Meet the founder – Victoria McDowell
I live in Stirlingshire with my ever-patient husband, our two all knowing (at least in their minds) boys, Willow - our enthusiastic Australian Labradoodle, and Lily - the grumpy Tabby. Over the past 30 years, I’ve been fortunate to work across a wide range of sectors and business types throughout the UK and Ireland. What I’ve discovered in that time is this: I’m a connector. I bring people together, solve complex problems and see the interdependencies within a business. This allows me to create the conditions for growth - not just for businesses, but for teams, customers, and individuals too. I’m passionate about helping others thrive, professionally and personally, and that belief sits at the heart of McDowell Partnerships.
How we came to be
"I was leading a large consultancy company - 24 offices, incredible people, important work - but I found the real magic happened when partnerships emerged and problems were solved collaboratively across organisations. That’s when I realised: I’m a connector. I see opportunities where others see silos. I am also passionate about making the customer the reason for decisions and promoting that methodology. I founded McDowell Partnerships to make that kind of collaborative growth accessible to more organisations."
Founder, Victoria McDowell
Who we are
We’re not just consultants. We’re partners in progress.
McDowell Partnerships connects expertise across industries to solve problems, align teams, and unlock untapped growth. Whether in-house or through our extensive network, we build bespoke solutions which are appropriate and tailored around you - your people, your business, your customers.
Our partnerships are rooted in trust, designed around your goals, and tailored to your context.
We look at the whole picture, not just the task at hand.
Our hallmark is that solutions are always rooted in a customer-first approach.
Our why
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much” Helen Keller
‘Two heads are better than one’, ‘Many hands make light work’, We are surrounded by quotes and phrases like these that back up Helen Keller’s words from a hundred years ago and it’s never truer than right now.
Right now business is more difficult than ever, skills needed are wider and deeper than even 5 years ago and customers needs, wants and choice is so varied.
This is a problem our founder, Vicky McDowell, encountered time and time again in businesses of all sizes but cost, risk and access to the right people always got in the way of progress.
McDowell Partnerships solves this problem, building partnerships with you that recognises your expertise and unlocks your potential by filling the gaps. Our solutions are always appropriate to your needs, deliver value quickly, and we stay for the journey.
When done right, this approach fuels:
Curiosity and possibility
Energised teams
Faster, customer-centred progress
Who we work with
We work with any business who is passionate about their customer and their team!
We support organisations across many sectors and we have experience of business types ranging from Startups to Corporate entities and from Public sector bodies to Private enterprise (and everything in between) - across B2B, B2C, product, service, and knowledge-based models.