Teresa Lilly
Founder • Culture Pilot Co
WHY THEY MADE THE LIST
Teresa Lilly builds the people foundations that startups forget until it is too late. After leading organisational transformation at Series D fintech GROW Inc, scaling headcount 60% to 470 employees through a founder-to-CEO transition, she founded Culture Pilot Co to work with companies at their most critical growth point.
She now advises startups from 30 to 250 people on people operations, org design, and compensation frameworks.
Designed full-company ESOP covering 100% of employees at GROW Inc. Named B&T Best People & Culture Leaders 2024. Strategic Advisor to Hoogly (AI team connection platform).
From the judges
"Teresa represents exactly the kind of practitioner-turned-founder the profession needs more of. She has seen what breaks in high-growth companies and is now working upstream of those problems, with real evidence to back it up."
— Rudy Crous, CEO of Compono
