Plot your course. Execute with conviction.

Over 20 years helping management teams navigate change — launching products, raising capital, evaluating markets, and building the structures needed to reach their potential.

What I Do

Strategy that is
built to be executed

01

Business Planning

Robust, actionable operating plans that your team owns and is ready to run from day one — not slides that gather dust.

02

Market & Product Strategy

Quantifying your differentiation and designing the go-to-market approach that converts it into defensible revenue.

03

Sales Strategy

Developing processes to qualify, access and acquire the right customers and partners — with measurable pipeline outcomes.

04

Fundraising & M&A

Deep expertise in financing transactions — corporate VC, project finance, distressed M&A, and investor-ready narratives.

05

Marketing

Creating compelling stories packaged into content that actually reaches the people who need to hear it.

06

Leadership Coaching

Working with management teams to define clear objectives, align on action plans, and build continuous improvement into the culture.

Approach

How I work

My process starts with you. I work hands-on with your team — never recycling templates or leaving you with a spreadsheet and a shrug.

I

Data-Driven Foundation

Input from your team, partners, customers, and the wider industry builds a complete, honest picture of your business's potential — and what has to change to reach it.

II

Partnership, Not Assignment

I support your day-to-day giving you bandwidth for us to work together on the big issues. I become part of the team not an interference.

III

Finance-Led Rigour

From marketing content to board presentations, every output is held to the same standard: financially grounded, defensible, and tested before it's trusted.

IV

Committed to Execution

The work is not done when a document is delivered. It is done when your business is moving toward its potential — and the team has the capability to keep going.

V

Flexible and Adaptable

An hands-on operator with experience spanning education, energy, smart buildings, packaging and semiconductors; and, M&A, fundraising, product development and marketing design.

About

Chris

Over more than two decades, I have guided management teams through periods of significant change — launching new products, evaluating market opportunities, raising capital, and building the business structures and processes needed to realise their potential.

Drop me in anywhere and I will thrive.

Industry experience includes education, renewable energy, smart buildings, packaging and semiconductors.

LinkedIn
Chris Tholstrup

What colleagues say

"Chris has added rigor to our strategic decision making and our approach to planning. The most remarkable thing about Chris is his ability to keep his head and good cheer in a fast-paced and demanding environment."

CEO, Energy Technology Startup

"He goes above and beyond, consistently exceeding expectations with his attention to detail and high-level strategic thinking."

VP Marketing, Solar Equipment

"His insights consistently helped us navigate demanding situations with confidence — a highly skilled consultant who brings strategic insight and exceptional communication abilities."

VP Strategy, Manufacturing Company

Partnerships & Networks

Part of something larger

Get in Touch

Let's talk about working together

Whether you're at an inflection point, building toward a raise, or simply want a rigorous perspective on your strategy — I'd welcome the conversation.

contact@kainosconsulting.uk