A different kind of conversation

Most advisors have studied transformation.
We have led it.

Across more than 100 countries, in businesses worth billions, in markets that do not forgive mistakes. We have sat in the chair where the decision, and its consequences, were ours alone. That is not a credential. It is a different kind of conversation.

Strategy without execution is just intention. Turning one into the other, consistently and at scale, is the hardest thing a business does. It is also where we do our best work.

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The hardest things in a business

Addressing the challenges that keep CEOs up at night.

Most businesses do not struggle for strategy, ideas, or ambition. They struggle because, over time, the wrong things go unnoticed and compound until the cost becomes impossible to ignore. We work across four interconnected practices to address the challenges that matter most.

01

Build stronger leaders and a culture that performs.

When the CEO is the only one holding the organisation together, something is wrong. We work with senior leaders and their teams to strengthen leadership capability, build accountability, and create a culture where performance is consistent without the leader having to intervene at every turn.

People Practice
02

Turn finance into a growth engine, not a constraint.

Cash is tight. Decisions are slow. Finance is reactive. When capital is inefficient and the finance function lags behind growth, the cost is real even when it is not yet visible. We help organisations optimise capital, improve performance, and build finance functions that enable decisions rather than delay them.

Finance Practice
03

Make technology deliver what it promised.

Millions spent. Nothing measurably changed. AI everywhere in the conversation, nowhere in the results. Technology fails when it is treated as a standalone problem. We scope every engagement around a business outcome and measure against it. No implementations for their own sake. Just results the business can see and build on.

Technology Practice
04

Build a business worth owning — and worth selling.

Whether the goal is growth, an investor, an IPO, or a generational transition, most businesses are not as ready as their owners believe. We help leaders clarify strategy, strengthen governance, improve execution discipline, and build enterprise value that is real, visible, and realisable.

Business Practice
Why Presence Practice

We don't arrive with a framework and a slide deck.

There is a fundamental difference between advising on a transformation and having lived one. Our founders have managed commercial operations across more than 100 countries, led organisations through restructuring, turnaround and rapid scaling, and sat in the chair where the decisions, and their consequences, were theirs alone to own.

We have revived non-performing assets, executed complex transactions, built governance frameworks from scratch, and delivered sustained growth in some of the world's most demanding markets. That experience is what we bring to every engagement — practical judgement, commercial discipline, and a global operating perspective that has been tested at the highest level.

100+
Countries of operating experience
4
Integrated practice areas
30+
Years of C-suite and board-level experience
Our Process

From first conversation to lasting outcome.

1
The conversation
Confidential. We listen for the pressure beneath the presenting problem.
2
The diagnostic
We assess where the real constraints on performance and value creation lie.
3
The scope
Defined around a business outcome — specific, costed, and measurable.
4
The work
Alongside your leadership — practitioners who have owned the same decisions.
5
The measurement
Every engagement tracked against visible results. If the numbers don't move, the work isn't done.
6
The outcome
Stronger leadership, cleaner capital, better technology, strategy that executes.
Our Practices

Four integrated disciplines. One firm.

The practices are designed to work together — because the most complex challenges in a business are never contained within a single function.

Who We Work With

Leaders operating in complex, high-stakes environments.

Where the decisions matter and the margin for error is small.

Venture Capital

  • Portfolio company performance
  • Leadership and governance frameworks
  • Growth strategy and execution
  • Investor readiness

Private Equity & Family Offices

  • Value creation and turnaround
  • Capital structure and M&A
  • Leadership and operating model
  • Exit preparation and positioning

Family-Owned Businesses

  • Professionalising governance
  • Succession and generational transition
  • Growth without losing identity
  • Balancing family and institutional interests

Multinationals

  • Regional market entry and expansion
  • Operating model and governance
  • Leadership and culture alignment
  • Stakeholder management

SMEs & Growth Companies

  • Strategy and direction
  • Finance transformation and capital
  • Technology and digital
  • People and performance

Start-Ups & Scale-Ups

  • Business model and go-to-market
  • Investment readiness
  • Scalable operating models
  • Founder coaching and leadership
Real Results

Measured in outcomes, not outputs.

A sample of what that looks like in practice.

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Meet Our Team

The advisors across the table from you have led what they are advising on.

Every member of our team brings decades of C-suite and board-level experience — tested in practice, not theory.

Founders
Partners
What Our Clients Say

Conversations that change trajectories.

The Growth Lifecycle

Where are you in the lifecycle?

Wherever you are in your journey, we have the experience to help you move forward — with clarity, discipline, and a clear focus on what matters most.

01
Concept
Turning an idea into a viable, investable business model.
02
Take-to-Market
Launching with the right strategy, structure, and speed.
03
Scale
Building the systems, people, and capital to grow sustainably.
04
Optimise
Improving performance, governance, and enterprise value.
05
Exit
Preparing for a sale, IPO, investment, or generational transfer.
A different kind of conversation

Ready to have a different kind of conversation?

We work with leaders who are ready to move — from pressure to performance, from ambition to execution, from complexity to clarity. The conversation is confidential. There is no obligation.

Discretion · Integrity · Impact