Turning Strategy into Measurable Industrial Value
Helping industrial and growth businesses bridge the gap between vision and execution.
Partnering with industry professionals across the UK, USA and Europe
I partner with three overlapping groups, building more valuable, resilient and exit-ready businesses:
Investors
PE and VC funds backing industrial, advanced manufacturing and industrial-tech businesses that require pragmatic operating depth and portfolio-level insight.
Boards, Chairs & CEOs
Mid-market industrial leaders seeking independent challenge, governance strength and calm leadership through growth, complexity or transition.
Founders & Growth-Focused SMEs
Entrepreneurs preparing to raise capital, professionalise operations or navigate an eventual exit with confidence and control.
Glenn Fletcher
BSC FCA
I work with investors, boards and industrial founders to bridge ambition and execution — strengthening governance, sharpening strategy and delivering hands-on value creation in complex, technical environments.
How can I Help you and your business?
- Outcome: Stronger boards. Clearer decisions. Measurable execution.
Board-level leadership and disciplined executive support.
Independent Chair and NED roles for industrial and industrial-tech businesses.
Fractional CEO/MD, COO, CTO or Chief Value-Creation Officer during growth, turnaround or succession.
Board effectiveness, governance frameworks and audit/risk oversight.
CEO sparring partner on strategy, organisation design, performance and culture.
- Outcome: Faster stabilisation. Clear performance cadence. Stronger exit positioning.
Hands-on industrial value creation for investors and their portfolios.
Pre-deal operational diligence, assessment and investment thesis input.
Post-acquisition value creation planning.
KPI architecture, board reporting and performance management.
Margin improvement, cost-out and working capital optimisation.
Executive/entrepreneur coaching and leadership development.
- Outcome: Credible investor engagement. Stronger negotiating position. Better exits.
Pragmatic growth, funding and exit support.
Clarifying strategy, positioning and operating model.
Fund-raising readiness: investor narrative, financial discipline and governance uplift.
Building the right team and structure for the next stage.
Exit planning: equity story, diligence preparation and sale process.
- Outcome: Stronger boards. Clearer decisions. Measurable execution.
Board-level leadership and disciplined executive support.
Independent Chair and NED roles for industrial and industrial-tech businesses.
Fractional CEO/MD, COO, CTO or Chief Value-Creation Officer during growth, turnaround or succession.
Board effectiveness, governance frameworks and audit/risk oversight.
CEO sparring partner on strategy, organisation design, performance and culture.
- Outcome: Faster stabilisation. Clear performance cadence. Stronger exit positioning.
Hands-on industrial value creation for investors and their portfolios.
Pre-deal operational diligence, assessment and investment thesis input.
Post-acquisition value creation planning.
KPI architecture, board reporting and performance management.
Margin improvement, cost-out and working capital optimisation.
Executive/entrepreneur coaching and leadership development.
- Outcome: Credible investor engagement. Stronger negotiating position. Better exits.
Pragmatic growth, funding and exit support.
Clarifying strategy, positioning and operating model.
Fund-raising readiness: investor narrative, financial discipline and governance uplift.
Building the right team and structure for the next stage.
Exit planning: equity story, diligence preparation and sale process.
About Glenn
I am an industrial value-creation and governance specialist combining:
Former CEO/MD experience in advanced manufacturing, precise engineering & industrial technology
FCA-qualified (Chartered Accountant) with financial discipline and underlying finance acumen
Board-level leadership across growth, turnaround and exit situations
Multiple C-Suite roles (CFO, COO, CEO/MD) across large plc’s, SME’s and start-ups, scale-ups
Experience in various sectors, applications, products, markets and activities including:
Industrial sensing, digital transformation, chemicals, fibres, coatings, marine & maritime, automotive, defence, energy, petrochemical, oil & gas, polymers, sustainability & Net Zero.
Innovative, efficient and sustainable technology, manufacturing processes and products developed and commercialised; combining hardware (mechanical and electrical), firmware and software, data science, edge processing & AI, digital interfaces and cloud platforms.
International experience in markets, customer bases & supply chains across UK, EU, USA, Far East.
Raising money from, partnering with and managing relationships with VC, PE firms.
Founded, funded, scaled and exited four industrial businesses, plus other significant M&A experience.
A passion for supporting, building, managing, coaching, mentoring and motivating Boards & Teams
Using experiential and transferable skills to train, enable, and empower teams and boards
Constructively challenging, with a collaborative and innovation approach, combining strategic and hands-on support and an advocate of values and wellbeing based team and business cultures.
Volunteering with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Board, Enginuity, and the Greater Lincolnshire Careers Hub as an Enterprise Advisor, supporting schools and colleges in shaping future talent and career pathways.
Alongside executive and board roles, I have acted as an external Operating Partner to multiple PE and VC firms, supporting portfolio companies and contributing to investment themes, diligence and fund-level thinking. In several cases, this has evolved into ongoing “Associate of the Firm” relationships - reflecting trusted, embedded operating partnership rather than one-off consultancy.
Across all mandates - NED and Chair, Operating Partner, Board and Deal Advisor - the focus is consistent:
Bridging business, investor ambition and operational reality to build stronger, more valuable industrial businesses.
Based in the UK. Available nationally and internationally.
Dynamo has now joined Sparkhouse, a thriving business centre located on the campus of the University of Lincoln. Sparkhouse is home to a diverse range of vibrant, creative, innovative technology and digital businesses, providing an inspiring environment for growth and collaboration.
Let’s Talk
If you are one of the many people:
Assessing a new investment.
Facing operational complexity.
Preparing for growth or exit.
Strengthening your board.
Or seeking experienced industrial challenge at board level.