Henry Braithwaite — Personal Brief

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Henry Braithwaite

Henry Braithwaite

2 x founder, NED, board advisor, and doctoral researcher in strategic management.

2 x founder, NED, board advisor, and doctoral researcher in strategic management.

§01 — Track record

— Marketmakers

— Marketmakers

Co-founded and scaled a B2B lead-generation agency to 320 people over fifteen years. Sold via a full M&A process to an AIM-listed acquirer.

Co-founded and scaled a B2B lead-generation agency to 320 people over fifteen years. Sold via a full M&A process to an AIM-listed acquirer.

— Lead Forensics

— Lead Forensics

Co-founder a bootstrapped B2B SaaS business in website visitor identification. Grown over ten years to 400+ staff across the UK and US, serving around 5,000 customers as the global category leader .

Co-founder a bootstrapped B2B SaaS business in website visitor identification. Grown over ten years to 400+ staff across the UK and US, serving around 5,000 customers as the global category leader .

§02 — Advisory & board

Non-executive director / Board Advisor


Non-executive director / Board Advisor


Board advisor to a small number of founder-led B2B SaaS and marketing/agency businesses navigating growth.

Board advisor to a small number of founder-led B2B SaaS and marketing/agency businesses navigating growth.

Open to further non-executive and advisory appointments, particularly with founder-led businesses scaling through complexity.

Open to further non-executive and advisory appointments, particularly with founder-led businesses scaling through complexity.

§02 — Research

Doctoral Scholar - Henley Business School


Doctoral researcher (DBA) at Henley Business School. The work examines strategic planning quality and execution in founder-led, owner-managed businesses as they scale — why so many high-growth companies plan reactively rather than deliberately, and what changes when they don’t.

Doctoral Scholar - Henley Business School


Doctoral researcher (DBA) at Henley Business School. The work examines strategic planning quality and execution in founder-led, owner-managed businesses as they scale — why so many high-growth companies plan reactively rather than deliberately, and what changes when they don’t.