Solving Your Business & Sustainability Challenges.

Workshops and Advisory that build commercial sustainability solutions and capabilities.

Two Problems I Help Solve

Commercial Performance

Margins squeezed, growth stalled, profit unclear. I pinpoint where profit hides, fix cashflow and unlock viable revenue, markets & growth models.

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Sustainability at Risk

Losing tenders to ESG leaders, mandates eroding P&L, supply chain vulnerabilities. I deliver joined-up commercial sustainability strategies that turn compliance into competitive edge.

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How I Work

Live-Action Workshops

  • One-day, high-impact sessions.

  • Solve real business and sustainability challenges.

  • Deliver actionable solutions and build team capabilities.

  • For businesses, their clients and their supply chains.

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Fractional or Independent Advisory

  • Short-term support to implement workshop outputs.

  • Focused on sustainable commercial strategy, market insight & intelligence.

  • Regulatory, reporting and ESG measurement

  • Standalone fractional project specific briefs.

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Eight Commercial Pillars

That underpin both Workshops and Advisory:

Mission & Model

What business are you really in? What business should you be in?

Commercial Cadence

Know your numbers. Clear rhythm, accountability, decisions.

Profit Mapping

Where profit is made and lost. What to stop, start or scale.

Margin Protection

Pricing, cost discipline, efficiencies and cash management.

Differentiation

Why customers choose you — and why they don't.

Growth Options

Practical routes for scale, sale or exit.

Customer Value

What customers truly value. Loyalty and “purpose as profit”.

Sustainability & Risk

Identify, manage and mitigate operational, ESG and supply‑chain risks.

Recent Mandates

Sustainability Workshop

Marketing & Sustainability Strategy

European Tourist Board

Purpose as a Profit Strategy

ESG & Commercial Pathway

Drinks Business

Sustainability & ESG Pathway

Commercial Sustainability

Marketing Agency & Clients

£900K

Margin Improvement

Content Marketing Agency

£400k

Margin Recovery

Crisis to Profit via Digital Pivot

Commercial ESG Workshops

Supply Chain Sustainability Strategy

Financial Services

Gavin Miller

Business Strategy, Sustainability & Risk Leadership for SMEs

With more than 25 years of senior leadership experience—including Managing Director roles in three businesses and commercial leadership at the BBC and Universal Pictures—I help organisations translate business strategy, sustainability and governance into practical commercial decisions.

Today, my work sits at the intersection of business strategy, sustainability, and risk. I support organisations as they adapt to regulatory pressure, market disruption, and changing stakeholder expectations—helping them stabilise operations, redesign business models, and embed sustainability and ESG as operational and financial disciplines, not side projects.

I typically work in two ways: Live action workshops and Advisory:

  • Navigate strategic and operational risk

  • Build internal capability rather than long-term dependency

  • Strengthen governance, decision-making, and accountability

  • Join up business strategy, sustainability and risk

Selected Outcomes

Revenue growth from £12m to £24m | £900k margin improvement | Crisis and turnaround leadership | Festival and portfolio recovery | £500k+ licensing revenue | 34% market growth

Qualifications & Credentials

  • MBA (Durham) | Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (FCIM)

  • Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

  • BSI Net Zero Certified | Sustainable Marketing (CIM)

  • Corporate Governance Institute (ESG)

  • Carbon Literacy Training Facilitator

What Clients Say

“We had a brilliant workshop with Gavin – lots of fantastic insights and a whole new perspective on sustainability and marketing in a sustainable world.

German National Tourist Board

“ I wish I’d known then what I know now about how ESG and sustainability really affect marketing, operations and reputation. It has made a world of difference.”

MD, Retail Business

“Fremantle Media hired Gavin Miller for his expert skills and strategic mindset to help the company form, develop and deliver its Children’s brand strategy.

David Bealing, Commercial Director Freemantle UK

“His expertise in running businesses — and turning them around — is second to none.”

Zoe Francis-Cox, CEO, Dialogue Content Agency

“What really sets Gavin apart is how well he gets both the sustainability world and the commercial one. That meant we ended up with a strategy that wasn’t just ‘nice to have’ but something people could actually deliver.”

MD, Retail Sales & Marketing Agency

“Gavin is consistently helpful, knowledgeable, and a pleasure to work with. He’s helped us to get started with clarity about sustainability and what this means in practice, well beyond carbon footprints. Thought-partnership in these early stages has been invaluable.”

Saskie Dorman, NHS Palliative Care Consultant

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