Bailey Partners – Mentorship That Transforms Businesses. Advisory That Drives Results.

Mentoring That Transforms Businesses. Advisory That Drives Results.

Empowering leaders, guiding growth, and preparing companies for their next chapter — from start-up acceleration to successful exits.

With decades of combined experience in business leadership, strategic advisory, and successful exits, our partnership provides senior executives, founders, and management teams with the guidance needed to navigate complex decisions and growth opportunities. Drawing on global business expertise, industry-specific insights, and a mentorship-first philosophy, we work alongside leaders to achieve long-term, sustainable success.

About Us

Seasoned business leaders with complementary skills, united in a mission to help companies grow and succeed.

Our partnership brings together extensive experience across multiple sectors — including technology, telecommunications, recruitment, hospitality, healthcare, education and professional services. With a track record of advising and leading companies through growth, mergers, acquisitions, funding and profitable exits, we understand the realities of high-stakes leadership.

Andrew is a Harvard, Stanford and Cambridge Business School educated leader and professionally trained mentor. YPO Greater London member since 2010 and member of YPO Gold Johannesburg since 2025 and previously served as Chair for Greater London Gold, with expertise spanning fractional leadership, corporate development, and board advisory.

After graduating in Business with a specialism in organisational behaviour and marketing Rob’s career took him to Managing Director of a €300m division of France Telecom. He brings complementary strategic and company board experience, with multi-million fund raising and highly successful exits.

Martyn is an award winning serial entrepreneur having founded led, scaled and sold one of the most successful UK consumer product brands. He has mentored numerous CEO’s/Founders ranging from PE/VC backed scale ups, family businesses, fintech unicorns and global corporates and stays sharp as a professionally qualified pilot.

For a senior finance professional specialising in supporting businesses across a range of sectors, sizes and ownership structures. Sumeer brings significant experience in private equity–backed environments, as well as multi-site and international businesses operating through periods of growth, integration and change.

We have worked with founders, CEOs, and senior teams to:

Identify and prepare for a liquidity event, acquisition or exit opportunities.
Strengthen leadership capacity for long-term growth and succession planning.
Create scalable business systems that drive profitability and increase valuation.
Beyond boardrooms, we share our knowledge through educational engagements, and mentorship of emerging entrepreneurs — believing strongly in giving back to the next generation of leaders.

Mentoring vs Coaching

A trusted partnership that goes beyond instruction — guiding decisions, shaping vision, and building legacy.

While coaching often focuses on skill development and short-term performance goals, mentoring is about building a trusted, long-term relationship with leaders. It goes beyond instruction and takes a wider view beyond KPIs including mental health— it’s about guidance, perspective, and strategic thinking at the highest level.

We believe mentoring provides:

Holistic Leadership Development – Focusing on business outcomes, personal leadership style, and long-term legacy. Our role is not just to advise from the sidelines, but to walk the journey with clients — ensuring decisions are made with clarity, confidence, and foresight.
Deeper Strategic Insight – Rooted in real-world leadership and business ownership experience

Direct Access to Expertise – Immediate, actionable advice from leaders who have successfully navigated exits, expansions, and high-growth environments
Long-Term Partnership – Guidance that adapts to business changes and evolving leadership needs

Services Offered

A trusted partnership that goes beyond instruction — guiding decisions, shaping vision, and building legacy.

Mentoring & Leadership Development

One-to-one mentoring for CEOs, founders, and senior leaders
Board-level insight for decision-making and strategy
Legacy-building and succession planning

Fractional Leadership & Advisory

Acting as interim or part-time C-suite executives
Corporate development and restructuring
M&A strategy, due diligence, and integration processes

Business Growth & Exit Strategy

Preparing businesses for acquisition or growth
Creating a stepped change in valuation, EBIT and multiple
Advising on equity and debt funding

Andrew Bailey

Harvard & Stanford Business School Educated Leadership
Two Successful Business Exits in Six Years
YPO Johannesburg and London & Global Network Access
Advisory & Mentoring Across UK, South Africa & Global
Board-Level Insight for Growth, M&A, and Exit Strategies

Rob Connell

Former Managing Director of a €300m division of France Telecom.
Fund raising as Venture Partner for family office, debt and equity raises.
Multiple Interim CEO roles, $3.5m raised for US Insurtech. Multiple exits.
Board and advisory roles, Chairperson, interim CEO and CFO roles
Set up and launched in the UK, EMEA, Americas and Asia-Pacific.

Martyn Dawes

Founded & scaled UK consumer business from concept to national rollout
Secured PE investment & achieved 8x multiple exit & 4x PE return
Created & dominated a new market category, acquired by Whitbread that became Costa Express
HBS and LBS Educated and YPO Greater London Member
Experienced Chair, NED & mentor to accelerate growth & prepare for investment/exit

Sumeer Aggarwal

Interim CFO/FD specialising in PE, transformation, scale-ups
Led multi-site expansion; revenue growth £20m to £60m
Delivered acquisitions and integrations; achieved £2m+ EBITDA synergies
Trusted investor partner; built board packs, KPIs, covenant reporting
FP&A, systems, exit readiness; driving insight, performance, value

Pricing Guide

£1800 / €2000 Quarterly

Free initial meeting
Weekly / bi-weekly / monthly options
Quarterly plans starting from £1800 / €2000
Contact us for South African rates

£1500 / €1750 from

SME and Corporate group pricing
Monthly retainer options available
Ad hoc daily rates from £1500 / €1750
Contact us for South African rates

TIME & TRANSACTION

Rolling quarterly or fixed pre-agreed advisory fee
Transaction fees based on specific case i.e. debt or equity raise
Mix of fixed and transaction success fees
Contact us for South African rates

Client Testimonials

Andrew has been invaluable as mentor during a pivotal transition in my business. His ability to combine strategic insight with practical guidance has helped me navigate complex conversations with our new investors and make confident decisions about the future of the company. What sets Andrew apart is his genuine investment in the success of the people he supports. He listens deeply, asks the right questions, and offers perspectives that challenge me to think bigger while staying grounded in the realities of execution. I’m grateful for his support and would recommend him to anyone seeking a mentor who can guide them through high-stakes transitions with clarity, empathy, and a wealth of experience.

I have had the pleasure to know Andy for ten years and consider him to be a thought leader in the recruitment and community space. Andy's no 'bs'style, coupled with his natural curiousity, passion for lifelong learning and openness to share make him an inspiring leader and incredible partner. I have worked alongisde Andy in both YPO and REF and continue to be impressed by his insight, approach to challenges and ability to focus and drive change. he is an outstanding Board leader and Chairman and i am grateful to have Andy in my close network and to count on his guidance, insight and friendship.

I've served with Andrew on the REF UK leadership team since the project's inception and found him to be an excellent communicator, relationship builder and strategic thinker. His strategic mindset has enabled and encouraged momentum across-the-board. His energy, can-do mindset, sense of humour and ability to inspire trust make him one of the strongest members of our team. Andrew is one of a rare breed of executive - capable of immersion in the details of contract negotiation while able to maintain a clear and holistic view of the big picture including the needs of our members and organizational structure. I have consistently found Andrew to be a knowledgeable, competent and dedicated team player who provides timely, accurate and relevant information based on his experience in support of our efforts. He is an engaging leader who applies his unique blend of humour, executive experience, guidance and expertise for each situation we encounter, always making a significant contribution to the team's efforts.

Rob Connell supported me as the Managing Director of Blancco. Our relationship continued when Rob managed the international marketing of Blancco on an interim management basis that was extended over a 3 year period. In addition his guidance to myself and the senior management included introducing product management discipline and processes. This was during a period of high growth, going to new countries and seeing continued increase in sales year on year and was an essential part of the journey before we were acquired in 2014 for €60M by a UK firm. On the basis and experience of our past co-operation, I am more than pleased to recommend him to you.

Rob Connell has been supporting OlapCon since 2008 with our service development and internationlization. Our relationship began when Rob acted as my mentor, helped develop my English and Global Leaderships skills, before supporting the company more widely with our continued growth in expanding services, customers and countries where we operate.

Rob combines huge enthusiasm with good judgement about which things to be enthusiastic about. Working in Madeira, he could easily have had a comfortable time, just keeping things ticking over - but that's not Rob! He kept things moving forward all the time.

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Start the conversation that could change the course of your business.

Whether you are looking to scale, restructure, or prepare for a strategic exit, we provide the mentoring and advisory support to help you achieve your goals.