Services and Expertise

I step into industrial businesses during critical transition phases: when performance drifts, integrations stall, scaling exposes weaknesses, or exit timelines are at risk. My role is to restore control and momentum, tighten execution, and build the operational foundations required to deliver the investment thesis.

Turnaround

Rapid Diagnostics & Stabilisation

I start with a fast, fact-based assessment across sites, processes, leadership, and financial levers. The objective is simple: expose constraints, stabilise cash, restore discipline, and rebuild confidence between investors, the Board, and management.

Operational Excellence & Culture Reset

I drive safety, operational discipline, and data transparency to align leadership, embed accountability, and deliver measurable improvements in margin, service, and reliability.

Stabilising Leadership and Execution

Operating cadence, expectations, and decision routines are reset. Teams regain clarity, alignment, and momentum—replacing firefighting with predictable performance.

Carve-Outs, Integrations & Scaling

Operational Due Diligence

The priority is to de-risk the deal operationally.
Pre-deal, I conduct focused operational reviews to uncover and quantify stranded costs, compliance and TSA exposure, people and knowledge risk, and first-year EBITDA leakage. This validates the true operational credibility of the investment thesis and defines the first critical execution priorities post-close.

The outcome is a clear integration blueprint before signing, with visibility on timing, cash impact, and execution risk.

Post-Merger Integrations

Post-close, the priority is value protection and operational control from Day 1. The focus is on cash, customers, and delivery, while I embed accountability and address any leadership or capability gaps.

Once stable, the focus shifts to synergy capture and value creation - turning integration into EBITDA - by consolidating sites, leadership, processes, and reporting into a single scalable operating platform.

Scaling Platforms

I help leadership teams build operating models and governance structures that support controlled growth, resilience, and higher enterprise value at exit.

Exit Readiness

I help boards and leadership teams professionalise operations and bring the organisation to investor-grade maturity. The focus is on:

Tightening governance and board reporting
Strengthening leadership capability and accountability
Embedding risk, compliance, and operational discipline
Ensuring reliable performance, data integrity, and predictable execution

These foundations reinforce credibility, reduce investor risk, and support stronger valuation multiples at exit.

Interim Leadership

Interim COO / Operational Leadership

I provide hands-on executive leadership during periods of disruption, transition, or major change to protect value and maintain operational control.

Change & Transformation Delivery

Integrations, restructurings, and turnarounds are delivered with discipline, pace, and measurable results.

Transition & Handover

I leave behind a capable leadership team, embedded routines, and a stable operating rhythm that sustain performance long after my mandate ends.