Rebecca Trengove

Rebecca Trengove 2023
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Rebecca Trengove is a board member, strategic advisor and angel investor who helps organisations cut through complexity and make better decisions on strategy, people, governance and performance. She brings senior leadership experience across the public sector, membership organisations and higher education, alongside a strong track record in marketing, communications, corporate affairs and international business development.

Rebecca spent nine years at the University of Dundee, including as Director of External Relations, leading a large cross-functional directorate spanning student recruitment and admissions, marketing and communications, public affairs, web/creative services, alumni relations and fundraising. She has experience managing significant budgets and income responsibility, and is known for quickly absorbing information, analysing what matters, and turning it into a practical plan that people can execute.

Alongside executive roles, Rebecca has substantial non-executive experience. She has held NED roles including welfare and safeguarding remit (and Audit and Risk Committee membership) at Triathlon Scotland, and she is currently a Member Director at Mint Ventures - where she is also an active angel investor in purpose-led, early-stage businesses.

Focus of 1-2-1 Session

Rebecca is best suited to early-stage founders and small teams who want a clear, calm external perspective - particularly on strategy, scalability, messaging, governance and people decisions. She is sector-agnostic and has worked across government, education and a broad range of business contexts, making her especially useful when the challenge is leadership and decision-making rather than technical domain detail.

A 1:1 with Rebecca is a practical working session and typically focuses on:

  • Investor perspective and scalability - sense-checking whether the business model can scale, what an investor is likely to question, and what to strengthen next.
  • Strategy and focus - clarifying priorities, testing assumptions, and identifying the simplest plan that will move the business forward.
  • Marketing, sales and communications - sharpening your messaging so it is clearer, more credible and easier for customers (and investors) to “get”.
  • Governance and board readiness - what good governance looks like at early stage, and how to prepare for board-level expectations post-investment.
  • People and leadership decisions - support with the tricky human challenges that appear early: roles, structure, resourcing, and handling sensitive issues with confidence.

Rebecca typically engages as a mentor and board-level advisor. She is also actively exploring further NED and trustee roles, and enjoys working with founders through structured programmes like Board 180 where the collaborative board dynamic helps leaders make better, faster decisions.