Our Team

Dan Burner - Founder & Growth Strategist

I am an experienced entrepreneur, business coach and mentor with over 27 years of experience building, scaling and selling businesses. Having founded and grown companies across care, events and entertainment, including a care business employing over 1,500 people, I bring first-hand commercial experience to business growth.

I specialise in practical strategy, identifying growth opportunities and helping business owners turn ambitious plans into measurable results. Over the past three years, I have helped over 30 founders set targets, scale their businesses and achieve their goals.

My approach combines commercial insight, honest advice and a genuine passion for helping people succeed. I understand the challenges of running a business because I have experienced them myself. From overcoming obstacles to creating sustainable growth, I help ambitious founders gain clarity, build confidence and develop businesses that deliver both financial success and personal fulfilment.

Aman Gill-Lang - Sustainable Development Specialist

I help organisations turn climate ambition into strategies people believe in.

For more than a decade I’ve worked where climate science, policy and business meet: in multilateral organisations, global think tanks, NGOs, universities and the private sector. I’ve led strategic communications for a government-funded energy transition programme in Southeast Asia. I’ve developed greenhouse gas inventories for global manufacturers, and secured high-value corporate partnerships for environmental NGOs. 

Earlier roles in academic research, forensic science and teaching gave me an evidence-first way of working. They also taught me to make complex information clear to any audience. 

Today I bring technical rigour, narrative skill and stakeholder know-how together. I help businesses build sustainability strategies that hold up to scrutiny, communicate them with confidence, and form the partnerships that turn plans into real change.

Qualifications: MSc Carbon Management, MSc Forensic Science, BSc Chemistry

Stephen Shortt - Business Growth & Commercial Strategist

I’ve spent my career building consumer brands and scaling them.

As CEO of Hawkins & Brimble, I took a challenger grooming brand and turned it into an internationally recognised business. I sharpened its positioning, opened up new distribution and drove commercial growth across multiple channels. As Founder of Intamarque Ltd, I’ve helped brands at every stage of growth with strategy, brand development and getting to market. As a Director at DCS Group, I saw large-scale FMCG distribution from the inside: the governance, the operations and the complexity.

Today I work with boards and leadership teams as a Non-Executive Director and advisor. I bring a founder’s instinct, a CEO’s commercial edge and a deep understanding of retail and distribution. I help ambitious businesses grow, navigate change and build lasting value.

Recognition

  • Export Trade Champion, UK Department for Trade and Industry

  • Winner, New Business of the Year, Gloucestershire Business Awards 2018

  • Finalist, Duke of York Entrepreneur of the Year, Lloyds Business Awards 2018

  • Finalist, Start-Up Entrepreneur of the Year, National Business Awards 2018

Alex Burner - Communications Strategist

I help businesses get the right message to the right people, with evaluation and data driven research at the heart of every strategy.

I have nearly two decades of broad Communications experience. I started my career in Public Affairs at Rethink, the national mental health charity, quickly rising to Senior Campaigns Officer. There I ran national campaigns from strategy through to evaluation, across web, email, print, events and media, for public and parliamentary audiences. At the Department of Health’s National Social Inclusion Programme I led internal communications with service users and carers, and ensured that people with lived experience shaped the content rather than just illustrating it. 

In 2020 I founded The Original Birth Connection, a successful UK maternity training organisation, and built its brand from the ground up. I have a strategic overview of every aspect of the Public Relations and Communication; strategy, website, social media, media relations, email, and paid campaigns on Meta and Google Ads.  

Today I bring that mix of campaign discipline and hands-on delivery to growing businesses. I build communications strategies tied directly to growth goals, in plain English, with a consistent voice across every channel. I understand the need to be both reactive to the ever changing world in which businesses operate and proactive in creating a voice and leading company growth. 

Qualifications: MSc Population and Development, BA Social Anthropology (London School of Economics)

Ellie Boon - Operations & Events Strategist

I oversee the Operations and Client Experience at Momentum Growth Group, ensuring the systems, processes and client journeys run seamlessly behind the scenes.

With a background in event management, marketing and entrepreneurship, I combine strategic planning with a meticulous eye for detail.

Alongside my role at Momentum, I specialise in planning and delivering events for corporate clients, turning ideas into memorable, professionally executed experiences that achieve their objectives.