Align technology, governance, and AI strategy with your business goals. Gain clarity, reduce risk, and accelerate growth through fractional leadership.
An Advisory CTO provides the technology leadership and strategic oversight of a Chief Technology Officer, but only when you need it.
Instead of adding permanent cost, you gain on-demand access to executive-level expertise that helps you make the right technology decisions and shape your organisation's digital future.
Aligns with business direction
Sensibly and sustainably
Architecture, data, and risk
Board, delivery, and vendors
Your business is scaling and needs stronger technology direction
You're modernising or migrating to cloud and want independent oversight
You need senior input before major vendor or investment decisions
You're introducing AI or automation and need structured governance
You need a trusted technical voice at the board table
We explore your goals, challenges, and technology landscape to identify immediate priorities.
You receive a clear roadmap outlining technology direction, dependencies, and governance needs.
We support or oversee key delivery phases, ensuring alignment and risk control.
Continued executive guidance through regular sessions, reviews, or board attendance.
Clear technology strategy and prioritised roadmap
Independent, vendor-neutral advice
Reduced delivery and investment risk
Improved communication between tech and business
Board-level assurance for digital decisions
Strategic review and roadmap creation
Continuous advisory and governance support
Acting CTO presence at board or executive level
"Richard has a rare ability to bridge the gap between business needs and technology, ensuring that enterprise solutions are robust, secure, and perfectly aligned with organisational goals."
"Richard is very professional, conscientious, and excellent at problem solving. He communicates effortlessly with senior stakeholders and always delivers key project outcomes."
"Technically brilliant. Without his guiding hand, our major programme simply wouldn't have happened. I recommend him without question."
Real-world examples of how Advisory CTO engagements have delivered measurable results
Robust assurance model supporting critical systems through structured governance and risk management for defence operations.
Robust assurance model for critical defence systems
Structured governance framework aligned with MOD standards
+3 more outcomes
Reduced Azure spend by 28% and defined an actionable AI roadmap for a SaaS company seeking to scale efficiently.
28% reduction in Azure infrastructure spend
Implemented FinOps guardrails and cost dashboards
+2 more outcomes
An Advisory CTO provides the same level of expertise but on a fractional basis - focused on strategic outcomes, not headcount.
Scale-ups, SMEs, and transformation-driven organisations that need high-level technology direction without long-term cost.
Discovery sessions are typically booked within one week of enquiry.
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Robust assurance model supporting critical systems through structured governance and risk management for defence operations.
Key Outcome
Robust assurance model for critical defence systems
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