Driving business growth with common sense.

Welcome to Comensis, where Gary Richards combines extensive global experience with a pragmatic, hands-on approach to transform small businesses and start-ups. Discover our commitment to turning potential into measurable success through best commercial practice.

Our unique approach to business growth

Comensis, personally led by Gary Richards, offers common-sense support tailored for small businesses and start-ups. We maximise your efforts by applying the best commercial practices available.

Gary brings a wealth of commercial experience from around the globe, strong language skills, an impressive range of technical qualifications, and a Masters in Business Development and Commercial Coaching. This unique blend provides the expert advice and management input that developing businesses truly need.

A professional businessman with a track record of creating positive organisational change and growing exceptional businesses, Gary is a very experienced Senior Executive specialising in strategic development and operation of spin-outs, start-ups, and SMEs. His impressive reputation for successful start-up, turnaround, and business development has earned awards for commercial development, growth, and strategic expansion across various organisations worldwide.

Businesses we empower

Appointed primarily by Private Equity Owners, Investors, or Stakeholders, Gary has successfully transformed numerous businesses globally. Typical assignments include:

  • Serving in assorted interim turnaround roles as MD, CEO, Sales Director, and Commercial Lead;
  • Frequent engagements for university spin-outs and 'New Tech' commercial development;
  • Extensive commercial financial experience with a broad understanding of accounts; worldwide experience as a Senior Executive in a wide range of technical sectors;
  • Frequently engaged by PE/VC investors to turn-around start-ups and SMEs;
  • Serving on many Boards at executive level, strategically turning around organisations for the benefit of stakeholders and investors

Gary has also been the recipient of awards for Commercial Performance, Export Excellence, Business Development, and Best Business in the UK.

Our passion for your success

Gary is an eloquent, natural leader and influencer with a positive, intuitive aptitude for developing sales revenue. He is commercially highly aware, honest, sincere, challenging, and publicly credible. Very competitive and tenacious, with a positive and dynamic yet logical approach to business, Gary has a profound passion for delivering business excellence and sharing the 'buzz' of turning small businesses, packed with potential, into real commercial successes.

"High levels of professionalism and a desire to get business right."

When you contact Comensis, you can expect nothing less than exceptional professionalism and a dedicated commitment to ensuring your business thrives.