Daniel Tompsett

Background

About Daniel Tompsett

I help founder-led agencies set a vision, prioritise and reclaim time to focus on what they do best. I’m passionate about helping founders create businesses that people genuinely want to work for, whilst achieving the growth they deserve. I have 20 years of experience scaling creative agencies from 5 to 100+ team members. I understand the challenges of growing a business intimately and offer practical solutions with genuine care for your success. My experience centres on turning strategic vision into executable growth plans for creative and service agencies: Strategic Growth Planning - Developed decision-making frameworks that make priority-setting automatic for senior teams Business Operations - Implemented scalable processes, reducing founder dependency Commercial Excellence - Led P&L management across UK, US, and Asia markets, and through two acquisitions Team & Leadership Development - Built and scaled teams globally, keeping people and culture at the heart of a good business Two successful exits - I helped scale Adaptive Lab to acquisition by Idean (Capgemini), then led the UK studio growth. Earlier, I was instrumental in Face's global expansion across three continents before its exit. I've seen multiple agencies through growth and scaling. The ones that succeed always start with a vision to rally behind and operational foundations before scaling.