the UK & Europe as well as businesses going to Asia-Pacific, we are well placed to help our clients grow to new markets..

Headquartered in London, the company is led by Peter Gillingwater, a super-connected UK-based Kiwi who is a world leader in tech venture headhunting and international business growth.

Our Asia-Pacific team is led out of Melbourne by Claire Marriott, an experienced company builder and specialist in international executive search.

Meet Newfound

We exist for companies who want to scale globally at pace.

We are pragmatic experts in scaling to new markets, enabling businesses to move on market opportunities with the right plan and people to support.

We work across the technology spectrum supporting companies in B2B SaaS, Fintech, Consumer Electronics, Deep Tech, Telecoms, Healthtech, Cyber, AI and ESG.

Headquartered in London, with offices in Melbourne and Auckland, Newfound works with tech scale-ups, VCs and trade and investment organisations from all over the world.

We make global growth a reality.

Who we are Peter Gillingwater

CEO & FOUNDER

An expert in helping global technology companies grow in existing markets and expand into new ones.

Who we are Claire Marriott

CEO, APAC

Claire is a leader in market entry growth design and strengthening market positioning for tech businesses.

Who we are Cameron Marshall

SENIOR COMMERCIAL ANALYST

Cameron is a process-driven analyst with experience in conducting qualitative and quantitative research, and applying commercial model to existing technology. He's skilled at identifying and qualifying technology scale-ups with high growth potential.

Who we are Fiona McCullagh

CLIENT & PARTNERSHIPS DIRECTOR

With almost ten years with NZTE in helping high-growth tech businesses to scale internationally, Fiona is responsible for forging our commercial relationships and delivering excellent outcomes for tech scale-ups.

Who we are Iain Rolfe

DIRECTOR, APAC

Iain helps businesses accelerate into new growth areas and overcome market or competitor challenges. He believes this is only possible when "colouring outside the lines"(to behave creatively or unintentionally, to break the rules).

Who we are Liz Wood

HEAD OF CLIENT DELIVERY, APAC

Liz heads up our client delivery team in Australia and is an expert researcher identifying top-performing executives globally

Who we are Oliver Hawkley

PARTNER

Oliver is a Partner in our global executive search practice. Over a career spanning almost 20 years, he has worked with various scaling tech firms in Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific.

Who we are Soozey Johnstone

GROWTH & CHANGE EXPERT

Soozey helps executives understand what they want for themselves, and what their businesses want from them, and how to bring those two things into alignment.

Who we are Tay Pattison

COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

Tay's responsible for aligning our international workforce in delivering internal and external projects. His expertise stems from 10 years of experience across business structures and cultures.

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