About Focus Consulting Group
Focus Consulting Group is a privately held advisory and investment group operating across technology, artificial intelligence, media and performance sectors.
The group provides board-level advisory, transaction support and strategic guidance to both growth-stage and established organisations.
Focus Consulting Group also acts as the holding entity behind a portfolio of specialist brands, each focused on delivering targeted expertise within their respective markets.
The group operates with a focus on discretion, quality of advisory and long-term value creation.
About
Founders
Dave Joshua
Co-Founder
Dave advises technology and AI-driven businesses at critical moments of growth, transition and strategic change. He brings over two decades of experience building and scaling technology companies, from early-stage ventures through to global platforms. His work spans growth, turnaround, M&A and operational scale, including building international teams and leading organisations through periods of transformation and expansion. Dave has supported the structuring and raising of over $350M in venture and strategic capital, led cross-border acquisitions and integrations, and worked with businesses operating at and beyond billion-dollar valuations. His background combines corporate development with deep operational and AI-focused expertise — aligning capital, technology and go-to-market strategy to build durable, scalable businesses.
_edited_jp.jpg)
Emily Joshua
Co-Founder
Emily Joshua is an award-winning, disabled and neurodivergent screenwriter working across television and short film, with a focus on inclusive, character-led genre storytelling. She brings experience across theatre, the arts, research and broadcast, including work with the BBC, alongside an M.A. with Distinction in Writing for Script & Screen from Falmouth University. She was also selected for the New Writers’ Network South West cohort, supported by Screen Cornwall and the British Film Institute. Her Regency romance pilot, Foxton Hall, has received multiple competition wins, including recognition at the London Director Talents Awards, and is supported by pilot, season arc and pitch materials. Her produced micro-short, Olympian, explores disability through a darkly comic metaphor, reflecting her commitment to stories in which underrepresented audiences feel seen. Emily’s work has also been featured on the OUTWRD script platform, including the audio screenplay Did Alan Call?, performed by award-winning voice artist Margaret Ashley.