Business Growth Connections Ltd is a "Not for Profit" company which provides support to innovative and high growth businesses. The team is highly experienced in business development and each has decades in building growing companies in challenging markets.

Visiting Fellow

Portfolio Director at SIGN, providing business support to high growth technology led businesses. Services provided include business start up and development support for small and medium sized companies, marketing and business plans, and access to grants and finance

1. Hampshire Economic Partnership - Member of the Enterprise and Innovation Sub-Group until 2011.2. Partnership for Urban South Hampshire - Member of the Enterprise Innovation and Business Support Sub Group.3. Southampton Business Support Network - Member

Previously Director of the Southampton Enterprise Hub since 2001, providing business support to innovative and technology based start-up companies which aspire to high growth. The Southampton Hub is one provides deep support to over 29 young companies with a further 650 companies engaged in network activities. There are 17 experienced entrepreneurs who mentor the Hub’s clients. Services provided are ;Business Planning, mentoring and coaching, marketing support, access to commercial… Show more Previously Director of the Southampton Enterprise Hub since 2001, providing business support to innovative and technology based start-up companies which aspire to high growth. The Southampton Hub is one provides deep support to over 29 young companies with a further 650 companies engaged in network activities. There are 17 experienced entrepreneurs who mentor the Hub’s clients. Services provided are ;Business Planning, mentoring and coaching, marketing support, access to commercial finance, grant aid, corporate venturing, cluster development in electronics marine aerospace IT and ICT and advanced manufacturing.Steve chairs “Wired Wessex”, one of the government’s Wired Regions’ projects which supports the new media sector with some 550 members.Steve is involved with the Partnership for Urban South Hampshire (PUSH) and represents the South East Health Technologies Alliance (SEHTA) for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Show less

Senior consultant managing a portfolio of clients which included:-The Welsh Development Agency - marketing Welsh industry to Germany, and attracting foreign direct investment from the Netherlands. Both roles involved in country assignments.QuinetiQ - marketing development support to Sea Systems and flight simulation.

Oil trader, crude oil and petroleum products in international markets

Master Mariner / Master Unlimited. Second in command of a series of deep sea worldwide trading vessels from large bulk carriers to LPG and LNG carriers. Last assignments were on LNG Challenger an 80,000 tonne LNG carrier.