About Natalie Cunningham | The Growth Edit
Natalie
Cunningham
Commercial Growth & Transformation Leader
Founder of The Growth Edit. I bring 20+ years of commercial leadership experience, helping businesses scale, transform and improve performance across retail, FMCG, hospitality, manufacturing and technology.
"Growth isn't created by strategy alone. It's created when the right decisions are executed brilliantly."
20+
Years of commercial leadership
28
International markets led
Multi-million
Pound budgets managed
Board-level
Trusted by founders & executives
Sectors
- Retail
- FMCG
- Hospitality
- Manufacturing
- Technology
- Consumer Brands
- Scale-ups
- Family-owned Businesses
I started my career in retail and spent the next two decades working my way through some of the most complex commercial challenges a business can face: growth that had stalled, transformations that had lost momentum, markets that weren't performing.
Over time I led programmes across 28+ international markets, managed multi-million-pound budgets and worked directly with founders, executive teams and boards. I learned that the difference between businesses that grow and those that don't rarely comes down to strategy. It comes down to execution, and the quality of the leadership driving it.
I founded The Growth Edit because I kept seeing the same problem: ambitious businesses with real potential, but without access to the kind of experienced commercial leadership that could help them move forward. Large organisations take that leadership for granted. Founder-led businesses and SMEs often can't justify a full-time executive hire, but they need the same quality of thinking and accountability.
The Growth Edit exists to close that gap. I work as an embedded leader, sitting alongside your team, taking genuine ownership of outcomes, and bringing the kind of hands-on execution that produces results rather than reports. I'm not here to tell you what to do and leave. I'm here to help you do it.
Good commercial leadership, in my view, is calm, clear and accountable. It creates momentum where there was uncertainty, and confidence where there was doubt. That's what I bring to every engagement.
Growth Strategy
Revenue optimisation, pricing strategy, customer acquisition and go-to-market planning.
Commercial Leadership
Working alongside founders and boards to provide strategic direction and accountability.
AI Adoption & Transformation
Helping businesses adopt AI practically — from strategy and use-case identification through to implementation and embedding.
ERP & Business Systems
Reviewing, optimising and improving business systems so they support commercial growth, operational efficiency and better decision making.
Digital Transformation
Leading complex digital change programmes from strategy through to delivery.
Operational Excellence
Identifying and removing operational constraints that limit performance and growth.
International Expansion
Programme leadership across 28+ markets with deep cross-cultural commercial experience.
Operating Model Design
Redesigning how businesses are structured and run to unlock performance.
Change Management
Bringing clarity, momentum and accountability to complex business challenges.