STRATEGIC ADVISORY · PERSONALISATION · SPECIAL PROJECTS

When exceptional must be your normal.

The offer

Two ways to work together.

Two distinct offers, built around the same principle: helping ambitious ideas become exceptional realities. 

For organisations

Capability & Strategy Advisory

Strategic and operational advisory for automotive manufacturers, specialist builders and luxury brands seeking to develop, strengthen or scale their capabilities.

Drawing on first-hand experience of building and leading specialist operations, I help organisations turn ambitious ideas into commercially effective structures, programmes and client experiences.

From business development and capability building to personalisation and special projects, each engagement is shaped around the organisation's priorities.

For private clients

Commissioner's Representation

Independent advocacy for individuals commissioning a significant project. Working entirely in the client's interest: managing the maker relationship, protecting the creative vision through specification, and ensuring the finished result reflects the ambition that inspired the commission.

Most builders are structured to build, not to guide a client through a deeply personal creative process. Most clients don't know what is possible, or how to protect it. I bridge both.

Clients

Where I add the most value

  • 01

    Organisations with exceptional technical or creative capability

    Seeking to develop new opportunities, strengthen commercial and operational capabilities, or establish a more sophisticated approach to personalisation and client experience.

  • 02

    Established programmes and special projects divisions

    Looking for experienced strategic and operational support to evolve, strengthen or scale their offering, with an understanding of the complexities of high-value, highly individualised products.

  • 03

    Private individuals, collectors and family offices

    Seeking independent expertise, informed guidance and discreet representation throughout the commissioning of exceptional, highly individualised projects.

  • 04

    Luxury houses and fashion Maisons

    Exploring opportunities in special orders, object commissions and collaborations with makers beyond their established disciplines, while preserving brand integrity and delivering exceptional client experiences.

Background

What I bring to the work.

Business Development & Leadership

Conceived, established and globally scaled the Specifications & Special Projects function at Singer Vehicle Design, building and leading a multidisciplinary team of 17 and developing the commercial and operational capability behind its highly individualised commissions.

Commercial judgement

A record of building commercial strategy for significant revenue streams, structuring programmes, managing supplier relationships, and delivering results in fast-moving environments. Holds the Institute of Directors' Certificate in Company Direction.

Personalisation & Special Projects

Personally led the delivery of more than 75 highly individualised commissions, each with a base value of approximately US$2m.

Design–engineering fluency

An engineering background spanning Aston Martin, Dyson and Singer, bringing an understanding of how creative ambition, technical complexity and commercial realities intersect.

Brand and artist collaborations

Led collaborations with global luxury houses and artists, from first brief to finished car.

Ultra-HNW client experience

Extensive direct experience working with ultra-high net worth individuals on significant commissions, managing expectations, curating vision, and delivering outcomes at the level this client base demands.

Approach

How I work.

I work with a deliberately small number of clients at any one time. This allows me to bring genuine attention to each engagement, whether developing a strategic capability, guiding a complex programme or representing an individual commission.

Organisational engagements are typically structured as retained advisory relationships, with scope defined around specific programmes or strategic objectives. Private client work is engaged per commission, from brief through to delivery.

All engagements are conducted with complete discretion.

Enquire

Start a conversation.

A short note is enough. All enquiries are handled personally, and in complete confidence.