The SECRET WEAPON
behind the world's most
DISRUPTIVE brands

Growth Advisors & Connectors for ambitious founders, entrepreneurs & investors

JD & Co is a founder advisory, fractional and executive search firm working with ambitious entrepreneurs, CEOs, boards and investors across consumer, health, wellness, longevity, lifestyle, marketplaces and high-growth disruptor brands.

For 15 years, we have helped place over a thousand leaders into the boards and leadership teams of some of Europe’s most exciting founder-led, entrepreneur-led and investor-backed businesses.

We work at the moments that shape what comes next: raising capital, scaling leadership, building boards, hiring senior operators, entering new markets, preparing for exit, or helping a business grow beyond its founder.

Our work goes beyond search. We advise on the people, board and leadership structures that support scale, helping ambitious businesses build the foundations needed to start, scale, raise, acquire and exit well.

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Our Products

Whether starting, raising, expanding or exiting, we work with businesses as they navigate critical points in their journeys. We do this in four different ways:

As your business partner, we take a deep dive into your business to identify previously undiagnosed problems, create a clear and actionable strategy to overcome them, and take you to the next milestone. We cover:

Founder mentorship and coaching
Organisational design and build
Fundraising preparation and expertise
Succession planning, role scoping and design
Brand building, partnerships and connections
Remuneration and Total Reward benchmarking
Board and Leadership assessments

Whether you’re already a well-recognized disruptor in the market, or you’re yet to launch, a strong board is one of the most powerful weapons a scaling business can have.

Getting the right balance of breadth and overview, versus depth and expertise is crucial; we partner with founders and leaders to help them build a clear framework for their board structure, developing both short and long term strategies to ensure that they are always able to tap into the wisdom and experience of others.

Through Advisors, NEDs, Experts and Investor Contacts, we help you reach your potential and gain competitor advantage.

Whether it’s finding a co-founder for an early-stage business; building the first Heads of and Director levels or professional leadership/C-Suite; or finding a CEO to take the reins from a founder, we have the knowledge (and battle scars) from hiring over 700 leaders across the full breadth of leadership disciplines.

We’re experts in identifying Growth leaders capable of working in scaling businesses, navigating change, and working with ambiguity. Working in sprints, our aim is to secure you the right person in 12 weeks or less, keeping the search process agile and flexible.

Each candidate will get a compelling account of the opportunity, fully vetted and interviewed and given invaluable career coaching to help them weigh up if this will be a great move for them.

Our position at the heart of the startup and scaleup ecosystem, and decades working with founder-led businesses has built us an unparalleled network. Our reputation for always working with exciting brands, giving us both credibility and influence.

We’re able to curate conversations and introduce our clients to an unrivalled spectrum of influential leaders and seasoned experts. From ‘coffee-sized conversations’ for tactical insights to future board members, and from commercial partners to potential investors, we know the impact the right introduction can have.

OUR MISSION

To be the “secret weapon” behind the founders and leaders of the world’s most disruptive brands, as they launch, grow, scale, and prepare to exit

OUR BEHAVIOUR

We act with the same care and passion for our partners’ businesses and reputation as we do our own

OUR BELIEF

The journey is as important as the destination, and requires tenacity and humility in equal measure

A female founder-led business

We're acknowledged across the leadership, founder, and VC communities as the go-to search firm for senior-level talent across the UK and Europe.

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commission-free business model

>65%

of our placements in the past year are women

1000+

leaders hired & counting

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followers across all social channels

Want to build a Board or Leadership Team?

Whether it’s finding a co-founder for an early-stage business; building the first Heads of and Director levels or professional leadership/C-Suite; or finding a CEO to take the reins from a founder, we have the knowledge (and battle scars) from hiring over 1000 leaders across the full breadth of leadership disciplines.

We’re experts in identifying growth leaders capable of working in scaling businesses, navigating change, and working with ambiguity.

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