The Liberti Group consists of The CFO Centre, The Marketing Centre, Kiss the Fish, People Puzzles and YRH Finance Team. We are a family of specialist businesses delivering high-calibre fractional expertise to ambitious SMEs around the world.
Together, we’re pioneering a smarter, more flexible way of working which connects businesses with the right leaders, at the right time, for the most transformational impact.
Liberti Group works collaboratively with a group of independently led businesses, each operating under its own brand, leadership, and commercial discipline, across finance, marketing, people, and sales.
We’re united by a shared mission: to make fractional leadership transformational for clients and fulfilling for professionals.
Across our network, over 600 Principals deliver proven results for more than 1,200 businesses, supported by 60 Regional Directors and a central team dedicated to innovation, connection, and continuous improvement.
All Liberti Group businesses give clients access to experienced, part-time leaders through a proven team-based portfolio structure.
Our fractional model combines strategic insight with hands-on delivery, helping SMEs accelerate growth, strengthen performance, and scale sustainably.
Through Liberti Club, we extend this value even further, connecting business leaders, fractional experts, and trusted partners through a year-round programme of events, insights, and shared learning.
It’s where our community comes together to collaborate, exchange ideas, and build the relationships that drive long-term business success.
For professionals, Liberti Group offers a new kind of career: one that blends independence with collaboration, flexibility with fulfilment, and meaningful work with measurable results.
It’s a model built for the future of work which empowers exceptional talent and exceptional businesses alike.
Our team-based portfolio model is what sets Liberti Group apart.
It ensures every client benefits not just from the expertise of their Principal, but from the collective knowledge, structure, and support of the entire Liberti Group community.
We continually refine this model to stay at the forefront of the fractional leadership movement, attracting outstanding professionals, driving innovation, and ensuring fair reward for every stakeholder.
By bringing together people, purpose, and performance, we multiply the value delivered to every client and create opportunity for every professional within our group.
At Liberti Group, we believe the businesses powering the backbone of the economy deserve more.
The mid-tier and scale-up companies we serve are often the ‘forgotten middle’; too large for start-up support, yet not big enough to attract the attention or resources of large corporates.
Despite contributing billions to productivity and employment, these businesses are frequently underserved when it comes to strategic leadership.
So we exist to give ambitious, growing companies access to the same level of strategic insight, financial acumen, and operational expertise as any global enterprise but with the flexibility and value that makes sense for their stage of growth.
Through our fractional model, we enable businesses to scale sustainably, with the right leadership in place at the right time.
We know that scaling a business is about ensuring intelligent growth that takes place with confidence and control. Our mission is to close that capability gap, helping founders and leaders access exceptional talent across finance, marketing, sales, and people. By creating an ecosystem of world-class fractional professionals, we’re unlocking the potential of the UK’s mid-market and giving its most ambitious businesses the freedom to scale smarter.
Meet the founders from our family of brands.
Colin is now Chairman of the Liberti Group, having founded The FD Centre, later rebranded as The CFO Centre, in 2001. With over two decades of leadership experience, he has served as FD and CEO across diverse industries, including construction, FMCG, retail, IT, and property.
A CIMA member and Henley MBA graduate, Colin established the first-ever fractional finance director service, now a global model, bringing large-business standards to SMEs through flexible, senior-level financial leadership.
Sara is Group CEO of the Liberti Group and The CFO Centre, having joined the latter as a CFO in 2005. She’s one of the pioneers of fractional and part-time executive leadership, helping thousands of C-suite professionals build portfolio careers in the access economy.
Sara is the author of Strategy and Leadership as Service, and Executive Freedom, and holds an MBA from London Business School. She’s also a Chartered Accountant and an Oxford Chemistry graduate. She brings commercial insight, academic rigour, and a transformational mindset to her leadership.
Lucy’s mission is to turn around what small and mid-size businesses can achieve from marketing. She’s had enough of sharp tongued consultants, flash agencies and endless tools, tactics and fads.
She set up The Marketing Centre in 2010, and has since helped business leaders make sense of marketing, make better decisions and make the most of their marketing investment with real marketing that drives real business results.
Jamie began his career as a trained engineer before founding a luxury bespoke bathroom installation business in 2004, serving high-net-worth clients. While closely connected to The CFO Centre since its launch in 2001, he formally joined the business in 2015.
Since then, he has worked across marketing, operations, and commercial leadership. Jamie was appointed CEO in January 2020, guiding the business through its next phase of growth and innovation.
Matthew is Chief Revenue Officer at The CFO Centre, appointed in 2021 following a successful tenure as Regional Director for the North West. Having been closely connected to the business since its inception, founded by his father in 2001, Matthew brings a deep understanding of the company’s values and client-first ethos.
Prior to joining the business, he enjoyed a long and successful career in professional football, from the Premier League to League Two, and occasionally appears as a football pundit on Sky Sports.
Andrew set up Kiss The Fish in 2007 and has extensive experience in corporate life at the highest level (Board Director of Future PLC) and global consultancy experience working with leading brands in FMCG, car, packaging, publishing and technology markets.
Andrew prides himself on business transformation, he is an inspirational leader and public speaker who plays an ambassadorial role at Kiss The Fish, taking and running events and working with the team on growth projects.
Ally founded People Puzzles in 2010 after recognising that people problems were often the single biggest factor holding companies back from growth. With a background in operations and consulting, she has worked with over 100 SME and mid-tier businesses, bringing a blend of sharp business insight and practical, commercially grounded advice.
Results-focused and known for her legendary time-management, she holds a BSc in Human Sciences from UCL and a Master’s in HR Management from the LSE.
Alex is an experienced strategic leader with a background spanning commercial operations, business transformation, and complex programme delivery across both the private and public sectors. Known for mixing intelligence with a light touch, he builds strong teams and keeps them focused on what matters most.
Alex has led high-performing teams at organisations including Reed in Partnership, the London Development Agency, and London & Partners, and is valued as a balanced, insightful leader and a trusted sounding board who remains objective, constructive, and people-centred under pressure.
Helen is a business specialist who focuses on helping SMEs become more commercial, scalable, and ready for growth. With a broad background spanning recruitment, management support, procurement, budgeting, sales, and agile working, she is a natural problem-solver who gets things done.
She has held several roles at People Puzzles she has worked as a Portfolio HRD, Regional Director, Managing Director, and now Co-owner – always with a strong commitment to the mission of the business.
With a BSc in Biology from Bristol and an MA in HR Management from Middlesex, Helen balances her busy professional life with family, her dog, and a love of gardening.
Jennifer founded YRH Finance Team in 2007 after recognising a major gap for businesses scaling through £2M–£10M: they needed high-quality financial expertise, but without the £160k+ cost and risk of a single full-time hire. Her solution was to embed experienced Financial Managers and Controllers 2–3 days per week, supported by a wider team of technical specialists, combining deep knowledge with hands-on understanding of each client’s business.
She continues to lead YRH Finance Team with one guiding principle: collective expertise delivers better outcomes than individual dependency. More than 1,300 businesses have now benefited from this model, proving its impact and scalability.
Alex leads Liberti Club’s campaign to promote fractional as the future of executive work, its programme for Liberti’s growing client community, and the partner ecosystem to support it. Alex has been building member communities, peer learning programmes, and strategic partnerships for over 25 years.
Previously, as MD of TALiNT Partners, Alex built an executive network for the world’s biggest recruitment firms and most innovative HR/RecTech firms. Prior to this, he was Programme Director of The Supper Club (now Helm), the Growth Investor Awards and the National Business Awards.
Here are some of the most common questions we hear from ambitious businesses like yours.
The team-based approach means you aren’t reliant on a single individual. A vetted colleague within the network can provide coverage, ensuring seamless continuity and access to a broader, collaborative knowledge base.
Engagements are highly flexible, ranging from short-term projects (e.g., 3-6 months for a turnaround) to long-term retainers (12+ months) with variable weekly/monthly hours, depending entirely on your specific, evolving business needs.