fractional COO
Fractional means you don't have to hire a full-time COO before you know that you need one.
I come in at inflection points — rapid growth, investment prep, a system roll-out that has the whole team despairing — and I build the operational spine that lets your business run without you in the middle of every decision.
When the work lifts off, I scale back down.
I come in at inflection points — rapid growth, investment prep, a system roll-out that has the whole team despairing — and I build the operational spine that lets your business run without you in the middle of every decision.
When the work lifts off, I scale back down.
We want experience, expertise and insight, but we don’t want it
- on our payroll,
- or our B-BBEE scorecard.
- on our payroll,
- or our B-BBEE scorecard.
We’ve got the market, the strategy and the products… now we just have to deliver.
We’re good thanks… but some operational savvy would get us to Great!
I want hands-on mentorship for the talent — someone who actually does the work, not just talks about it.
I’m looking for a powerful thinking/implementation partner to get my business to the next level.
What do you need?
We want experience, expertise and insight, but we don’t want it
- on our payroll,
- or our B-BBEE scorecard.
- on our payroll,
- or our B-BBEE scorecard.
We’ve got the market, the strategy and the products… now we just have to deliver.
We’re good thanks… but some operational savvy would get us to Great!
I want hands-on mentorship for the talent — someone who actually does the work, not just talks about it.
I’m looking for a powerful thinking/implementation partner to get my business to the next level.
What you need.
What you'll get.
If you’re really good at what you do, and determined to succeed, I'll do whatever it takes to help you make it happen.
Three decades of operational leadership across continents and sectors — theatre, festivals, universities, the United Nations, and a steady book of founders since 2015.
Lone-hero leadership doesn't scale. The best results come from teams thinking together, supported by the right tools. I'll help you build both — the collaboration patterns and the tech stack that make your business smarter as a group.
100% commitment
Collective intelligence
Significant experience
you'll get...
- 100% commitmentIf you’re really good at what you do, and determined to succeed, I will do whatever it takes to help you make it happen.
- Significant experienceThree decades of operational leadership across continents and sectors — theatre, festivals, universities, the United Nations, and a steady book of founders since 2015.
- Collective intelligenceLone-hero leadership doesn't scale. The best results come from teams thinking together, supported by the right tools. I'll help you build both — the collaboration patterns and the tech stack that make your business smarter as a group.
your docs in a row
- Bring rigour and visibility to day-to-day operations — finance, marketing, HR, production, supply chain, customer service — wherever the bottlenecks are.
- Sit alongside your CEO and exco — with the perspective and challenge of an experienced peer, not the deference of a junior hire.
- Lead and mentor your operations team into a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Set up the reporting loops and stats that tell you in three minutes a week whether the business is healthy.
- Develop and embed the policies, processes and systems your business needed two years ago.
- Be your steadying hand in a crisis — and your strategic eye through the recovery.
- Run change management for new systems, restructures, leadership transitions or product launches.
Sound about right? Would help you sleep better? Let's get started.
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