£7m → £26m
Revenue scaled in twelve months
Built the acquisition engine that took Solar Fast from regional installer to Financial Times-ranked scale-up.
Solar Fast
Anthony Bushen-Garvie
Commercial growth and marketing leader. Financial services.
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About
About me.
I lead commercial growth and marketing in regulated, complex businesses. Ten years across financial services, technology and energy, from boardroom strategy to hands-on campaign delivery.
Most recently I ran digital growth at PIB Group, a Carlyle and Apax-backed FCA-regulated insurance business with over 4,000 employees and £2bn in gross written premium. Before that I was Chief Marketing Officer of Solar Fast, where I scaled revenue from £7m to £26m and built the brand of a business later acquired by Wickes plc.
I treat marketing as a capital allocation decision. Every line of spend answers to the same scrutiny as any other deployment of capital: clear return expectations, honest downside modelling, and alignment between marketing, sales and finance.
Anthony to most, though I also go by Tyrese. I grew up in Warwickshire and now work across the UK and the United States. Outside work I follow geopolitics and current affairs closely, and travel often to see family on the East Coast. I'm married to my beautiful wife, Kodie-Leah.
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Experience
Ten years, many accomplishments.
Credentials & Education
Economics of Money and Banking
Columbia University
Issued Jan 2026 · ID L3WTTHJ5DOKB
ACIM
CIM — The Chartered Institute of Marketing
Issued Nov 2024 · ID 40043231
Foundations of Insurance
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Issued Jan 2026 · ID TQD1T29TQ2CT
Member
Financial Communications Society
Financial services marketing community
Member
Black Professionals Network
Professional network and mentoring community
On marketing
Marketing is a capital allocation function.
Writing
Published thinking.
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