Jess Gregson

Founder & CEO, Extra Brain | Strategic Advisor & Business Transformation Expert

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Jess's Bio

As the Founder and CEO of Extra Brain, I lead our advisory and consulting collective.

With over 20 years of experience transforming teams and organisations, I specialise in helping founder-led small and medium-sized businesses to make progress towards their most important goals. I blend empathy and evidence to make balanced recommendations that drive positive change and help people get re-energised about their work.
Career Highlights
  • Founder, Extra Brain. Helping SME and owner-managed businesses tackle strategic growth, operational, and change challenges with a cost-effective, impactful consultant’s cooperative model.
  • Partner, Subsector. An equal partner in a small innovation consultancy and SaaS business. Developing a positioning and audience for a B2B SaaS strategy platform.
  • Director, Neon. Part of a 3-person leadership team that grew a boutique integrated agency through to sale to ad agency Beattie McGuiness Bungay
Notable Client Work
  • Hidden Creative: As fractional VP of Strategy, shape and deliver a transformation from service to product business in the industrial metaverse and XR space.
  • Creature Media Ltd: Long-standing advisory role spanning innovation, growth and operations across a publishing, digital and agency services business.
  • Business Growth Hub Manchester: Won and led a large public services tender to deliver a substantial digital transformation for one of the UKs leading growth hubs.
  • Additional clients: Levi’s, PlayStation, Disney, Unilever, Discovery Channel, Nokia, Tesco, Microsoft, Virgin, 3, …Gasp!, Curated Digital, Live Union, J B Cole, Tommy, Orchard PR.
Strategic planning and business strategy
Proposition & category design
Innovation management
Sales improvements
Leadership and team dynamics
Transformation – planning and long term implementation

Jess's expertise

Working with Jess

Jess's Personality

Jess describes herself as level-headed, positive, pragmatic, energetic and empathetic with a love of breaking things down to simplify them.

Jess's Ideal Client

My ideal client is an ambitious and driven leader who has (or wants) clarity on their vision and direction. They are open to new ideas and collaborative problem-solving and thrive on the energy that comes from making progress.

Why Work With Jess
  • I bring over two decades of experience in strategic leadership and transformation.
  • I specialise in working with SMEs and tailor my approach to fit each client's unique challenges and opportunities.
  • Proven track record of helping organisations break down complex problems and employ frameworks that drive progress and accountability.

How Jess Can Enhance Your Business
  • Clarity & Focus: Helping you define clear paths forward and actionable plans.
  • Accountability: Regular progress reviews and structured support to keep initiatives on track.
  • Problem Solving: Identifying and addressing structural blockers and hidden opportunities.
  • Expert Guidance: Providing the extra brainpower needed to overcome complex challenges.

Feeling stuck?
An extra brain will help

Extra Brain is an advisory and consulting collective crafted to support agencies just like you. We can help you to create an agency you want to stay in rather than exit.