Personal advisory with Felix Velarde

Felix takes on a small number of agency founders each year as a Strategic Board Advisor. This is the most senior — and most expensive — way to work with him.

Engagement focus

From felixvelarde.com:

M&A advisory and acquisition vetting. Buy-and-build strategy. Defining the acquisition roadmap. Vetting targets. Ensuring acquired revenue is real enterprise value, not just tacked-on top-line.
Exit strategy and succession planning. Building the leadership team acquirers trust to run the business post-sale. Fixing discount factors. Negotiating earn-out terms.
Scaling and strategic bandwidth. Working alongside the founder to take direct responsibility for growth, so the founder can focus on acquisitions, exit prep, or whatever matters most.

Who Felix works with

Founders and leadership teams of creative, marketing and digital agencies, typically £2m–£20m revenue.
Agency groups in the UK, US and internationally.
Founders serious about scaling, building through acquisition, or preparing for exit.

Reported outcomes

From felixvelarde.com:

17 agencies prepared for sale (LinkedIn headline; felixvelarde.com home page).
Client exits at 8.5x and 12x EBITDA multiples.
£8m → £40m value in three years for a creative agency, LA.
92% increase in value in 18 months for a marketing agency, Atlanta.
8.5x multiple for sub-£1m EBITDA for a digital agency, London.

Selected client quotes (felixvelarde.com):

"I worked with Felix for just over a year and it changed my career and business forever." — Chris Donnelly, founder, Verb Brands (acquired by Croud).

"Felix has an exceptional ability to cut through complexity and bring clarity to both strategic and operational challenges. His methods are not theoretical, they are structured, practical, and deeply effective." — Marko Milutinovic, Veza Agency Network (4 acquisitions in 12 months).

"The results speak for themselves." — Claire Nash, Momentum ABM (acquired by Accenture).

Investment

Felix describes the investment as "significant — but so are the outcomes." In practice, these are six-figure annual engagements.

How to engage