Surrey, UK · Working worldwide

SteveGarrood

Sales & marketing transformationKeynote speakerMotivational trainer

Twenty years of taking technology and telecoms businesses from start-up to scale-up. Now I bring the same playbook to yours, through SG Consulting.

Steve Garrood in a navy suit, smiling
Deutsche Telekom✦Vodafone✦Bloomberg✦Gigaclear✦Telstra✦Cisco✦Rogers✦Reliance✦Circet✦Microsoft co-sell✦T-Mobile / EE✦Telefónica O2✦Community Fibre✦
Proof, not promises

Numbers I have put on the board

Deutsche Telekom£12.5M

Contracted revenue delivered in two years.

Box Broadband20→650

Sales a month, grown in six months ahead of a merger.

Insightful Technology£22M

Pipeline built from a £25K sales budget.

Year after year180%peak

Of target, with 110–180% delivered across roles.

Investment$4M

Bloomberg LLP investment, plus a £1M growth raise.

Insightful Technology£10M+

Total contract value won in 2017/18.

SG Consulting

Transformation, from strategy to the sale

Most plans fail between the boardroom and the front line. I work across both: setting the strategy with founders, boards and investors, then getting into the field with the people who have to sell it.

Go-to-market reset

Strategy

A sharp proposition, clear target markets and a route to customers. MapAll's UK brand and go-to-market were relaunched in four months.

Sales engine build

Execution

Repeatable process, pipeline and forecast. Hybrid tele-sales and field models, direct and channel, with one set of numbers.

Brand & demand relaunch

Marketing

Brand, website, social and lead-to-cash rebuilt so marketing produces revenue you can measure.

Investor-ready growth plans

Board

Budgets and growth plans that stand up in front of investment boards, built for funding, valuation and exit.

Interim CRO / CCO

Leadership

Hands-on revenue leadership at a point of change, for as long as the business needs it.

Motivational training

People

Workshops for sales and leadership teams on confidence, habits and high performance, drawn from sport and the sales floor.

STEP 1

Diagnose

A fast, honest read of the market, numbers, team and customers.

STEP 2

Direct

One clear plan with targets everyone understands and owns.

STEP 3

Mobilise

The right people in the right roles, trained and backed to deliver.

STEP 4

Embed

Rhythms, reviews and data that make the new habits stick.

Where I have led

Board-level growth, start-up to scale-up

2024 – now

MapAllChief Revenue Officer, Director

Relaunched brand and go-to-market in four months. Launched MapAll Build with wins at Toob, Gigaclear, HBNL, Vodafone and Circet. Opened the Americas and signed the first US ISP. 110% of 2024 target and a £1.7M pipeline.

2022 – 2023

CloudBlueUK Managing Director

First UK SaaS Connect & Commerce win within three months, a £600K project. Built a £9M+ XaaS pipeline.

2022

Box BroadbandCommercial Director

Monthly sales from 20 to 650 in six months. Full rebrand and new e-commerce journey, then a clean handover into Community Fibre.

2021 – 2022

Jurassic FibreChief Commercial Officer, Director

Market penetration from zero to 9% rural and 7% urban. ISP Award winner and shortlisted at INCA and Tech Southwest.

2020

FYLDChief Commercial Officer, Director

Launched an AI field-automation platform out of BCG Digital Ventures and supported the funding round led by SGN.

2015 – 2020

Insightful TechnologyCCO, board member, shareholder

180%, 160% and 165% of quota. £10M+ TCV, a £1M raise and $4M from Bloomberg LLP. Microsoft co-sell in six weeks and a RegTech Award in 2019.

2013 – 2015

Deutsche TelekomSales Director, Access Services

£12.5M contracted revenue in two years, including DT's first overseas fibre deployment contract with Reliance.

Built in telecomsTruphone, Telefónica O2, Telewest/NTL. Top European Sales Executive at T-Mobile/EE two years running.
Trained at WürthEight years. BDM of the Year twice, Area Manager of the Year twice, Top Manager Award.
Engineer and founderAustin Rover apprentice, MSc Mechanical Engineering, and ten years running Pioneer Race Events in UK motorsport.
Selected creative projects

Brands I have built and relaunched

Launch films, campaigns and brand work, from my first SG Consulting clients back through my career. Each one opens the film.

SG Consulting client

Career projects

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Speaking & presenting

On stage, in the room, on the pitch

A confident conference speaker who is credible at board level and on the sales floor. Talks are practical, high-energy and built on real numbers and real stories.

What sport taught me about sellingKeynote
Training habits, business resultsWorkshop
From start-up to scale-upKeynote
Winning on market differentiationTalk
The 30-day peak performance resetProgramme

Prepare hard, stay calm at speed, and get back up after a fall.

What motocross teaches a sales team

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The sporting side

Twenty-five years of playing to win

Semi-professional football, coaching the next generation, eight charity marathons, and a seat in the pit lane for my daughter's racing. Sport is where I learned to lead.

25+

Years as a semi-pro footballer

Staines TownSemi-pro
Egham TownSemi-pro
Camberley TownSemi-pro
LeatherheadSemi-pro
Steve coaching under floodlights in an SG training jacket
Coaching

Abbey Rangers Girls

Player-manager and coach, bringing players through from their first season to the senior game.

U8 U18
Steve running the London Marathon in a Children with Cancer UK vest
Endurance & charity

8 marathons

Mostly for Children with Leukaemia, now Children with Cancer UK. Also for the Stroke Association in memory of my dad, Whizz-Kidz and The Lily Foundation.

  • London Marathon
  • New York City Marathon
Steve and Jaymee in the pits with her Great Britain AMCA race bike
Motocross

Coach to Jaymee Garrood

Fitness and motocross coach to my daughter Jaymee, racing the women's British championship with AMCA.

  • 18 years of national and international racing
  • Former Team GB rider at European level
Watch Jaymee race
Semi-pro football squad photo
Semi-pro squad
Newspaper sport page photo of Steve playing football
Making the papers
Steve with his London Marathon number for Children with Cancer UK
#TeamCwCUK
Motocross riders jumping together
Race day
Two motocross riders in the air
Training laps
Two motocross riders on a dirt track
On the track
Football

Every role matters. Win together, learn fast, go again.

Running

Consistency beats intensity, every time.

Coaching

Belief is built through clear goals and honest feedback.

Motocross

Prepare hard, stay calm at speed, get back up.

Modelling & acting

New for 2027: in front of the camera

Available for commercial, corporate, lifestyle, print and screen work. A natural presenter to camera with the look of a classic British gentleman, from boardroom tailoring to weekend tweed.

2027
Full-length studio shot in a grey three-piece suit and jeans
StudioSmart casual
Pinstripe suit in a city office
BoardroomTailoring
Tweed waistcoat and flat cap at a racing event
HeritageTweed
Studio close-up in a blue shirt with a watch
Close-upLifestyle
Leaning on a stone column in a blazer and sunglasses
LocationStreet
Headshot in a navy suit
HeadshotCorporate

Casting types

  • Business leader and executive
  • Classic British gentleman
  • Sports coach and dad
  • Presenter and spokesperson

Skills on set

  • Presenting to camera and live audiences
  • Footballer and marathon runner
  • Motocross and motorsport background
  • Classic car mechanic and restorer

Representation

Portfolio held with Models Direct. Measurements, showreel and availability on request.

Let's talk

Ready when you are

Consulting, keynotes, team training or casting. Send a line and I will come back to you personally.