Meet the Agency Adventure Guides

Chris Bantock

Running a marketing agency and creative business is a journey. Along this journey you will encounter highs and lows and there will be bumps in the road. I provide advice, support, and accountability to make the journey as smooth and as enjoyable as possible.

My work also involves working out where you want to go on your journey (your plan) and helping you navigate the route to get there.

I founded The Agency Adventure as I believe a cookie cutter approach to agency consultancy is futile. Your business is unique to you, so you need tailored support at every step.

Tom Wilson

I am an agency leader skilled in agency operations with two decades of hands-on experience.

I have been on your journey with What’s Possible Group. I experienced the team of 5 expanding to over 200 staff. I've had the privilege of overseeing or being directly responsible for every function within an agency.

I use this broad, functional knowledge of what makes an organisation successful to guide agencies of all shapes and sizes on their own journey. I support agency leaders by sharing my experience and guiding them to a path of sustainable growth and helping them avoid some of the traps waiting for them as they do.

Neil Adams

Neil brings over 25 years of hands-on agency experience, having successfully founded, scaled, and exited his own business. Now, he leverages that expertise to guide agency leaders in building future-proof organisations.

Neil's focus is on empowering agency owners to achieve their ambitions, navigate today's challenges, strategically prepare for the evolving landscape, and ultimately, find greater fulfilment and happiness in their agency journey.

Claire Hutchings

Claire has worked in independent boutique and global networked agencies for almost 20 years. She also built her own business, Chime Agency to help agencies with the one challenge they all face - their own marketing. Chime Agency’s produced game changing research into agency marketing and supported more than 40 agencies grow their businesses. Claire now combines her business knowledge from building Chime Agency with her experience of working with agencies as an Agency Adventure Guide.

She specialises in supporting independent agency owners and leaders to make great decisions and get the best out of their businesses. Claire is passionate about mental health and supporting women in business, she therefore loves working with female and minority founders plus those with limited previous agency experience who want to scale successful businesses while maintaining a work-life balance.

Paul Egan

Paul Egan is a former agency MD turned AI-powered growth consultant. He led digital marketing agency atom42 through an exit to Iris Worldwide, where he sat on the board for a number of years. These days, he helps marketing agencies scale faster by combining two decades of experience with cutting-edge automation.