Independent advisory · Technology · Operations · AI

Make the decision work in practice.

I work with senior leaders when a technology decision has to balance ambition, operational reality and risk.

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How I can help

Three focused offers.

Choose the area that best matches the decision in front of you.

01 / Executive advisory

Make the decision before the programme makes it for you.

Independent judgement for a consequential technology, operating or investment decision.

For: CIOs · CTOs · COOs · Boards

What this can include

Stress-test strategy, priorities and investment choices
Turn technical risk into clear executive decisions
Design decision rights, governance and an accountable roadmap

Ways to engageExecutive briefing · Decision sprint · Ongoing advisory

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02 / Operating model & infrastructure

Redesign how the work is owned, governed and delivered.

For organisations where growth, integration or inherited technology has outpaced the way the work is managed.

For: Regulated firms · Acquired platforms · Complex estates

What this can include

Diagnose ownership, service and control gaps
Clarify how the organisation should work and how progress will be managed
Sequence change across cloud, legacy and suppliers

Ways to engageStrategic review · Operating-model design · Transformation support

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03 / Governed AI adoption

Put useful AI to work without losing control.

Turn AI enthusiasm into practical use cases with clear human oversight.

For: Financial services · Technology and risk leaders

What this can include

Prioritise use cases against value, risk and readiness
Set clear oversight, evidence, fallback and escalation arrangements
Define what can proceed, what must change and what should stop

Ways to engageReadiness health-check · Control design · Executive workshop

Discuss this work

What the work changes

Evidence before theatre.

Understand → Decide → Design → Prove

01 / Post-acquisition operations

Brought fragmented service teams into one operating model.

Set clear ownership, decision rights and ways of working across inherited business lines.

02 / Hybrid infrastructure

Balanced continuity with long-term simplification.

Led a mixed cloud, legacy, network, application and supplier estate while defining a clear direction.

More operator context

AI in live operations: auditable incident triage, clearer risk information and better management reporting for operational teams.

Cross-jurisdictional governance: coordinated responses to technology risk across different privacy, sanctions and data-residency rules.

BoE → BlackRock → Computershare → SS&CSchool Governor · Chair, Resources CommitteeFreeman, City of London & WCIT

A distinct engagement

UK–Ghana market readiness.

Before you commit capital, I help you understand the route to market, the operating gaps and the regulatory questions.

Start with the decision

What must be decided—and what is making that difficult?

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