Board & advisory
Non-executive director, chair, and operating-partner engagements with PE-backed and founder-led software businesses navigating institutional ownership.
Board & advisory workClothier Advisory
Independent board and advisory work for PE-backed software companies.
Mat Clothier — founder-CEO of an EIS-backed B2B software business for fifteen years, now working with the management teams and investors building the next generation.
Clothier Advisory is the independent practice of Mat Clothier — founder, former CEO, and now non-executive director and advisor to private equity-backed and founder-led software companies.
The work falls into two complementary lines: non-executive and chair roles for software businesses post-investment, and senior cloud and AI consulting for management teams that need experienced technical judgement without hiring a permanent CTO.
Engagements are deliberately small in number. The work is hands-on, written-down, and built on long working relationships rather than a portfolio of trophies.
Cloud & AI consulting
Senior cloud, AI, and engineering-organisation consulting for management teams who need operator-level technical judgement without a full-time CTO.
Cloud & AI consulting01
Operator, not observer
Fifteen years as CEO of an EIS-backed software business — including a £20m OEM licence with AWS, a hostile shareholder situation resolved at board level, and the daily reality of running a venture-backed company through scale.
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Technical depth that matters
Mat can read the code, sit in on engineering reviews, and stress-test product and AI strategy at a level most NEDs cannot. This is what makes the advisory work additive rather than ceremonial.
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Selective by design
A capped number of concurrent engagements. No mass-market portfolio career. Every client gets the same operator-level attention.
15 years
Founder-CEO of Cloudhouse
£20m
OEM licence agreement with AWS
£7m
Revenue built from zero
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Technology companies founded
Talk to Mat
For board appointments, advisory roles, or consulting engagements, get in touch directly. Mat responds personally to all enquiries.