I help businesses make sense of AI.

Background

I've been working with AI in some capacity since 2011 - long before it became a boardroom conversation. My background is a mixture of government advisory work, military service, and running my own businesses since 2017.

I hold a Masters in Mathematics with a specialism in Cryptography, which gave me a foundation in the kind of structured, evidence-based thinking that most AI conversations are missing. I'm not interested in hype or speculation - I care about what actually works, backed by data, tested in practice.

Before founding Bramforth AI, I spent years advising on AI strategy at the highest levels of UK government, military, and diplomatic services. That experience taught me something that most AI consultants miss: the gap between what AI can technically do and what organisations actually need it to do is enormous - and closing it is a leadership problem, not a technology problem.

What I do now

Through Bramforth AI, I work as a fractional Chief AI Officer for UK mid-market companies - typically £20M–£100M revenue - helping leadership teams build AI strategies that connect to how they make money. I've advised dozens of companies across defence, security, medical, finance, law, and manufacturing, with millions in annualised revenue between them.

I also train leadership teams on practical AI adoption. I've delivered AI courses to senior British Army officers on getting started with AI and prompt engineering, and I run workshops for business leaders who need to make decisions about AI - not just understand it.

Outside of client work, I write and create content about practical AI strategy - what works, what doesn't, and what most people get wrong. I share this through my newsletter, on social media, and through the AI Freedom Finders community.

How I think

I don't believe in AI gurus. We're all figuring this out. I just happen to have been figuring it out in rooms where the stakes were very high - and I want to share what I've learned.

I believe most AI failures aren't technology failures - they're strategy failures. Companies buy tools without a plan, run pilots without success criteria, and delegate AI to IT when it should be a leadership conversation. My job is to fix that.

I'm vendor-agnostic. I don't sell software, don't take referral fees, and don't benefit from recommending complexity. My only interest is the right answer for your business.