Clive Ellul Hawthorn

Founding executive leading strategy, operations, and growth for an early-stage, AI-driven travel technology company, joining as an equity partner ahead of public launch Drive product vision, commercial partnerships, and organisational build-out, while overseeing governance, compliance, and execution across target international markets

Increased ARR by 40%, reduced CAC by 15%, and raised marketing-attributed revenue to 45% of ARR by building a unified, AI-enabled full-funnel engine at Profitroom

Delivered eight-figure revenues at Stagwell by architecting a modular ad-tech stack unifying audience targeting, inventory orchestration and measurement

Directed market entry into 14 new markets for Luxury Escapes, establishing local commercial teams and securing regulatory readiness, driving significant uplift in GBV and repeat purchase

Created Jetpac, an 8-figure roaming subscription category at Circles Life; established flagship fintech and travel ecosystem partnerships

Originated three new luxury lifestyle brands and tripled digital conversion through a full platform redesign, working for the founder of AMAN

Scaled Expedia Malaysia from 0 to 9-figure GBV and 0 to 4-digit supply count in four years

Drove double-digit marketplace growth in a recessionary market by leading Italy’s national commercial strategy across hotel, air and package verticals, aligning supply depth, pricing architecture and demand activation to local traveller behaviour