In two different organisations I have been brought in to ‘turnaround’ the business analysis / business analyst (BA) teams. On my arrival the BA teams were causing delays of at least 2-3 months to the delivery of change projects due to a lack of quality in analysis output, and the slow pace of work.
Helping a large insurer achieve £30m savings over 5 years by better collaboration between operating units
A large, globally federated healthcare insurer wanted to create internal, ‘repeatable’ capabilities that would achieve the following goals across its country-specific operating units (OUs): (a) reduce the duplication of IT platforms supporting business-critical functions by creating one set of capabilities that can be re-used by multiple OUs (b) accelerate the transfer of knowledge and best...
Showing a global bank which cyber controls were most relevant to each business division, combining with gap analysis to drive business-focused remediation
A global bank with investment banking, asset management and wealth management arms had a high degree of scrutiny of its cybersecurity posture by regulators and external as well as internal auditors. Due to the complexity of the organisation and its technology there was a long list of compliance gaps when measured against any security framework...
Clarifying technical and regulatory issues to help leadership deal with an urgent strategic challenge
A global payments organisation was faced with the sudden threat of a European challenger, sponsored by governments and representing a potential significant threat to market share and revenue. The challenger was approaching the organisation and its competitors demanding that they license their proprietary technologies to allow it to enter the market, and support “co-badging” or...
Guiding a multi-year risk mitigation program across the finish line
A global bank had a number of risk and audit findings around technology change management, which collectively created the impression to regulators, investors and clients of an uncontrolled environment where things could and would go wrong. This impression was amplified by real-life incidents including a change-related outage that took ATMs in the bank’s home market...
SME System Analysis | Operations | Security
A packaged Consulting Service for running a system-wide analysis of an organisation in relation to Information Security, Governance, Risk, Compliance and readiness assessment for future SOC 2 audits. It’s a SOW-based and fixed-price engagement tailored for SME organisations (20-500 people).
Work with a major Financial Service company to mature their Cyber Security operations
A major London based Financial Services company wanted to review and update their Information Security capabilities following a merger with another company.
PE-backed scale-up’s 10x growth to become a unicorn after IT/Product transformation
Newly hired CTO of a PE-backed, InsureTech-wannabe inherited an IT department that was underperforming the business to the point where outsourcing was being considered. Executives and investors were frustrated at the situation 2 years into the 5 year PE investment cycle.
