Management Consultant & Business Fixer
Crisis intervention and operational turnaround for organisations where things have gone seriously wrong. Drawing on 40 years of senior leadership experience across financial services, health, and energy.
When You Need Someone Who Has Seen It Before
Some situations demand more than a coach. When programmes are failing, organisations are in crisis, or leadership has lost control of a complex environment, you need someone who can walk in, diagnose the real problem quickly, and act.
Peter brings 40 years of operational leadership across regulated, high-stakes environments. As a Six Sigma Master Black Belt with deep experience in transformation, governance, and people leadership, he works alongside executive teams to stabilise what is failing, rebuild what has broken down, and put in place the structures that prevent it happening again.
This is not consultancy by PowerPoint. Peter works in the operation, alongside the people doing the work, cutting through the noise to identify root causes and drive recovery at pace. He is equally comfortable challenging a board, rebuilding team morale, or redesigning a governance framework. Whatever the situation demands, he gets on with it.
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Peter identifies root causes fast: operational, cultural, structural, or strategic. He separates the real problem from the presenting symptoms others have been chasing.
Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Structured, evidence-based methodology applied to complex operational failure. Not guesswork. Disciplined diagnosis, root-cause analysis, and sustainable recovery.
Independent Trusted Adviser
No agenda, no politics, no vested interest in the outcome. Peter tells clients what he actually sees, which is often what nobody else is willing to say.
The Work of a Fixer and Firefighter
Programme and Operational Recovery
Peter stabilises failing programmes, departments, and business units, restoring control, clarity, and accountability where they have been lost. He designs and implements turnaround plans that address root causes across people, process, technology, and governance.
Crisis Response and Remediation
When deadlines, regulatory scrutiny, or financial exposure demand immediate action, Peter leads crisis-response efforts. He moves quickly, works with the existing team, and focuses on tangible recovery rather than escalating reports.
Stakeholder Alignment and Confidence
Peter rebuilds stakeholder confidence by aligning executives, frontline teams, regulators, and delivery partners around a clear recovery path. He resolves cross-functional conflict and unblocks delivery by bridging gaps between strategy, operations, technology, and risk.
Sustainable Operating Models
Peter introduces structure, discipline, and performance management into chaotic or under-governed operations. He then embeds the operating models that prevent recurrence and strengthen organisational resilience long after he has left.
Leadership Capability Uplift
Crisis creates opportunity for lasting change. Peter coaches and upskills leadership teams during the recovery, ensuring the people left in place have the capability to hold the line and continue the improvement.
Independent Challenge and Problem-Solving
Peter acts as an independent, trusted problem-solver who challenges assumptions, cuts through noise, and delivers results at pace. He is not there to validate existing thinking. He is there to find what is actually true and act on it.
Situations That Call for a Fixer
The Failing Programme
A major change initiative that has lost momentum, missed key milestones, or is burning through budget without delivering results. The internal team has tried. It is time for someone independent who can see what they cannot.
The Regulatory or Compliance Crisis
Scrutiny has arrived from a regulator, an auditor, or a board, and the organisation does not have a credible recovery plan. Peter can build one, own the narrative, and lead the remediation with the rigour regulators expect.
The Dysfunctional Leadership Team
When leadership has fractured, accountability has disappeared, and no one is telling the truth up the chain. Peter works at board and executive level to diagnose what has broken and rebuild functional governance and trust.
The Organisation Under Financial Pressure
Cost is escalating, delivery is slipping, and the business case is at risk. Peter brings the operational discipline and analytical rigour to stabilise performance and reset the trajectory before the situation becomes irreversible.
Frequently Asked Questions
Straightforward answers to what organisations and senior leaders typically ask before engaging Peter in a turnaround or crisis role.
Peter works in situations where something has already gone wrong or is at serious risk of doing so : failing programmes, dysfunctional teams, regulatory scrutiny, leadership breakdown, or strategic drift. He is brought in when the normal structures have not worked and decisive, experienced intervention is needed quickly.
Typically within days. Crisis situations do not wait for lengthy procurement processes, and Peter understands that speed of engagement matters as much as quality of diagnosis.
Primarily organisations: boards, executive teams, programme sponsors, and operational leadership. Peter is also engaged directly by senior individuals who need independent, experienced counsel during a crisis they are navigating personally.
Financial services, health, energy, and complex operational environments. Peter's 40 years of experience spans multiple regulated sectors, and his diagnostic and turnaround methods translate across industries.
Peter is not a slide-deck consultant. He works alongside leadership teams, in the operation, diagnosing root causes and driving recovery at pace. He brings both the strategic clarity and the hands-on discipline to make change happen, not just recommend it.
Facing a Crisis? Let's Talk.
Book a confidential conversation. No obligation. Peter will tell you plainly whether he can help and what that would look like, so you can make an informed decision quickly.