members of our team helped numerous clients succeed
“David carried out a key assignment for one of my lead investments. This delivered cutting edge thinking, value and insight at a pivotal time. Excellent results and a very pleased client. Will definitely work with David again.”
Richard Leaver, CEO Blue Star Capital plc
“David and his team helped in shaping strategy in a new and difficult space. They provided clarity, rigor, technical depth, sound analysis and good recommendations. Highly recommend.”
Youseph Yazdi, Corporate Director of Science & Technology, Johnson & Johnson
“David managed a great innovation event on behalf of a large motor manufacturer. Great event, very productive. I haven't yet had the chance to work with David since he set up on his own but I will do when the opportunity arises.”
Stephen Doran, formerly Director of Innovation, Norwich Union / Aviva
“David & his team helped me to develop a compelling growth strategy for Orange Business Solutions in the UK. This included creative and extensive assessment of growth opportunities in the competitive landscape, robust analysis of Orange's international capabilities and clear strategic recommendations & financial business cases for the key growth initiatives we should focus on. David worked closely with me and my team throughout the assignment and into implementation to ensure our input was fully represented and that there was wide buy-in through the organisation. This subsequently helped me to achieve successful growth and increased market share."
Richard Hanscott, formerly VP Orange Business Solutions UK
“David and his team helped us to assess the market potential for a novel new application of our materials across a range of sectors. He worked closely with key members of my team to address a number of important issues including: market size and growth, market share achievable, market entry strategy, revenue scenarios, product pricing, cost and profitability (including cost reduction options), intellectual property protection, business model & partnering options and implementation action plans. As a result of the work, we had consensus on a clear strategy, business plan and financial business case and we proceeded with successful implementation of the venture with external partners."
Manfred Rink, Vice President - New Business, Bayer MaterialScience
“David provided consultancy to a group of telent Directors to help us create an Innovation Workshop in which the concept of innovation could be explained, ideas could be developed and implementation plans produced. David's broad knowledge and expertise, across a number of different industries, combined with his supportive style of consultancy, helped us to create an effective structure for the workshop which has been used successfully for groups of senior and more junior managers and team leaders. I can thoroughly recommend David's services to you.”
Mike Bond, Networking Engineering Director at Telent
“David and his team worked side by side with the leadership team at Polaroid to creatively explore all the potential strategic development routes for our digital camera business, and then analyzed the preferred options in considerable financial depth. In his final presentation to our CEO, David's recommendations on how to maximize value creation potential and manage risks were presented very clearly and met with complete support.”
Bradford Kullberg, formerly Vice President Corporate Development, Polaroid Corporation
“David did a wonderful job with his team in assessing the marketability of several new high-tech niche products for manufacturing industries.”
Teemu Tunkelo, Group Senior Vice President, ABB
“David and his colleagues helped us by providing an objective opinion on the market opportunities for a new multi $billion broadband satellite communications system. We have subsequently launched it successfully and actual revenues to date have been close to the projections.”
Mark Ashley-Hacker, Head of Programme Management, Inmarsat Global