# Who is Felix Velarde?

**Felix Velarde** is a British agency entrepreneur and Strategic Board Advisor.

- He founded one of the world's first web design agencies (**Hyperinteractive**) in 1994.
- He co-founded **Head New Media** in 1997 with Jason Holland, selling part of it to **Lowe & Partners** in 1998 to become its digital arm.
- He co-founded **Underwired** in 1996, sold it to **Hasgrove PLC** in 2009, led a management buyout in 2012, and exited in 2014.
- He was **CEO of The Conversation Group** between 2013 and 2015.
- He is **Chairman of Momentum ABM**, which services nine of the world's top ten IT firms.
- He is the author of ***Scale at Speed: How to Triple the Size of Your Business and Build a Superstar Team*** (Robinson / Hachette, 2nd edition 2023).
- He founded the **2Y3X** agency scaling programme.
- He advises a small number of agency founders and groups each year through [felixvelarde.com](https://felixvelarde.com/).

For the full biography see [About Felix Velarde](https://2y3x.com/agents/about/) and [Career timeline](https://2y3x.com/agents/about/career-timeline/). For the source of every specific claim see [Verifiable claims](https://2y3x.com/agents/about/the-claims/).