Clear Helm — Advisory & fractional leadership

How we engage

Three ways to work together.

Three clearly packaged engagements, each with a defined shape, fee and outcome so founders and boards can buy quickly. Most engagements start with a Course Correction Sprint.

Fastest entry

Course Correction Sprint

Four to eight weeks, fixed scope, fixed fee. One commercial question answered cleanly: pipeline reset, operating rhythm, AI-era go-to-market decisions, partner strategy or alliance design. You walk away with a defensible answer and a plan the leadership team can execute on Monday.

£25k – £60k fixed

Fractional CGO / COO

Embedded commercial and operating leader. Revenue, partnerships and alliances on one side; revenue operations, forecast discipline, partner operations and ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 readiness on the other. Typically 2 – 4 days a month for 6 – 12 months.

£1,400 – £1,800 / day

Non-executive director

Board seat with standard NED terms. Quarterly board plus chair and CEO 1:1s and light committee work. Best suited to growth-stage B2B technology, life sciences and AI-native businesses where commercial clarity, operating maturity and partner-led growth are material to value.

From £35k per year

About

Twenty years of operating, applied.

Andrew Wyatt · Founder

Clear Helm is the advisory practice of Andrew Wyatt, formerly a commercial leader at Sapio Sciences, Lumeon, Apertio and Clearswift. Four prior exits as a commercial operator taught me that companies are rarely undone by strategy. They are undone by how revenue, operating discipline and partnerships fit together under pressure, especially now that AI is reshaping how customers buy.

Clear Helm is where I bring that work to founders, boards and investors who need a steady hand at a pivotal moment, particularly where life sciences, enterprise software and AI intersect, and where enterprise or regulated customers are the next growth unlock.

Based in the UK, working globally. A qualified RYA Yachtmaster. The namesake of the brand, and a working metaphor, not a gimmick.

Successful exits

20+

Years as an operator

ISO / SOC

Programmes delivered

100s

Partnerships built

Approach

What we believe.

Commercial clarity for founders and boards

Options, trade-offs, decisions. We turn noisy pipelines and strategy decks into a clear operating course the whole leadership team can sail.

Life sciences and AI, with real operator fluency

Deep context in enterprise SaaS, informatics, diagnostics and AI-native products. We understand how AI is reshaping the buy decision in regulated and scientific markets, and speak the language of both the lab and the P&L.

Operating maturity that unlocks enterprise buyers

Revenue operations, forecast hygiene, partner operations, and ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 readiness run as commercial investments, not compliance chores. The posture that lets enterprise and regulated customers buy.

Partner-led growth, done properly

Most partner programmes are theatre. Clear Helm designs and runs alliances that carry real revenue, with named partners, joint plays and shared numbers.

Exits are built, not hoped for

Four exits of experience compressed into a playbook. We help leadership teams build the commercial architecture that makes a company buyable on its own terms.

Get in touch

Steady hands. Clear course.

If you have a board seat, a fractional mandate or a commercial reset coming up in the next 90 days, email directly. We’ll book 30 minutes to see whether Clear Helm is the right fit.

Eandrew@clearhelm.co.uk

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