Sugar lane
Bollington
Cheshire
SK10 5SN
Ioannou Ventures exists to help organisations and founders navigate growth, transformation and innovation with the benefit of real executive experience.
Founded by George and Zoe Ioannou, we combine more than 50 years of leadership across technology, consulting, organisational development and business transformation. Together we work with ambitious founders, scale-ups, established organisations and investors to build stronger businesses, develop high-performing leadership teams and accelerate sustainable growth.
Unlike many advisory firms, our experience comes from having built, scaled and transformed businesses ourselves. George has spent more than three decades leading consulting, software and technology organisations across public companies, private equity-backed businesses and founder-led enterprises, holding CEO, Chief Digital Officer and executive leadership positions with responsibility for global P&Ls, commercial growth, acquisitions, international expansion and organisational transformation. Zoe brings extensive expertise in leadership development, executive coaching, organisational effectiveness and building high-performing, values-led cultures, helping organisations unlock the full potential of their people.
This combination of commercial leadership and people development enables us to support businesses through every stage of growth; from defining strategy and scaling operations to developing leadership capability, embracing AI and creating cultures that sustain long-term success.
Alongside our venture activities, we work directly with organisations seeking experienced executive leadership on a flexible basis. We are able to take on fractional senior leadership roles, and executive advisory assignments as well as Non-Executive Director appointments. We also support founder-led and early-stage businesses through advisory and pro bono NED roles where we believe we can make a meaningful difference to the regional innovation ecosystem.
Our services include:
- Fractional executive leadership (Growth, Marketing, Transformation and AI)
- Non-Executive Director and Board Advisory
- Business growth and commercial strategy
- AI strategy, digital transformation and operating model design
- Executive mentoring and founder coaching
- Leadership development and organisational effectiveness
- Insights Discovery workshops and executive coaching
- Venture advisory and scale-up support
- Investor readiness and fundraising support
- Access to an extensive network of industry experts, operators, partners and investors
Whether we're supporting an ambitious founder, advising a leadership team, serving on a board or helping an organisation reinvent itself, our focus remains the same: creating lasting commercial value through better leadership, innovation and execution.
We believe the North West has one of the UK's most exciting digital ecosystems. Through Ioannou Ventures, we're committed to helping entrepreneurs, scale-ups and established organisations build businesses that are resilient, innovative and prepared for the future.