Independent executive advisor · Organisational effectiveness & recovery

When your organisation stops working, I step in.

I help CEOs and senior leaders diagnose and resolve cross-functional execution breakdowns by restoring clarity, accountability, trust and reliable execution.

Let's talk about what's not working ↗
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The situation

Something isn't working.
And nobody can quite explain why.

The roadmap keeps slipping. Priorities change faster than teams can deliver. Product and Engineering are at odds. Decisions stall. Accountability is blurred. Leadership has lost visibility and confidence is starting to erode.

01 / DELIVERY

Commitments keep slipping

Plans look plausible. Execution tells a different story. Dependencies and capacity are poorly understood.

02 / ACCOUNTABILITY

Everyone owns a piece. No one owns the outcome.

Decision rights, priorities and cross-functional responsibilities are unclear.

03 / TRANSITION

The old model no longer fits

Growth, restructuring, leadership change or AI-driven change has outpaced how the organisation operates.

How I work

No pre-packaged transformation.
First, find what's really broken.

Think of it as organisational triage: understand the symptoms, uncover the underlying causes, stabilise what's urgent and rebuild the mechanisms that make execution reliable.

01

Diagnose

Get close to leaders and teams. Find the structural, behavioural and operational causes behind the symptoms.

02

Stabilise

Make risks, priorities, dependencies and ownership visible. Address what needs immediate attention.

03

Redesign & implement

Reset decision rights, planning, governance and team interfaces - then make the changes work.

04

Transfer ownership

Build internal capability and hand over a stronger operating system. No unnecessary consultant dependency.

Who I work with

For leaders accountable for the whole outcome.

CEOs, COOs, general managers and senior Product, Technology and Digital executives who need an independent partner able to work across functions.

Where I work best

Technology-led and digitally intensive organisations, particularly when Product, Engineering, Data, Digital and business teams must deliver together.

Common triggers include missed commitments, leadership transitions, post-reorganisation strain, transformation stalls and declining executive or board confidence.

Relevant sectors
Technology · Telecom · Fintech · Energy · Digital products

The result

From confusion to visibility.
From friction to accountability.
From uncertainty to trust.
From missed commitments to reliable execution.

In their words

What people I've worked with say.

About Kerri

Senior judgement. Direct intervention. No consulting army.

I'm an independent executive advisor with more than 20 years of experience across technology, product, strategy and organisational leadership.

I've been inside the problems I help solve.

From interim CTO and director-level operating roles to executive advisory engagements, I've helped organisations navigate leadership change, rapid growth, restructuring and execution breakdown.

I combine hands-on operating experience, systems thinking and a deep interest in the human dynamics that shape how organisations actually function.

Experience includes
Spotify · United Nations / UNICC · TELUS Digital · Redbubble · Wayflyer · LichtBlick · Home24

Organisations listed reflect past work, not endorsements of this advisory practice.

Spotify logo TELUS logo United Nations logo Redbubble logo LichtBlick logo REA logo
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When something important isn't working, let's talk.

Tell me what has changed, what isn't delivering and where leadership is feeling the pressure. We'll start with the problem, not a sales pitch.

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