I work with boards, CEOs and leadership teams when complexity makes it difficult to see clearly,
make coherent decisions and act with confidence.
My work sits at the intersection of Board & Advisory, Strategy, Governance and Transformation.
Over more than four decades in international technology companies, executive leadership, consulting and entrepreneurship,
I have worked through situations where organisations had to change direction, integrate businesses, rethink how they operate or respond to fundamentally changing markets.
Today, I bring that experience to organisations facing consequential decisions - helping leaders make sense of complexity, challenge assumptions and create the clarity needed to act.
Organisations have always dealt with complexity.
The real challenge is maintaining coherence as decisions become faster, more distributed and increasingly shaped by technology and AI.
I believe that organisational effectiveness depends on more than strategy, structures or processes.
It depends on the connections between strategic intent, leadership, decision-making, authority, accountability and execution.
When these connections weaken, organisations may remain busy and productive
while gradually losing their ability to act as a coherent whole.
This perspective shapes how I look at leadership, governance and transformation. It also underpins my ongoing work on DecisionSpace: exploring how organisations can maintain coherence when intelligence and decision-making are increasingly distributed across humans and machines.
My career has included P&L responsibility, leadership across international markets, post-merger integration and board and governance roles. My Vita provides a fuller overview of the organisations and responsibilities behind this experience.
I start with the situation, not with a predefined solution.
I help leaders see how decisions are made, where intent gets lost and what may be getting in the way of coherent action.
My contribution is shaped by the situation and by judgement, not by a standard methodology.
Some of the perspectives that shape me come from well beyond the business world.
I have a long-standing passion for offshore sailing. Being on the water is a constant reminder that conditions change, information is never complete and good navigation depends on judgement, preparation and the ability to adjust course.
South Africa has become a place of particular significance to me. Its landscapes, people and cultural diversity have given me a different perspective on resilience, interconnectedness and what it means to see the world from more than one point of view.
I am also an enthusiastic reader, with a particular interest in authors such as Hermann Hesse, Milan Kundera, John Irving, Salman Rushdie, Maarten ’t Hart and Carlos Ruiz Zafón.
My involvement with organisations such as the Herbert Funke Stiftung, Anne Frank Stiftung and JOBLINGE keeps me connected to social questions and perspectives beyond the business world.
These experiences matter to me because they provide perspectives that no management framework can offer.