I help CEOs and senior leaders cut through AI hype, build board-ready strategies, and turn AI pressure into lasting competitive advantage. Not more hype, but a clear path to credibility, capability, and market leadership.
I work with leaders who carry responsibility for direction, reputation, and results:
If you're accountable for growth, reputation, or competitiveness, this is built for you.
Boards expect credible strategies. Investors want visible progress. Competitors are already claiming to be "AI-powered" — and winning deals that should have been yours.
Every month that passes widens the gap.
Move too fast and you burn credibility. Too slow and you risk irrelevance.
You've lived it before — transformation projects that dragged on, tools that over-promised, and consultants who delivered slides instead of progress.
Now the challenge is simple but urgent:
How do you turn AI from noise into clear advantage — before the market moves past you?
Twenty-five years as a CTO taught me the difference between vision and delivery. I bring that discipline to the boardroom — translating AI ambition into practical, board-ready strategy.
Cut through noise with a pragmatic AI strategy aligned to growth and understood by non-technical stakeholders.
Coach executives to speak about AI credibly — in boardrooms, leadership calls, and market conversations.
Deliver where AI creates real advantage — from company-wide knowledge to customer intelligence and decision speed.
Guide leadership from reactive to agentic — moving from chasing trends to setting the pace.
No jargon. No hype. No slide decks gathering dust. Just clarity, capability, and progress you can measure.
Real outcomes, not theory — every example here delivered measurable impact under pressure.
Most consultants show you prompts. I help you build AI-first systems boards can trust — with the architecture, engineering discipline, adoption, and ROI that withstand investor questions.
AI is reshaping how companies compete — and how leaders are judged. The shift isn't about technology; it's about identity and pace. Every organisation faces this movement. The difference is whether you lead or follow.
| From | To |
|---|---|
| AI overwhelm | AI clarity |
| Reactive leadership | Agentic leadership |
| Pilots & noise | Systems & progress |
| Following competitors | Setting the pace |
| Fear of irrelevance | Credibility and control |
I make this shift deliberate, measurable, and repeatable — so you can lead with confidence, not react with urgency.
I've been building enterprise systems for over two decades — long before AI became fashionable. In 2019, I led a Fortune 500 rollout that processed 1.9 petabytes of data in 83 days, achieving 100 percent adoption when most AI projects still failed in pilots.
That experience — plus 25 years as a CTO bridging technology and growth — taught me what works when stakes are high and noise is everywhere.
I've run a 60-person agency through IPO chaos, rebuilt failing CRM projects, and turned a London TV station from an empty building into a live broadcast in six months. Those scars are the reason my approach is pragmatic and outcome-driven.
Today I help executives move from confusion to clarity — turning AI pressure into lasting competitive advantage. No hype. Just systems that stand up in the boardroom.
We begin with a short readiness and opportunity audit. In 30 minutes, you'll see where AI can create measurable value, what's realistic, and what should wait. That early clarity saves months of confusion and wasted spend.
Most clients begin with a monthly engagement around £2,000–£3,000, focused on clarity, capability, and measurable early wins. The goal isn't to spend more — it's to redirect existing effort into a system that compounds. Once results are proven, we scale scope, not retainers.
It's a fair question — and the short answer is: not really. Most agencies optimise campaigns and creative execution. They don't build the underlying growth system that connects strategy, data, and technology. I work upstream — creating the clarity and architecture that make agencies more effective.
Every engagement starts with business goals, not algorithms. We anchor AI opportunities to growth drivers — revenue, efficiency, reputation, and competitive positioning. Every deliverable is measured against board-level outcomes, not vanity metrics.
Most clients start that way. Part of my work is building internal capability and confidence — frameworks, literacy, and team enablement. You'll understand enough to own the roadmap, not rely on perpetual outside help.
Yes — and that's often where the biggest gains lie. I collaborate with your current teams and vendors to align their work under one system. No "rip and replace," no disruption — just orchestration and clarity.
Every project is built on privacy-by-design principles and aligned to your compliance framework (GDPR, CCPA, or industry-specific). Sensitive data never leaves your control. Innovation only works when it's trusted.
We define success upfront — ROI, efficiency, customer value, or competitive impact — and track progress every month. Within 90 days, you'll see tangible evidence: a live system, faster workflows, or clearer decision intelligence.
I've been called in to rescue failed AI projects from both. The difference is focus — I work directly with leaders, not layers of account managers. No sales teams, no slide theatre — just experience, engineering discipline, and delivery that holds up under board scrutiny.
Start with a short conversation — 20 minutes, no pitch. We'll look at your goals, blockers, and whether this approach fits. If it does, I'll outline a 30-day discovery plan that delivers clarity fast.