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 work with tech scale-ups and trade and investment organisations to drive economic growth.

We’ve built a solid reputation for clients across multiple sectors including putting the right leadership in place so companies can grow and scale with confidence.

Backed up with our expert market validation and market entry support, we deliver high-growth companies with the local market knowledge they need to succeed.

With considerable experience in B2B SaaS, we have supported:

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

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.

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 Harry McPhail

CLIENT SERVICES DIRECTOR

Harry has built his career on the successful delivery of mission-critical projects for global tech companies.

Who we are Calypso Harland

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

20+ years experience in the tech sector launching new brands and scaling high growth ventures.

Who we are Zoe Spicer

CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

20 years’ experience in the tech industry, helping both multinationals and start-ups nurture talent and grow leaders.

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 Neal Tantisukrit

SENIOR COMMERCIAL ANALYST

With experience at tech unicorn, early-stage startups and her own startup venture, Neal brings excellent research and analysis capabilities to the team.

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 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 Craig Stockdale

COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR

A highly experienced, commercial leader delivering revenue growth for our clients as they set up in APAC

Who we are Louis Gane

An experienced business development professional with a hands-on international trade and export industry experience from time working in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

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