Dubai, United Arab Emirates
I advise boards, CEOs, founders and investors at moments of strategic inflection — when the choices are consequential, the complexity is rising, and the answer needs to be owned by the people who will deliver it. My work links strategic ambition to the capabilities, leadership alignment and operating model required to create value — from aspiration through to execution. I combine rigorous strategic challenge with a co-creation approach, so leadership teams are genuinely aligned on the decisions, trade-offs and capabilities that matter, rather than handed a report they don't believe in. What I bring is the combination of consulting rigour, the pragmatism that comes from running strategy inside complex organisations, and the experience to work alongside boards and founders when the stakes are real. A frame of reference spanning early-stage ventures to large-cap, multi-billion-pound organisations gives me pattern recognition I draw on in every engagement — and I've worked extensively with private equity and their portfolio companies, as well as family-owned businesses and listed corporates, across the full ownership spectrum. Previously a Partner in L.E.K. Consulting's Organisation & Performance Practice (18 years), and most recently VP Strategy and Integration Director at Spectris plc. I currently serve as Fractional Head of Strategy at LumaCyte, a high-tech analytical instrumentation business serving the biotech sector, alongside early-stage advisory to two further ventures. How I work with clients: ▪ Three core areas — Strategy & Growth; M&A, Integration & Value Creation; Transformation & Performance ▪ Board advisory & NED — independent non-executive and advisory board roles, including, as a certified Advisory Board Chair, the design and chairing of fit-for-purpose advisory boards ▪ Senior advisory — ongoing independent counsel for CEOs, founders and leadership teams navigating complex strategic decisions ▪ Fractional executive — embedded senior leadership for strategy, transformation or integration, without a permanent hire ▪ Project mandates — defined scope, clear deliverable, fixed term Based in Dubai, working with clients across the Middle East, the UK, Europe and the US. If you're facing a strategic decision, a transaction, or a transformation where independent senior judgement would help — let's talk: [email protected] rouxstrategic.com
Roux Strategic is an independent strategy and value-creation advisory for boards, CEOs, founders and investors — at moments of strategic inflection. Work spans three areas — Strategy & Growth; M&A, Integration & Value Creation; and Transformation & Performance — delivered through board advisory and NED roles, senior advisory, fractional executive mandates, defined projects, and founder/venture support. Based in Dubai, working with clients across the Middle East, the UK, Europe and the US.
Senior member of L.E.K.’s global Organisation & Performance practice with over 15 years experience in leading complex change programmes - organisational effectiveness and transformation, commercial excellence, cost optimisation, post-merger integration
Engagement Manager June 2012 - Dec 2016 Consultant Sept 2010 - June 2012 Senior Associate Consultant Sept 2009 - Sept 2010 Associate Sept 2006 - Sept 2009 Summer Associate Jun - Aug 2005