When execution can’t wait, I step into the CTO seat with full accountability. I stabilise, reset, and prepare organisations for long-term success.

 

What I deliver:

 

• Authority across product, engineering, IT, budgets, and vendors

• Post-M&A integration: rationalising platforms, aligning teams, capturing synergies

• Reset of delivery cadence, roadmap priorities, and governance within 90 days

• Cost alignment and efficiency gains across infrastructure and operations

• Modernisation of legacy systems, security posture, and customer experience

• Succession planning to ensure smooth handover to permanent leadership

 

 

Ideal for:

 

• PE operating partners driving post-deal integration

• CEOs and Chairs needing accountable technology leadership during transitions

• Boards facing succession gaps, stalled execution, or growth bottlenecks

When governance gaps threaten valuation, compliance deadlines loom, or security operations need stabilisation, I step into senior security leadership with full accountability. I operate as a CISO-with-a-small-c ; translating strategy into pragmatic, reliable execution.​

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What I deliver:

• Security governance, risk management, and policy frameworks

• ISO 27001 accountability and audit coordination

• NIS2 uplift and operational remediation

• Security engineering leadership across vulnerability and infrastructure hardening

• Oversight of SOC and monitoring platforms within broader service delivery

• Third-party security oversight and MSP/vendor performance management

• Incident response processes and organisational readiness

• Board-level reporting and executive communication

 

Led security engineering and managed security platforms at Kudelski Security and Ekco. Former CISSP with executive security accountability across FTSE, PE-backed, and global enterprise environments.

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Ideal for:

• Organisations needing interim cybersecurity leadership during transition

• Enterprises strengthening operational and engineering security capability

• PE-backed companies preparing for certification, audit, or exit

• CISOs requiring senior support to stabilise teams and vendors

• Public-sector programmes needing experienced uplift without long-term headcount

Most CTOs, CIOs, and senior tech leaders stumble their first time in the boardroom. Not because they lack technical depth, but because nobody showed them how to translate delivery into business impact.

 

I coach leaders through that shift. Over a quarter, we work together in focused sessions - with check-ins, slide pack reviews, and practice runs - so that by the time they face the board, they’re ready.

 

The outcome: a technology leader who can stand in front of a board with confidence, and a board pack update that earns its place.

 

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Ideal for:

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• Newly promoted CTOs, CIOs, VPs Engineering

• Anyone responsible for driving technology in a PE-backed business who needs to show impact fast.

Not every company needs a full-time CTO, but every scaling business needs CTO-level thinking. I provide ongoing strategic technology leadership on a part-time basis, aligned with growth.

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What I deliver:

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• Technology strategy aligned with business objectives and investor expectations

• Platform and architecture decisions that enable scale without technical debt

• Vendor evaluation and oversight - ensuring you're not locked into wrong choices

• Team development and hiring strategy for permanent technical leadership

• Board-level technology reporting that translates delivery into business impact

• Security and compliance guidance that protects enterprise value

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Ideal for:

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• Companies scaling toward their first permanent CTO hire

• Existing CTOs who need strategic support and board-level coaching

• PE-backed businesses requiring technology oversight across portfolio

• Founder-led companies where technology strategy needs independent perspective

Technology gaps often stay hidden until they become expensive problems.

 

I provide an independent assessment that goes beyond surface-level technical checks.

 

You get a clear, actionable roadmap with P&L impact projections - no jargon, just board-ready recommendations you can act on immediately.

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Ideal for:

 

• PE teams conducting pre-close technical due diligence

• CEOs evaluating major technology investments without in-house expertise

• Investors needing clarity on technology risk and scalability