Separate facts from assumptions
What do we actually know? What has merely been repeated, interpreted or taken for granted?
Private business advisory
Trusted Private Adviser
For founders and business owners facing decisions that are too important — or too complex — to think through alone.
Independent professional judgement when business numbers, people, decisions and the owner’s own patterns have become entangled.
Bring me the problem.
We clarify what is known, what is assumed, what contradicts the current picture, and what decision the situation actually requires.
What I do
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A second pair of eyes from outside the system.
I work with founders and business owners when the visible problem may not be the real problem.
Instead of one long stream of analysis, I usually help in three steps: clarify what is actually happening, test the logic of the current explanation, and define the next decision or investigation.
Test competing explanations
What else could explain the same situation? Which contradictions matter and which are noise?
Define what comes next
Make the decision, run a test, involve a specialist, set a checkpoint or investigate the missing piece.
Where I add value
- the situation is complex, political or emotionally loaded;
- different people are giving you different versions of reality;
- you need an independent view without internal incentives;
- your own patterns may be entangled with the business issue itself.
What I do not replace
- CFO, lawyer, tax adviser or investment adviser;
- functional specialist or industry expert;
- your own responsibility for the final decision.
The result
A clearer basis for action.
The point is not to pretend uncertainty disappears. It is to make the situation structured enough to decide what to do next.
Clarity
What is known, what is assumed, and what still needs to be checked.
Judgement
Competing hypotheses, material risks and an independent professional view.
Next action
A decision, test, specialist input, checkpoint or next investigation.
I do not guarantee a specific increase in profit, revenue or company valuation. External outcomes also depend on implementation by the client and team, specialist inputs where needed, and conditions outside either party’s control.
Services
Choose the depth the situation actually requires.
Every engagement has a defined scope, time frame and deliverables before we start.
Private Business Diagnostic
For one specific decision, contradiction or business problem.
- review of essential information agreed in advance;
- one private diagnostic session of up to 90 minutes;
- clarification of the decision, assumptions and missing information;
- a concise Adviser Decision Note with findings, risks and next actions.
From AED 7,500One defined situation / one diagnostic cycle.
Private Advisory
For decisions that need a continuing independent thinking partner.
- 30 calendar days;
- four private sessions of up to 75 minutes;
- review of selected material relevant to the agreed decision;
- limited asynchronous communication for material developments and decision points;
- a final review and recommended next step.
AED 30,00030 calendar days. Continuation is agreed separately.
Management & Organizational Diagnostic
When the problem cannot be understood from the owner’s perspective alone.
- scoping session with the owner;
- review of structure, roles, decision rights and selected evidence;
- confidential interviews with an agreed number of key stakeholders;
- findings session and Executive Diagnostic Report.
Scoped individuallyFee and timeline are defined after scoping.
Strategic / Business Consulting
For a clearly defined piece of work within my professional expertise.
Selected assignments may involve management systems, business processes, transformation, PM / PMIS, governance, reporting and implementation logic.
Fixed scopeQuoted after the required work has been defined.
Private Business Retreats & Sailing Strategy Regattas
For founders, partners or leadership teams who need to step outside the usual environment to think, reset and make important decisions.
Bespoke off-site formats built around the business purpose of the retreat.
BespokeScope, facilitation fee and logistics are quoted after a brief.
Defined scope
Depth when needed — without turning one engagement into unlimited work.
Before we start
We agree the question being examined, the people and information I need access to, the sessions or interviews, the deliverables and the time frame.
If the problem changes
If the work uncovers a materially different issue, additional departments, extensive data analysis or another specialist, we stop and agree a new scope before proceeding.
Who I work with
People who already have an engine.
I work with founders, business owners and entrepreneurs who are already in motion: there is a real business, clients, revenue, a team, a system or a consequential decision to make.
Good fit
You are ready to think clearly, look at evidence, hear an uncomfortable perspective and make decisions.
Not the right fit
If you want reassurance without scrutiny, or someone to carry your decision instead of you, this format will not help.
Responsibility
How responsibility works.
My responsibility
- professional integrity and quality of analysis;
- testing the initial picture rather than accepting it at face value;
- identifying material contradictions within the agreed scope;
- telling you when a question requires other expertise.
Your responsibility
- materially accurate information and appropriate access;
- your business and industry knowledge;
- final decisions and implementation by you and your team;
- informing me when facts or circumstances change.
Private & confidential
Bring me the situation you cannot see clearly from inside the system.
Start with the situation, not the format.
We will first determine what kind of work it actually requires — a focused diagnostic, private advisory, an organisational diagnostic, a defined consulting project, a bespoke business retreat, or another specialist.