Our People

SENIOR PEOPLE.HANDS-ON DELIVERY.

D&A brings experienced operators, strategists, marketers, creatives and specialists together around the client priority. Senior people stay close to the work, and the team flexes by objective so clients get the judgement and execution capability they need without unnecessary layers.

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MEET OUR FOUNDER

Donavan
Hutchinson.

CEO & Founder
D&A Services International

Experience that understands your ambition.

Donavan brings more than 20 years of experience in technology, commercial leadership and international growth, with a track record of building businesses, opening markets and creating significant revenue growth across some of the channel’s best-known organisations.

At PCM, Donavan spearheaded the UK and international growth journey from launch, taking the business from £0 to £62 million in year one and £95 million in year two, before the business was sold to Insight in year three. At Paragon Micro, he established the international division and took it to profitability in under six months. At Trustmarque, he led growth that delivered more than £70 million in a single year.

At Kelway/CDW, Donavan was a key conduit in establishing the relationship between the two businesses and managed the international engagement programme that helped pave the way for CDW’s acquisition of Kelway and its position as the largest VAR globally. At SHI, Donavan led the transformation of the UKI business from a loss-making organisation to profitability. The turnaround combined a strong focus on people and DEI with disciplined execution across marketing, vendor engagement and long-term customer and partner relationships. During his time there, the UKI business not only returned to profit but more than doubled in size.

That experience shapes D&A today. Donavan founded the business to give organisations access to senior expertise and the people who can put it into action. From brand and marketing to go-to-market, digital, events, transformation and fractional leadership, D&A works alongside clients as an extension of their team, with clear ownership and a shared focus on progress.

Authenticity and inclusion are central to his approach. Donavan champions workplaces where people can be themselves, contribute their perspectives and have the opportunity to succeed. His wider work includes education, charitable support, public speaking and advocacy for diversity, equity and inclusion.

For Donavan, a strong partnership starts with listening, being honest about what a business needs and staying close enough to the work to make a difference.

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WHAT WE BELIEVE

Real people. Honest partnerships. Meaningful progress.

D&A exists to help businesses move forward with confidence. We bring the experience to shape the direction, the capability to deliver and the care to understand the people behind the business.

Being authentic means being clear about what we can achieve, honest when something needs to change and accountable for the work we do. We listen, challenge constructively and work alongside your team. Inclusion runs through how we think, collaborate and build relationships, because sustainable growth should create opportunity for people as well as businesses.

HOW WE HELP

Senior thinking. Hands-on delivery.

Our model is designed around capability rather than hierarchy. Clients work with experienced people who understand commercial pressure, stakeholder complexity and the realities of getting work approved and delivered inside growing organisations.

We combine senior operators with specialist execution across marketing, digital, creative, channel, events, AI, transformation, reporting and people. The team can be small and focused for one priority or broaden as the engagement evolves, while maintaining continuity and clear ownership.

Senior operators

Senior operators bring first-hand experience of commercial planning, marketing leadership, channel ecosystems, growth, transformation and working across executive stakeholders. That perspective helps us understand not just what good looks like, but what is realistic to implement inside the business.

Specialist execution

Specialists turn the direction into tangible work across creative, content, web, demand, media, events, partner programmes, automation, reporting and transformation. We bring the capability in when the brief requires it rather than forcing every client into the same fixed team.

Flexible team design

The team structure can flex as priorities change. A client may begin with senior leadership and strategy, add creative or digital execution for a launch, then bring in reporting, events or channel specialists later without rebuilding the relationship or starting again.

WHAT WE DELIVER

Move from decision to execution.

01Senior operatorsSenior commercial, marketing and channel judgement, objective setting, prioritisation, stakeholder alignment, leadership support and practical ownership of the decisions that determine where the team should focus.

02Specialist executionHands-on specialist delivery across the capabilities required by the brief, coordinated around one plan and one client relationship rather than a collection of disconnected freelancers or suppliers.

03Flexible team designFlexible team design, clear ownership, agreed roles and working rhythm, the ability to add or remove specialist capability as requirements change and continuity across strategy, execution, reporting and optimisation.

CONNECTED CAPABILITY

This work rarely sits in isolation.

The benefit of the D&A model is not simply access to more skills. It is the ability to connect senior judgement with the specialists who can execute, so the client does not have to translate strategy repeatedly between agencies, freelancers and internal teams.

We work as an extension of the client team, adapting the capability mix around the priority while keeping accountability and communication simple.

Commercial Growth Brand & Positioning Web & Digital Technology & Channel MDF Optimisation Reporting & Analytics

Build the right model around what matters now.

Bring us the outcome you need to achieve and the capability you already have internally. We will shape the team around the gap, keeping the model senior-led, hands-on and flexible enough to change as the work develops.

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