Carl Allen has more than 15 years experience in growing both enterprise and small to medium businesses and is the founder and CEO of Alchemy Business Acceleration - a management consultancy and investment brokerage for SMBs. Prior to forming Alchemy BA, Carl held several executive positions within the TMT sector. At Hewlett Packard, Carl managed major business development projects in both mature and emerging markets, realising hundreds of millions of dollars of incremental sales and profits. At Gartner Inc. and Forrester Research, Carl lead the European Investment businesses of both advisory firms, delivering substantial growth to small and medium businesses by driving high-value joint ventures, innovative go-to-market strategies and transforming clients' marketing and business development processes. Carl has a first class honours degree in engineering from the University of Leeds and an executive MBA, with distinction from both The University of Manchester Business School and University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.