SaaS & Technology Advisory

Commercial Clarity.
Sharper Positioning.
Scalable Growth.

Augmentum Advisory Ltd brings C-suite commercial leadership to SaaS and technology businesses between £1m–£20m revenue — without the permanent hire. Led by Nick Nesbitt, a proven Chief Revenue Officer with over 25 years scaling businesses from £1m to £50m ARR across EMEA, APAC and North America.

Founder Credentials
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Chief Commercial Officer — Siccar Ltd Aug 2025 – Present · Blockchain & information security
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CEO EMEA & APAC — Aptitude Software Group Plc £50m P&L · £35m ARR · 275 people · FTSE companies
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MD — CCH Tagetik UK&I 280% sales growth · £1m → £9m ARR · 28 new logos in 2018
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IBM · Oracle · Accenture · Cognos Prior roles across Big Four advisory & enterprise technology
25+Years C-Suite Commercial Leadership
£50mLargest P&L managed
280%Peak sales signing growth delivered
£35mPeak ARR led at Aptitude Software EMEA
Our Sweet Spot

From Founder-Led Sales to a Scalable Commercial Engine

There is a specific, critical — and frequently underestimated — inflection point in the growth of every B2B SaaS, Fintech, RegTech and technology business. The moment when founder-led sales stops being enough.

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The Founder-Led Phase: £0 → £1m ARR

The founder sells. Deals close on relationships, conviction and product belief. It works — but it does not scale, and it cannot be replicated by a team.

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The Dangerous Middle: £1m → £5m ARR

VC or PE investment arrives. Headcount grows. But the sales motion is still founder-led instinct dressed up as process. Pipeline is unvalidated. Forecasting is optimistic. The board starts asking hard questions.

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The Augmentum Intervention: Building for £10m+

This is where Nick Nesbitt works. Replacing founder-led sales with a structured, data-driven, enterprise-ready commercial function — ICP defined, pipeline validated, GTM motion designed, team enabled, metrics in place — that investors can trust and operators can scale.

The organisations we serve

Augmentum Advisory exists for one specific type of organisation: a B2B technology business that has achieved early commercial traction — typically between £1m and £10m ARR — and now needs to make the transition from informal, founder-driven growth to a structured, scalable, investor-ready commercial operation.

These are businesses that cannot justify — or cannot yet afford — a full-time C-suite commercial leader who has built this before. That is what Augmentum delivers: fractionally, without the cost, without the long-term commitment, and without the risk of getting the hire wrong.

£1mWhere founder-led sales typically stalls
£10m+Where a structured GTM motion takes you
25+Years doing exactly this at C-suite level
FractionalC-suite expertise without the full-time cost
B2B SaaS Fintech RegTech Enterprise Software Technology Businesses VC-Backed PE-Backed Bootstrapped → Invested Mid-Market GTM Enterprise Sales Motion
Nick Nesbitt — Founder, Augmentum Advisory Ltd

Nick Nesbitt

Founder & Principal Advisor · Augmentum Advisory Ltd

About the Founder

25 Years of Building Revenue Engines at Scale

"I engage with boards to define overarching business strategies that deliver clean, sustainable growth — with a sharp focus on product-market fit."

Nick Nesbitt is an accomplished and purposeful business leader with a proven track record of accelerating growth through a rigorous, disciplined approach to sales and go-to-market processes that prioritise the customer.

He has personally scaled multiple SaaS businesses from approximately £1m to £9m over six years at Tagetik, and from £12.5m to £35m ARR at Aptitude Software — building and leading teams of up to 275 people across EMEA and APAC.

With deep expertise in Corporate Performance Management, Regulatory & Compliance Reporting, and BI & Data Analytics within the SaaS B2B space, Nick has a proven history of generating new customers, expanding market share, and driving profitable growth to enhance shareholder value.

His prior career spans IBM Global Business Services, Oracle Corporation, Accenture, Cognos, and Arthur Andersen — providing a foundation of enterprise commercial discipline combined with hands-on execution experience.


Core Competencies

Revenue Growth Strategy SaaS GTM Execution Fractional CRO Sales Process Design Partner & Channel Strategy Financial Performance Team Leadership & Coaching Investor Relations M&A & Due Diligence ICP & Value Proposition Large-Scale International Operations Customer Success
Why Augmentum

The commercial expertise of a FTSE-listed executive, deployed at the pace of a startup

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Proven at Scale Across Geographies

Led revenue operations with 275 people across EMEA and APAC. Negotiated and closed enterprise deals with FTSE 100 clients including Diageo, GSK, BAE Systems, Centrica, Halma and Smith & Nephew.

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Board-Level Commercial Strategy

Part of a four-person executive team at Aptitude Software PLC that led search, due diligence and sign-off on a £40m acquisition. Regularly engaged investors, managed £50m P&L and built partner strategies with Microsoft, Big 4 firms and channel resellers.

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Positioning, Pricing & Revenue Growth

Holistic optimisation of market position, pricing architecture and internal commercial structure to maximise revenue potential. Grounded in experience managing £50m P&Ls and driving 25–42% ARR growth year-on-year across multiple SaaS businesses.

Our Expertise

Specialised Advisory Services

Each service is delivered personally by Nick Nesbitt — bringing C-suite rigour and hands-on execution experience to your most pressing commercial challenges.

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GTM Strategy & Execution

Comprehensive go-to-market strategies to successfully launch products and dominate new markets. Built on proven playbooks used to penetrate UK banking, insurance, pharma and FTSE 100 accounts.

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90-Day Commercial Reset for Early-Scale SaaS

A focused, rapid-impact programme to realign your commercial engine and jumpstart growth when momentum has stalled.

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ICP Definition & Value Proposition

Crystallise your Ideal Customer Profile and craft compelling value propositions that convert. Hone client messaging, optimise onboarding and implement targeted, measurable client management systems.

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Sales Process, Enablement & Forecasting

Optimise your full sales cycle — from pipeline qualification to close. Build a revenue forecasting model that actually predicts accurately.

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Commercial Strategy & Operating Model Design

Architect a robust commercial operating model designed for efficiency and sustainable scale. Includes team structure, role definition, compensation design and governance metrics.

Flagship Engagement

The 90-Day Commercial Reset

For early-scale SaaS businesses where revenue growth has stalled, the commercial narrative has drifted, or the GTM motion lacks coherence. A structured, rapid-impact programme to realign and reignite.

What You Will Have at Day 90

A refined ICP and sharper value proposition
A redesigned, documented sales process with clear stages and exit criteria
A functioning revenue forecast model and pipeline hygiene discipline
An aligned GTM motion — marketing, sales and customer success working from one playbook
A commercial operating model with defined roles, metrics and cadences
A partner and channel strategy if applicable

Start the Reset →
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Days 1–30: Diagnose & Discover

Deep commercial audit across sales, marketing, customer success and product-market fit. Stakeholder interviews, pipeline analysis, win/loss review and competitive positioning assessment.

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Days 31–60: Design & Align

Co-create the new commercial strategy with your leadership team. Redesign the GTM motion, sales process, ICP definition and value proposition. Secure board and team alignment before execution begins.

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Days 61–90: Deploy & Embed

Execute with precision. Train and enable the team. Implement the new operating model, metrics framework and reporting cadence. Hand over a self-sustaining commercial engine with clear ownership.

Service Packages

Targeted Engagements. Immediate Impact.

Each package is a focused, hands-on engagement delivered personally by Nick Nesbitt. Select the one that addresses your most pressing commercial challenge — or combine several as part of a broader advisory relationship.

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Last Mile of the Deal

Turning Preferred Supplier Status into Signed Contract
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Being selected as preferred supplier feels like the finish line. It is not. It is the beginning of one of the most complex, high-stakes phases of any B2B sale — where more deals are lost, delayed or re-opened to competition than most organisations want to admit.

Working with Nick, your team will build a repeatable close process and a Mutually Agreed Plan (MAP) methodology that creates joint accountability with your client and a clear, shared path to signature.

This engagement delivers

A forensic review of your current close process and where late-stage deals are being lost
A repeatable Last Mile framework tailored to your sales motion and deal complexity
A live MAP template and methodology your team can use on every active deal
Direct coaching on active deals — applying the framework in real time, not theory
The fractional advantage: A senior sales director with this experience costs £150,000+ per year to hire. This engagement delivers the same intellectual capital in a focused, time-efficient format — with immediate impact on your live pipeline.
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Pipeline Integrity Review

Know What You Actually Have — Before the Board Does
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Pipeline solves every commercial problem. But only real pipeline. Inflated, unvalidated or poorly qualified pipeline creates false confidence — distorting forecasting, misallocating resource and producing the kind of missed targets that erode board confidence and damage team morale.

This engagement delivers a rigorous, objective assessment of your pipeline — examining quality, stage validity, coverage against target, velocity and the activities generating it.

This engagement delivers

A scored assessment of your pipeline by stage, quality, stakeholder engagement and realistic probability
A clear analysis of pipeline coverage gaps against your current and forward ARR targets
An honest evaluation of your pipeline generation activities — what works, what is wasted and what is missing
A prioritised action plan to close gaps, improve qualification discipline and build sustainable pipeline generation
The fractional advantage: A full-time CRO conducting this review costs in excess of £200,000 per year. This engagement delivers the same forensic assessment in a structured, time-bound format — giving you board-ready insight without the overhead.
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Revenue Alignment: Marketing & Sales Sync

One GTM Motion. One Set of Priorities. One Commercial Direction.
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Marketing and sales misalignment is one of the most persistent and expensive problems in early-scale SaaS. Marketing generates leads sales dismisses. Sales pursues prospects marketing has never heard of. Meanwhile, the business burns budget, loses momentum and wonders why growth is harder than it should be.

This engagement delivers

A jointly agreed definition of a qualified lead, handover process and feedback loop
An audit of demand generation activities — what drives pipeline and what consumes budget without return
An aligned content and campaign calendar that directly supports the sales team's live priorities
A joint GTM cadence — shared metrics and accountability that keeps both functions coordinated
The fractional advantage: Achieving this alignment typically requires a VP of Revenue or CRO with authority over both functions. This engagement delivers that leadership intervention without the complexity of a senior hire.
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Commercial Performance Review

The Right Metrics. The Right Narrative. The Right Decisions.
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A Monthly or Quarterly Business Review should be one of the most strategically valuable conversations a leadership team has. In practice, it is frequently a backward-looking data exercise — packed with metrics that measure activity rather than outcomes, and disconnected from the decisions that actually move the business forward.

This engagement delivers

A defined, stage-appropriate set of GTM metrics that give an accurate picture of commercial health
A structured MBR/QBR framework with clear sections and logical narrative flow
Coaching on presenting commercial performance to boards and investors with credibility
A template and process your leadership team can own and run independently
The fractional advantage: Board-level commercial reporting capability typically sits at CFO or CRO level. This engagement makes that expertise available immediately — without the cost of a permanent hire.
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Critical Call Management

Prepare with Precision. Execute with Intent. Advance Every Time.
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In complex B2B sales, a small number of conversations determine the outcome of every deal. The first meeting with a new economic buyer. The executive presentation. The moment a competitor enters the picture. These are defining moments that require a fundamentally different level of preparation, intent and execution.

This engagement delivers

A pre-call planning discipline ensuring objectives, stakeholder intelligence and desired outcomes are clearly defined
A practical framework for managing the call — controlling the agenda, handling objections and steering towards the outcome you need
A post-call review process that locks in next steps and maintains momentum
Live deal coaching on your most important active opportunities
The fractional advantage: This level of deal coaching is typically only available through a highly experienced sales director embedded full-time. This engagement delivers the same expertise focused entirely on the moments that matter most to your revenue.
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Deal Shaping Workshop

Win the Deals Worth Winning. Walk Away from the Rest.
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The businesses that grow fastest are not those that chase every opportunity — they are those that identify the right opportunities early, invest in them with complete strategic intent, and walk away decisively from the ones that do not fit.

This engagement delivers

A rigorous ICP assessment — does this deal merit full commercial commitment?
A stakeholder map with tailored value messages for every influencer, champion and economic buyer
A competitive positioning analysis — where you win and where you are genuinely vulnerable
A unified deal strategy document the full account team can align behind and execute
Clear criteria for deprioritising deals that fall outside ICP or represent poor use of resource
The fractional advantage: This level of deal strategy is standard in leading enterprise sales organisations — typically led by a senior sales director. This engagement brings that expertise to your most important live opportunities, on demand.
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OKR Design & Alignment

The Right Objectives. Properly Cascaded. Actually Embedded.
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OKRs are one of the most powerful alignment tools available to a scaling SaaS business — and one of the most consistently misapplied. Poorly designed OKRs become a bureaucratic overhead. Well-designed OKRs create genuine strategic clarity — giving every function and individual contributor a direct line of sight from their daily work to the company's most important goals.

This engagement delivers

A clear framework for setting OKRs that are ambitious, measurable and connected to company strategy
Company-level OKRs designed and agreed with the leadership team
GTM-level OKRs across sales, marketing and customer success that align horizontally
Individual contributor OKRs that create accountability without micromanagement
A review cadence and scoring methodology that keeps OKRs live throughout the quarter
The fractional advantage: Embedding an effective OKR framework requires a leader with both organisational authority and operational experience. This engagement delivers that leadership — giving you the alignment infrastructure of a much larger business.
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GTM Reset

A Forensic Evaluation of Your Entire Commercial Engine
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Growth does not stall without reason. New logo acquisition slows. NRR drifts. Churn becomes a problem. The sales motion that worked at £3m ARR no longer functions at £8m. These are interconnected signals that the commercial engine needs a fundamental evaluation and reset.

This engagement delivers

A comprehensive GTM audit spanning new business, pipeline, sales motion, Customer Success, NRR and churn
A clear, evidence-based diagnosis of where growth is being lost and the root causes
An assessment of whether team structure, roles and incentives match the stage of the business
A definition of what a properly functioning enterprise sales motion looks like for your business
A prioritised GTM reset plan with recommendations sequenced by impact and urgency
The fractional advantage: This evaluation requires a commercial leader with genuine P&L responsibility and board-level experience. Recruiting that calibre of executive takes months and costs hundreds of thousands per year. The GTM Reset delivers the same quality of thinking immediately.
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Complimentary Commercial Diagnostic

Understand Your Commercial Position — with No Obligation
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Selecting the right advisory partner is a significant decision. It requires confidence — in their experience, their judgement and their ability to understand your business quickly. That confidence is built through demonstration, not a sales process.

Nick offers a structured Complimentary Commercial Diagnostic to a carefully selected number of businesses each quarter. This is not a discovery call — it is a genuine, substantive evaluation of your commercial position.

The diagnostic covers

An honest review of your commercial position — growth rate, pipeline health, GTM motion and key metrics
A preliminary assessment of where the greatest commercial risks and opportunities sit right now
A frank conversation about which areas of focus would deliver the highest return on advisory investment
A clear articulation of how Augmentum Advisory could support your situation — with no pressure or obligation
Why Nick offers this: The best client relationships are built on mutual confidence and genuine fit. This diagnostic is his commitment to earning that confidence before asking for your investment.
Key Skills

Commercial Expertise Across Every Dimension of Revenue

Sales Strategy & Execution
Client Relationship Management
Revenue Growth & ARR Scaling
Investor Relations & Board Engagement
SaaS Business Development
Team Leadership & Coaching
Leadership of Large-Scale International Operations
Partner & Channel Strategy
Financial Performance & Profitability
M&A & Due Diligence
GTM Strategy & Product-Market Fit
Customer Success Architecture
Get in Touch

Ready to Transform Your Commercial Engine?

Whether you need a Fractional CRO, a 90-Day Commercial Reset, or targeted advisory on a specific challenge — the conversation starts here.

Nick works directly with founders, CEOs and boards of SaaS and technology businesses. Every engagement is hands-on, bespoke and built around your specific situation — no generic frameworks, no junior consultants.

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Phone +44 7398 678373
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Email nick.nesbitt@augmentumadvisoryltd.com
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