Nicholas Pearce

About Nicholas Pearce

Board Advisor, former CEO, and Entrepreneur helping businesses grow through marketing-led strategy, AI, and commercially rigorous creativity.I work with boards, CEOs, and leadership teams navigating growth, repositioning, and transition. My focus is marketing-led growth, AI-enabled operating models, and treating creativity with the same discipline as finance or data.I build and scale companies where marketing functions as a growth system, not a communications layer, and where creativity is embedded into how the business operates, not added on at the end.Across four continents, I’ve founded, led, and advised businesses from early-stage ventures to global enterprises. This comes from operating, not observing: aligning ambition with execution, simplifying complexity, and turning strategy into commercial outcomes.I’ve guided organisations through market entry, scale, and private-equity transitions. What connects them is a belief that sustainable advantage comes from understanding people, behaviour, and markets, not technology in isolation.I’m known for challenging convention, spotting shifts early, and translating strategy into action. I work best with leaders who want clarity, pace, and decisions that hold up under commercial scrutiny.

Experience

1. Advisory Board Chair

   Rooney Law

   Dec 2020 — Present · NY, US

   Working with partners to expand cross-border legal advisory services between the US and UK.Value Created: Built a referral ecosystem, strengthened marketing infrastructure, and increased client acquisition from PE and venture communities.

Education

• Nottingham Trent University

  BA (hons), Modern European Studies