Chief Digital Officer, Unilever
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Head of E-Commerce, TIKTOK
The Growth Foundation are ecommerce operators turned growth partners. From founder-led scale-ups to established multinationals, we help founders build and scale by bringing together strategy, people and technology.
An experienced outside read on where your next phase of growth will come from.
Our experts will show you the strategy and tactics to take you to the next level.
New products? New markets? We show you the way. Pitfalls avoided, no opportunities missed.
We have expertise across all the foundations of your business.
How we help
you grow.
Strategy
01
Grow profitably.
Operator-level commercial strategy from people who have run ecommerce businesses themselves. We pinpoint where the real growth is, then either advise or work alongside your team to make it happen.
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People
02
Hire excellently.
We find, secure and onboard people who thrive at founder pace, screening for attitude as much as ability, from experienced directors to the next generation of talent.
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Technology
03
Protect the revenue you have earned.
Order Rescue, our Shopify app, recovers the revenue lost when a discount code fails at checkout. Built by operators and proven across more than 50 million checkout sessions.
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We place people who can do the job and thrive at founder pace.
4
weeks
Brief to offer (half the industry standard)
96
%
Probation pass rate
“TGF's Strategy x Talent model has been a strong fit: commercially sharp, practical, and focused on helping the business move from diagnosis into execution.”
Jo O'Boyle
Marketing and Business Development Director
“Working with The Growth Foundation has been invaluable across CRM, Paid Media, Brand and more. They understood our vision and goals exactly.”
GEORGIA STREETON
CHIEF BRAND OFFICER
“At key points in our growth journey, we've partnered with The Growth Foundation across audits, performance benchmarking, hands-on DTC execution and talent. Their experience flexes to almost any challenge, and they consistently deliver with clarity, pace and strong cultural alignment.”
CLAIRE SHREAD
FOUNDER
We've got the right people to help you grow the right way.
Sarah Jasper-Baker
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSarah is a commercial strategist, highly-skilled at helping businesses grow their bottom line. In a 20 year career, she’s generated revenue in the tens of millions through end-to-end demand creation, loyalty, and brand and commercial partnerships.
Richard Chapple
CHIEF GROWTH OFFICERRichard has 20 years’ experience in DTC eCommerce. He’s an expert at unlocking huge, profitable and sustainable growth for start-ups, scale-ups and established businesses. As Head of Marketing at play.com, Founder & CEO at THG Ingenuity and CMO at Gymshark, he helped grow all three into unicorn companies.
Aftab Saleem
DIRECTOR OF GROWTH & PERFORMANCEAftab has designed international expansion strategies for Mothercare and BAT. He builds and leads motivated teams from Product and Brand to Tech, Operations and everything in-between.
Laura Francis
talent & people directorLaura’s seen both sides of recruitment from upscaling businesses to fielding candidates, giving her a unique view of client challenges and the necessary hires to help them grow the right way.
Imogen Rossi
COMMERCIAL DIRECTORImogen combines strong commercial acumen with creative leadership and a passion for emerging tech shaping the Retail and DTC landscapes. Previously at Cult LDN, Imogen was instrumental in driving growth across major client accounts and utilises this experience here at TGF to help our clients growth the right way.
Emma Green
TALENT OPERATIONS DIRECTOREmma’s comprehensive understanding of the entire talent lifecycle bridges the gap between talent acquisition and people operations. Her foundation includes experience as an Associate Director at Michael Page and running her own consultancy, before building internal People functions at Gymshark, Snug Sofa, Nadine Merabi, and CurrentBody Ltd.
The Growth Foundation, 17-19 D'Arblay Street, London, W1F 8EB
Let's grow.
If you are planning your next phase of growth, let’s talk. We’ll start with a growth assessment: a look at where you are and where the opportunity is.