I help organisations prevent leadership fractures during transformation.

During my years as an advisor and consulting, including nearly 9 years as Gartner Research VP and Executive Partner, I’ve seen the same pattern hundreds of times: strategic initiatives failing, not because of flawed strategy, but because management teams and executive teams fracture under pressure. Their strategies were sound. The technology was there. The market opportunity was real. What broke was the human system.

Today I work at the intersection of leadership effectiveness and organisational execution—the place where people risk turns into business-risk. My clients include PE portfolio companies navigating post-acquisition integration, boards concerned about executive team and management dysfunction, and technology leaders building the next generation of CIOs and CTOs.

What I bring that others don’t:
→ RESEARCH-BACKED FRAMEWORKS: At Gartner, I co-developed the ESCAPE model for change leadership, the PRISM model for transforming organizational culture, and authored 100+ research notes on leadership, culture change, and emotional intelligence in the enterprise.
→ TECHNICAL FLUENCY: I started my career in AI and machine translation research in the 1980s. I understand technology leadership because I’ve lived it—as interim CIO, CTO, and enterprise architect across government, defence, and multinational enterprises.
→ PATTERN RECOGNITION: After advising hundreds of CxOs globally, I can diagnose executive team dysfunction before it becomes a profit warning. I translate “culture issues” into business risk language that Boards and investors understand.
→ PRACTICAL REMEDIATION: I don’t just surface and diagnose leadership risks, I offer practical guidance and concrete steps to turn team dysfunctions into collective strength and resilience.

I’m based in the Netherlands with strong networks across Australia and Europe. I’m open to Operating Partner roles with PE firms, Non-Executive Director positions, and retained advisory engagements where leadership execution risk is expensive.

If you’re dealing with a leadership team under stress, a transformation that’s stalling, or a high-potential executive who needs to level up—let’s talk.