Case Studies
Each case follows a consistent structure: the problem as the organization framed it, the real constraint I identified, the key interventions at the decision level, and the measured outcomes — with conservative attribution.
All client names are anonymized. Full case details are available in confidential conversation.
Emergency Program Recovery
Global Financial Services Group
€40M mission-critical insurance platform at risk of failure.
Program stabilized within 4 months through governance reset.
Capital Risk Avoidance
Global Financial Services Group
Supplier-promoted mainframe migration with negative expected value.
Averted a high-risk, zero-value migration. Preserved capital.
Asymmetric Value Creation
Global Insurance Group — High-Growth Markets
Enterprise tools over-engineered; no capability to challenge incumbent vendors.
~€9M recurring annual savings from a ~€10k experiment.
Economic Translation of IT Risk
Global Insurance Group — Risk Model
IT risk managed as compliance exercise, disconnected from economics.
Risk discussions shifted from compliance to ROI-based investment logic.
Industrializing Cloud at Global Scale
Global Insurance Group — Cloud & Operations
Ad hoc cloud adoption creating fragmentation and ungoverned risk.
Cloud adoption shifted from ad hoc to governed and repeatable.
Rebuilding Strategic Alignment
Regulated Infrastructure Operator
No structured system to convert collective intelligence into executable strategy.
Management-owned roadmap delivered. Scope expanded mid-project.
Innovation Operating Model Redesign
World-Class Manufacturing Luxury Group
Innovation team busy but strategic contribution unclear to business leaders.
Complete diagnostic and operating model repositioning delivered.
Innovation Lab as Operating System
Global Specialty Insurer
Innovation lab at risk of becoming a sandbox disconnected from business value.
£1M capex avoided. Executive reporting from months to near real-time.
Governance & Capital Discipline for a Scale-Up
Biotech Scale-Up
Founder-led company lacking decision structure for milestone-based prioritization.
Strategic priorities reframed around value inflection points.