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Alasdair Mackay

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Founder at Clearwater Advantage Limited
📍 United Kingdom

Alasdair Mackay is the Founder of Clearwater Advantage, a business scale-up consultancy. A Chartered Engineer with an MA from the University of Oxford, he leverages a unique background in military leadership—managing teams of up to 800—and commercial consultancy to help high-growth technology and engineering businesses scale effectively. People who have worked with him describe him as thorough, tenacious, and insightful.

Outside of his consultancy work, Alasdair has demonstrated a strong commitment to public service through his significant volunteer role with RE: ACT Disaster Response. He was responsible for establishing and managing the volunteer and non-clinical support for an NHS-led COVID-19 mass vaccination center, overseeing a pool of over 500 volunteers.

He blends high-level military strategy experience with commercial acumen, having generated benefits of up to £25 million in Army change programmes.

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Experience
1 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United Kingdom
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Business Scale-Up
His consultancy, Clearwater Advantage, specializes in helping high-potential technology and engineering businesses make a step change in growth and overcome scaling challenges.
Organizational Resilience
He has posted about the importance of resilience in the business world, drawing parallels to his military experience and emphasizing the need to proactively build it.
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Career

Work history

Founder
Clearwater Advantage Limited
1-2021 - 4-2021
Volunteer Coordinator - COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Centre
RE:ACT Disaster Response
Stakeholder Manager
The Niteworks Partnership
Director of Technology
HTEC
Business Consultant
Newton Europe
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Education
1985 - 1988
MA
University of Oxford
2012 - 2012
General Management Programme
Cambridge Judge Business School
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