54 Years to See: How My Life’s Journey Unlocked Billions in Unseen Value

It took me 54 years to truly find and define myself. Turns out, I’m a Strategic Bloodhound. Or, in more sophisticated terms, an organisational quant strategist with an uncanny ability to spot hidden opportunities that drive extraordinary results and billion-dollar growth. It’s like having X-ray vision (Organisational CT Scan) for perpetually flowing, unseen revenue streams, constantly hiding in plain sight.

With all its twists and turns, my life has uniquely honed these Strategic Bloodhound instincts. I can sniff out a billion-dollar opportunity in a crowded marketplace faster than you can say “Hermès saddle-stitched Birkin bag” or “Japanese Acetate”.

And what a life it’s been! Orphaned at 15, I decided to skip university and forge my own path after finishing my education at 18. My father wanted me to become a doctor, but after his passing, I realised my heart wasn’t in it. Instead, I followed my free spirit and passions, starting a luxury bespoke custom bathroom and fireplace design studio with my neighbour. It was a bold move for a teenager, teaching me the value of independence, resilience, and trusting my instincts—qualities that still serve me profoundly today.

My initial instinct was always simply to help, to bring a sense of freedom and joy to people without complications. This inherent drive to help has, quite literally, saved three people from death. From staging a break-in to find a friend unconscious for days, to Heimlich-ing a complete stranger back to life in a crowded restaurant, to more recently guiding someone to put their Type-2 diabetes into remission—removing a medical register listing and preventing an inevitable leg amputation (perhaps my father was right after all, I should have become a doctor!). And when a friend needed care facing stage five Parkinson’s and Dementia with no one else to help, I stepped up without hesitation, unraveling 70+ years of secrecy and saving their estate from bankruptcy.

It seems I have a knack for attracting distress and finding untapped potential, whether in a person’s life or an organisation’s profitable growth.

This deep empathy and intuition are foundational to my methodology. It’s a mix of deep customer and emotional insights (I can practically read minds), first-principles thinking (I question everything!), and a relentless pursuit of excellence (I’m a bit of a perfectionist, but don’t tell anyone!). I challenge conventional wisdom because, frankly, sometimes conventional wisdom, despite flawless research, is simply wrong and can be subtly and naively destructive. My life journey has instilled in me hard lessons and the principles to bring fresh, crystal-clear, unseen perspectives. My policy is to help every distressed person or organisation if they are willing to see their new unseens. I believe in always seeking the truth, no matter where it leads. I treasure my moral values and ethics. And because of it, I sleep incredibly well at night. Biohacking has helped me here as well.

Here’s the fascinating part: I used to think I was just working for one organisation at a time. It turns out I’m serving a whole hidden ecosystem of companies, private equity firms, investors, and even the occasional eccentric billionaire—each with slightly different, often unshared, political agendas. And because I don’t have a product to push or a service to sell, my success is entirely dependent on theirs. Yes, of course, that’s scary when there is so much to gain and lose and a lot of misdirection. But that’s not a reason not to try. It’s a beautiful symbiotic relationship, really. Like a bee and a flower, except with many more zeroes involved, when I help teach them to illuminate their own Opaque Black Boxwhere value is hiding in plain sight.

Looking back on five decades, what have I learned? Three people who get to continue to share their love, life, and presence with family and friends—hopefully for many more years than otherwise possible. Me? I’m healthier and blessed with a beautiful family and fantastic close friends. My clients? They have a legacy track record of generating over €3.5 billion in hidden recurring revenue annually, totalling over €30 billion in value created for them since 2015. All from their unseen.

For example, a global footwear organisation successfully unlocked over €1.5 billion annually using my diagnostic of a single-word change on a sneaker label. (Talk about a high-impact word! Shame it wasn’t Scrabble™!)

In conclusion, I’m incredibly grateful for what I managed to achieve as an orphan without parental guidance. But this has never been about me! It’s always been about helping others discover their and their organisation’s hidden potential, breaking free from the narrow-focused limited Streetlight Effect, and achieving extraordinary (personal) growth. Your investors and shareholders will thank you for it.