Founder of Renegade Entrepreneurs Ltd, Dave Dean has been self-employed since 1990 and launched over 20 businesses in the UK and the US. He’s also acquired and sold several small businesses.

In that time, Dave’s experienced both success and failure.

A business coach since 2012, Dave is ICF trained, certified with US based John Maxwell Team and has coached and mentored business owners across the world.

Along with business partner, Darren James, Dave still retains investments in several businesses and commercial property… though he has successfully removed himself from these businesses day to day.

Having spent several years working with numerous Mastermind providers Dave felt there was more that could be done.  As a result, in 2017, he launched Renegade Entrepreneurs Ltd to make the Masterminding process available to every business owner and not just the Elite!

Dave is married to Michelle (Renegades Head of Admin) and proud father to 26-year-old twins Jon and Tom, and 15-year-old Joe.

He loves to read, listen and write… enjoys cycling, walking and travel, regularly spending time in Andalucia, Southern Spain and enjoys great food and good wine.

James Vanreusel is the founder and CEO of Vanreusel Ventures LLC. The company provides CFO advisory services and executive coaching to help organizations develop strong foundations upon which to scale and replicate internationally. We combine finance and coaching skills to allow our clients to set ambitious financial goals for their company and develop the mindset and personal processes needed to execute this vision.

James had an 8-year career on Wall Street generated approximately US$8 Million annually by leveraging primary and secondary capital markets and building deep relationships with hedge funds and mutual funds.

As a consultant with Grassroots Capital (private equity) and Blue Orchard Finance S.A. (asset management) in New York in 2008 and 2009, he worked primarily on fundraising and building proprietary portfolio and holding company models.

From 2009-2014, he served as CFO at SPBD Microfinance, where he launched and operated 3 start-up micro-finance banks in Tonga, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands. He also created a network-wide holding company based in Singapore, growing the platform by 600%.

James is a CFA Charter holder since 2009 and has been published in CFA Magazine on the topic of Microfinance. He holds a MBA from Rice University and a BA in Mathematics and Accounting from the University of Kent at Canterbury. Originally from Oostende, Belgium, he speaks English, Dutch, and French and is conversant in Spanish. He played Division 1 Varsity Tennis and continues to play competitively for the Olympic Club in San Francisco.

Having spent 10 years in the business support team with the South Wales Fire Service, Michelle took a Sabbatical to work with Husband, Dave, on one of his projects. This led her to identify an opportunity to provide Personal Assistant services to entrepreneurs (not the easiest task in the world she says!)

Now, Michelle runs her own business, Peridot PA, providing services to Entrepreneurs and Business Owners and also manages a small property portfolio.

Michelle heads the Renegade Admin Team and ensures the Board and Faculty, (and Dave in particular!!) are kept on their toes!