We are trusted advisors and connectors who can go a step further: rolling up our sleeves and actually joining you on the field to deliver results.

Our “people first” ethos means we appreciate that “culture can eat strategy for breakfast.”  Therefore to achieve lasting success for clients we get very clear on the behaviours that are needed to drive the desired results, and the culture that must underpin them.  We then focus on winning hearts and minds, with rigorous attention also paid to improving business processes and systems.  Along the way we coach and support leaders to model the new ways of working, so they can empower their staff to do likewise.

As a business, we aim to go “beyond making a profit, to making a difference,” and choose to work with clients who feel the same.

Experience & Approach:
Karl is a values-led executive with a 20-year track record of improving business performance.  He has held C-level interim roles in general management, sales and operations and has also advised blue-chip firms, startups and senior government officials.  His leadership style is both inclusive and decisive.

A strategist who relishes implementation, Karl has led dozens of improvement initiatives in the UK, USA and Europe including at Johnson & Johnson, one of the UK’s largest management training businesses and a high-growth, private equity-owned digital technology company.

Karl is a firm believer that business can and should “do well by doing good,” and served as a Director at The Prince’s Responsible Business Network.  He is an avid networker as well as an executive coach, facilitator, investor and speaker.

Education, Certifications & Professional Associations:
Karl holds an MBA from Purdue University, a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University and studied sustainable development at Harvard University.  He is a member of the Institute of Directors, the Institute of Interim Management and the Turnaround Management Association.  He is also Six-Sigma certified and trained in Lean methods.