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These are not character references — they are direct references to operating outcomes delivered inside real businesses. These are not character references. They are operational outcomes — delivered in real businesses where the mandate was to improve performance, not to advise from a distance. They are perspectives from investors, boards and executives on the outcomes delivered inside businesses.

Names and organisations are withheld at the request of the parties involved. Context is provided where agreed.

Most feedback focuses on style.
This feedback reflects outcomes.

Featured Operating Partner Deployment

“Scott doesn’t operate as an advisor. He steps into the business, identifies where performance is being lost, and implements the discipline to fix it. The difference between an engagement with Scott and most advisory work is that things actually change.”

Private Equity Investor

PE-backed industrial distribution business · ANZ

02 EBITDA Improvement & Pricing Discipline

“Scott identified pricing leakage across the business that we had not seen — and implemented the architecture to correct it. The impact on EBITDA was immediate and measurable. It wasn’t a recommendation. It was done.”

Chair

Industrial distribution platform · $60m+ revenue · ANZ

03 Working Capital & Cash Flow

“We were profitable on paper but consistently tight on cash. Scott quickly identified the operational drivers — inventory build, debtor management, freight costs we weren’t recovering — and reset the discipline. Cash position improved materially within 90 days.”

CEO

Manufacturing & distribution business · PE-backed · Australia

04 Operational Execution & Cadence

“The biggest shift was cadence and accountability. Before Scott, performance varied significantly across sites and issues surfaced late. After six months, performance was visible, consistent and problems were being addressed at the right level.”

Board Member

Multi-site industrial business · ANZ

05 Commercial Diligence — Value Creation

“Scott’s diligence work gave us a level of operational conviction we hadn’t had on previous deals. He identified specific EBITDA upside — pricing architecture, working capital release, operating cadence gaps — with enough precision that we could underwrite it. That’s not what most diligence produces.”

Deal Team — PE Fund

Buy-side diligence · Industrial platform acquisition · Australia

06 Exit Preparation & EBITDA Uplift

“We brought Scott in 18 months before our planned exit. He systematically closed the gap between reported EBITDA and what the business was capable of. The outcome for our investors was materially better than it would have been without that work.”

Investor & Chair

Pre-exit EBITDA improvement · PE-backed business · ANZ

07 Post-Acquisition Stabilisation

“The 100 days after acquisition are where value can be created or destroyed. Scott stabilised the business quickly — management alignment, operating cadence, commercial discipline. There was no drift period. The thesis started being executed from week one.”

PE Operating Partner

Post-acquisition integration · Industrial business · APAC

08 Scaling Without Losing Control

“We had grown fast and the business was becoming harder to manage. Margins were compressing, pricing was inconsistent across branches, and decision-making was too slow. Scott diagnosed it quickly and built the systems that let us keep growing without losing control of the margin.”

Founder & CEO

Founder-led industrial business · $40m revenue · Australia

People who have worked with Scott don’t talk about his personality.
They talk about what changed in the business.

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