Know your position before the room.

Direct, senior judgement for founders and owner-managed businesses approaching capital, lenders, boards, restructurings, or exits.

Advice is most useful before the pressure is public.

Before the bank meeting, before the investment round, before the board seat, before the exit process, before a restructure becomes forced.

Jonathan Disley works at that point. The counsel is candid, practical, and grounded in corporate finance execution rather than a coaching framework.

Know how a lender or investor will read the business before the first meeting, so the approach is not built on hope.

An experienced independent voice when governance, stakeholders, or a transaction requires more than founder instinct.

A clear read on what is fragile, what must be repaired, and what a difficult market will expose if left untouched.

Thirty years of execution across restructurings, capital raises, exits, and IPOs across several market cycles. The figures below are not projections.

For mentoring, board advisory, or guidance on raising and borrowing capital, send a short note with the decision in front of you.