Senior Lecturer & CFO René Moolenaar joins Lucidity Co-founder Tom Ricca-McCarthy as they discuss how to formulate a growth strategy.
With a mix of academic learning and real-world experience, we’ll show you how to use well-tested strategic frameworks, assess opportunities, and make decisions that will put you on track for growth.


Senior Lecturer at University of Sussex Business School and CFO, Crunch
René Moolenaar is a highly experienced CFO, board advisor and prominent academic in the field of marketing and strategy. René is the Chief Financial Officer at Crunch, an online accountancy software and service provider. Alongside that role, René is Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Strategy at the University of Sussex Business School and holds a number of Board positions. His experience ranges from engineering and manufacturing, media, professional services, education and property.

Co-Founder, Lucidity
Tom brings more than 30 years’ experience in technology leadership, spanning FTSE 100 organisations and venture-backed startups and scale-ups. His various roles have included periods of rapid growth as well as difficult or complex turnarounds in high-pressure environments.
Tom has deep commercial experience across leadership teams, having served as CEO, Non-Executive Director, Board Advisor, and Mentor to many founding teams in the Tech for Good in the social, health and environmental sectors.