About
Steve Bambury
Strategic Growth Catalyst
Steve brings over 33 years of hard-won commercial experience and a proven track record in building and growing companies through exponential growth.
He founded Touchstone Advisory to help purpose-led founders and owner/managers move from building assets to building long-term value. Touchstone Advisory assists mid-market business owners who feel lonely, stuck, or capped by providing the strategic clarity and confidence needed to execute massive strategic moves.
Steve's expertise is forged in the trenches of business. He has successfully 10X'd ventures to multi-million dollar exits, but also possesses the resilience of having lost the lot and fought back to achieve 997% growth during the Global Financial Crisis.
As a Faraday Certified Chair, Steve leverages this deep knowledge and practical experience to help founders break through the complexity ceiling. He specialises in installing the frameworks and systems that restore a leader's freedom while shifting the odds towards exceptional revenue growth and economic mobility.
Protect Your Purpose.
Engineer Your Growth.
Engineering Strategic Certainty for Founders and owner/managers... Built through Conscious Growth and Applied Neuroscience.
At Touchstone Advisory, we believe your business's "Why" is its most valuable asset. But a purpose without a high-performance engine is just a dream. We provide the strategic engineering required to protect that purpose and turn it into a scalable, high-value reality. Without you having to carry it all on your shoulders.
Practical Architecture, Not Armchair Advice
Real strategies built from real experience. No theories, just proven frameworks that drive measurable results.
Through our strategic partnership with Faraday, the global leaders and specialists in this space, we deliver a framework that blends three distinct disciplines:
Strategic Performance
We move beyond backwards-looking compliance to focus on forward-Looking Growth, using structures proven across 450+ companies to deliver an average 67% revenue growth.
Commercial Rigour
Grounded in decades of business reality. We've lived the wins, the 1million-dollar exits and the lessons that only come from being in the arena - so that you can shift your company into the top 20% of your industry.
Applied Neuroscience
With Certified Neuroplasticians® on our team we work with you to rewire your leadership team's decision-making pathways, building the clarity required to execute goals that currently feel OUT OF REACH..
Our Three Pillars of Strategic Certainty
Conscious Capitalism: Profit as a Force for Good
We believe business should be a force for good. Companies must operate ethically to create value for all key stakeholders - employees, customers, suppliers, community, and environment.
This is the essence of "Good Profit." We help you protect your purpose while building the commercial engine to grow - because when your purpose is protected by the right system, your impact becomes exponential.
The 10x Multiplier: Scaling Beyond the Textbook
We don't subscribe to the "2x mindset" that quietly leads to founder burnout. Drawing on the principles of 10x Growth, we help you identify the levers that create massive value.
This isn't theory. It's lived experience. We've navigated high-growth phases and exits - and we know how to build a business that becomes an attractive, high-value asset because we've had to earn that know-how.
Applied Neuroscience: Unlocking the Leadership Brain
The "Complexity Ceiling" is rarely a resource problem; it is a neurological bottleneck. As a founder, your brain is hardwired to solve the problems that got you here, but those same neural pathways can block you from seeing the moves required to get you there.
Our certified neuroplasticians don't just talk about mindset; we work with you to rewire executive decision-making pathways. By unblocking these cognitive loops, you gain the mental clarity to move from instinct-led survival to system-driven leadership.
Conscious Capitalism: Profit as a Force for Good
We believe business should be a force for good. Companies must operate ethically to create value for all key stakeholders - employees, customers, suppliers, community, and environment.
This is the essence of "Good Profit." We help you protect purpose while building the commercial engine to grow - because when your purpose is protected by the right system, your impact becomes exponential.
The 10x Multiplier: Scaling Beyond the Textbook
We don't subscribe to the "2x mindset" that quietly leads to founder burnout. Drawing on the principles of 10x Growth, we help you identify the levers that create massive value.
This isn't theory. It's lived experience. We've navigated high-growth phases and exits - and we know how to build a business that becomes an attractive, high-value asset because we've had to earn that know-how.
Applied Neuroscience: Unlocking the Leadership Brain
The "Complexity Ceiling" is rarely a resource problem; it is a neurological bottleneck. As a founder, your brain is hardwired to solve the problems that got you here, but those same neural pathways can block you from seeing the moves required to get you there.
Our certified neuroplasticians don't just talk about mindset; we work with you to rewire executive decision-making pathways. By unblocking these cognitive loops, you gain the mental clarity to move from instinct-led survival to system-driven leadership.
The Result
You move from founder-dependency to a scalable system built for the future. You stop carrying the weight alone, and you start leading again.
This is what strategic certainty feels like.
The Touchstone Standards
Protect Your Purpose. Engineer Your Growth.
Our values are the standards we use to measure ourselves, our partners, and the impact we create. They aren't just words on a wall; they are the "Touchstones" of our decision-making.
Courageous Honesty
We speak with integrity and say what we mean with care and courage. We tell the truth, even when it's uncomfortable, and sometimes hard to hear. We avoid gossip, politics and blame. Instead, we use our influence to uplift, challenge thinking, encourage and inspire.
Respect
We acknowledge and respect the differences of others in the belief that we all have a voice worth listening to. We ask questions to deeply understand and communicate clearly to avoid misunderstandings, drama and confusion. We know that respect must be earned; to achieve this, we will be true to our values - delivering them with respect and kindness.
Perpetual Curiosity
We don't guess or make assumptions. In our rooms, there's no such thing as a bad idea because we believe that creativity and innovation can come from anyone. We stay open-minded and are committed to lifelong learning and continuously improving all that we do.
Always Do Your Best
We recognise that "your best" is dynamic and changes with context, capacity and health. At the same time, we will always show up fully, do our best in every given moment and leave nothing in the reserve tank. We take responsibility, follow through, and do the right thing, even when no one's looking.
Ikigai
Ikigai, or 'reason for being,' is the intersection of what we love, what we're good at, what the world needs - and what sustains us commercially. We believe that business is a vehicle for meaningful impact, existing to serve all key stakeholders - customers, teams, communities, and the environment. We recognise that sustainable profit is the fuel; the vital resource that allows us to protect our purpose, invest in people and accelerate our impact.