Interim CEO and executive leadership for businesses undergoing transformation, performance pressure, restructuring or strategic change.

• Rapid senior-level leadership in periods of transformation, underperformance or organisational change
• Clear strategic priorities and stronger alignment between shareholders, board and management
• Improved operating performance, cash generation and organisational effectiveness
• Faster decision-making and greater accountability across the leadership team
• Stabilisation of complex stakeholder, lender, customer and employee relationships
• Practical delivery of restructuring, turnaround and value creation initiatives
• Stronger management capability and a clear transition plan for the next phase of the business

I typically engage when a business requires experienced executive leadership beyond conventional advisory support. This may include an interim CEO mandate, a major transformation, an underperforming portfolio company, a restructuring or a period of strategic transition.

The engagement begins with a rapid assessment of the business, its financial and operational performance, leadership capability, stakeholder dynamics and immediate priorities. I then work with shareholders, the board and management to establish a focused action plan with clear accountabilities and measurable outcomes.

Execution is hands-on and tailored to the situation. Typical priorities may include operational performance improvement, cash and working capital, organisational effectiveness, management changes, commercial recovery, restructuring, stakeholder alignment and preparation for refinancing, sale or the next stage of growth.

Initial diagnostic and mobilisation can normally be completed within the first two to four weeks. Broader transformation or interim leadership mandates typically run for several months, depending on the scale and complexity of the situation.

• Clear sponsorship from shareholders, the board or senior leadership
• Access to the information, people and decision-makers required to understand the situation quickly
• Openness to evidence-based challenge and difficult decisions where necessary
• Alignment on objectives, priorities and the authority required to deliver them
• Timely communication and constructive engagement throughout the mandate

• Rapid engagement with the key issues and priorities
• Independent, pragmatic and commercially focused judgement
• Clear communication with shareholders, boards, management teams and other stakeholders
• Hands-on leadership and personal accountability for delivery
• Discretion and confidentiality in sensitive or complex situations
• Focus on measurable outcomes, sustainable improvement and effective transfer of responsibility

• Rapid business and leadership diagnostic
• Prioritised transformation and value creation plan
• Clear executive governance, decision rights and accountability
• Operational and financial performance improvement actions
• Leadership and organisational effectiveness measures
• Stakeholder, lender and shareholder alignment
• Regular board and investor reporting on progress and outcomes
• Transition, succession or exit-readiness plan where relevant

Project based engagements operate on the basis of agreeing work and any outcomes or milestones for delivery in advance of commencement of any engagement in a ‘Statement of Work’. Prices are fixed for the agreed deliverables and should changes be required, these may incur changes to delivery costs. Payment for Project Based Engagements are agreed on a case-by-case basis, giving consideration to risk, contract value, client payment history, relationship longevity and duration.

• Business transformation
• project turnaround
• interim management
• Restructuring
• performance management
• Business Strategy
• change management
• Private Equity
• Corporate Governance
• Operational Excellence
• stakeholder management
• M&A
• Post-Merger Integration

• Aerospace and Defence
• Automotive
• Technology
• Telecommunications
• Manufacturing
• Power and Utilities
• Capital Projects and Infrastructure
• Private Equity
• Retail and Consumer

• Accelerated Transformation
• Change & Implementation