Mitch Gudgeon

Mitch Gudgeon is a strategic growth and marketing leader who serves as the Founder and Executive Director of MGC Partnerships, a fractional growth advisory firm. Through MGC Partnerships, Mitch helps organizations build their brand, optimize their marketing programs, and unlock new revenue streams to build sustainable, scalable growth engines. His work spans higher education, professional services, technology, sport, construction, and the not-for-profit sectors where he takes a systems approach to connect marketing and revenue strategy, with operations and culture to drive measurable and lasting impact.

As a Chief Growth Officer (CMO and CRO), Mitch combines strategic insight with hands-on execution, embedding himself within client teams to translate strategies into actionable steps forward. Drawing from his experience founding multiple companies, as well as leading partnerships and growth initiatives in both the professional services and higher education sectors, he designs and delivers growth systems that align marketing, sales, and partnerships around shared objectives. His collaborative style ensures that organizations not only achieve short-term wins, but also strengthen the internal capabilities, processes and structures required for long-term success.

As a former Canadian National Rugby player and University of Victoria basketball player, Mitch brings a competitive AND collaborative people-focused energy to his work, balancing drive with empathy and curiosity. He holds an MBA from Smith School of Business at Queen’s University and a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Victoria. After residing in Toronto for close to 10 years, Mitch now resides in his hometown of Victoria, BC where he continues to help organizations across North America achieve their growth objectives.