Where I Can Help
The right level of involvement,at the right time.
Not every business needs a consultant. Not every challenge requires a permanent hire. Sometimes what is needed is an experienced perspective, a clear plan or someone who can help navigate a particular opportunity. At other times, a business benefits from more sustained involvement. Engagements are shaped around the business, its objectives and what is actually needed.
Strategic Advisory
Helping founders and leadership teams navigate important decisions, new opportunities and the next stage of their business.
This can include business strategy, positioning, membership and community models, market development, expansion, commercial planning and thinking through the decisions that sit between where a business is today and where it wants to go.
Commercial Development & Partnerships
Identifying and developing the relationships, partnerships and commercial opportunities that can create meaningful value.
This can include partnership strategy, market development, membership and revenue models, investor relations, business development, strategic introductions and developing new routes to market.
The focus is on finding the right opportunities and relationships, rather than pursuing growth for its own sake.
Strategic Representation
For selected businesses and organisations, Lisa can act as a senior representative within relevant markets, networks and ecosystems.
This might involve developing relationships, identifying opportunities, attending key industry events, supporting market entry, building networks or acting as a trusted point of contact on the ground.
The work is not limited to a particular geography. With an established international network and experience across the UK, Middle East, Europe, the US and other markets, opportunities can be considered wherever there is a strong strategic fit.
Selective Fractional & Project Support
Some businesses benefit from having an experienced senior operator involved more closely for a defined period or particular stage of development.
Where appropriate, Lisa can take on a fractional or project-based role, providing strategic, commercial or operational input alongside the existing leadership team.
These engagements are deliberately selective and focused on a clear objective, rather than offering a traditional outsourced consultancy or permanent operational resource.
NED & Advisory Board
Lisa accepts a select number of Non-Executive Director and Advisory Board appointments where there is a strong alignment between her experience and the organisation's ambitions.
She brings an independent, commercially grounded perspective, with experience spanning membership, hospitality, workspace, investor networks, partnerships, international business development and founder-led businesses.
Selective Board Appointments
Independent perspective. Experienced judgement.
Alongside advisory and project engagements, Lisa accepts a select number of Non-Executive Director and Advisory Board appointments.
Her experience across membership, hospitality, workspace, investor networks, partnerships and international business development allows her to bring a practical and commercially informed perspective to boards and leadership teams.
Appointments are considered selectively, where there is a strong alignment between Lisa’s experience and the organisation’s ambitions.
How I Work
Flexible by design. Focused on what matters.
There is no fixed Rowan & Co. consultancy model. Each engagement is shaped around the business, the opportunity and the level of involvement required. This might be a focused project, an ongoing advisory relationship, a commercial mandate, strategic representation or a more embedded role for a defined period. The starting point is always a conversation.
Start with the business
A conversation about where things are today, what you are trying to achieve and where an experienced external perspective could add value.
Establish the opportunity
Together, we identify the areas where Lisa can have the greatest impact and agree what the engagement needs to achieve.
Turn thinking into progress
Lisa brings the appropriate level of strategic input, commercial thinking and practical involvement, working alongside founders and leadership teams to move things forward.
The Rowan & Co. Approach
Strategy is only valuable when it can be put into practice.
Rowan & Co. combines strategic thinking with real operating experience.
Lisa understands that a strong strategy is only the beginning. The right relationships, priorities, commercial model, people and processes all need to come together for an idea to become a successful business.
Her approach is commercially grounded, pragmatic and relationship-led. She is comfortable working at board level and discussing long-term strategy, but equally comfortable getting into the detail when that is what the business requires.
The aim is not to arrive with a set of recommendations and disappear. It is to provide the right perspective, challenge and involvement to help create meaningful progress.
Start a Conversation
Let’s talk about what’s next.
Whether you have a specific project in mind, are considering an ongoing advisory relationship or are navigating an important stage of growth, the best place to start is a conversation. Rowan & Co. works with a select number of businesses where Lisa’s experience, perspective and network can make a meaningful difference.