Expertise
Sara has a 30-year career in tech and fintech. She has held senior roles within large organisations including ACI, NatWest and VocaLink/Mastercard and smaller businesses such as Mutual Vision, ParentPay and Panintelligence.
As Chief Product Officer and Chief Commercial Officer her experience includes major product development, strategy, sales, M&A and fundraising.
Sara has advised 100s of entrepreneurs seeking funding. Her laser focus helps organisations to scale valuable products by ensuring they are solving real customer problems.
Sara advises on...
- Startups, SMEs, Global Enterprises
- Business/Growth Strategy – Customer Value Proposition, Product Development & Strategy
- Fintech & Tech – NED, CCO, CPO, COO
- SaaS/Tech
- Venture Capital/PE/M&A
- Corporate Finance – Turnarounds/Pivots, M&A, Diligence, Governance
Experience Highlights
- Finance Yorkshire (fund) – Currently, Non-Executive Director, Investment Advisory Panel, Risk & Audit committee member
- Director, NorthInvest (Angel Network) – grew from zero to 20 deals per year
- Group Product Director – ParentPay group – £60m+ product development budget
- CPO – Mutual Vision (SaaS for Building Societies & Specialist lenders)
- CCO – Panintelligence, Series A raise Product Director
- VocaLink & Mastercard, payments systems & M&A experience – £50m product revenues
Career History
Previous firms
- Group Product Director – ParentPay (Feb 2023 – Feb 2024)
- Founder, Teal Strategy (Feb 2022 – Apr 2023)
- Chief Product Officer – Mutual Vision (Oct 2020 – Feb 2022)
- Director, NorthInvest (Oct 2018 – Apr 2023)
- Chief Commercial Officer – Panintelligence (Feb 2019 – Oct 2019)
- Product Director – VocaLink/Mastercard – (Jan 2013 – May 2017)
Education
- University of Durham
- Open University
- York St. Johns