The experience of a CTO and CISO, without the full-time hire.
Each engagement is shaped around the decision you're facing — whether that's a roadmap, a regulator, an AI bet, or a deal. Here's how we work, what we deliver, and the questions we get asked most.
Pick the shape that fits the moment.
Fractional
Ongoing leadership, a day or two a week.
A standing seat at your leadership table as CTO or CISO — enough to own the strategy and the hard calls, sized so it makes sense for your stage.
Project & Consultancy
A defined outcome, a fixed scope.
A specific piece of work with a clear deliverable — a strategy, an audit, an AI proof-of-concept, a due-diligence report — delivered to a deadline.
Advisory
A trusted sounding board, on call.
Lightweight, ongoing access to senior judgement for founders and leaders who mostly need the right question asked at the right moment.
Six engagements, one standard.
From first conversation to clean hand-over.
Discover
A focused conversation to understand the business, the decision in front of you, and what good looks like.
Diagnose
A fast, honest read on where you are — architecture, security, team, and risk — and what's actually worth doing.
Plan
A prioritised, costed plan tied to outcomes, not a wish-list. The hard calls written down with their trade-offs.
Deliver
We lead it, not just advise it — working alongside your team through delivery, audit, or the deal.
Hand over
We leave you stronger than we found you: documentation, a capable team, and a clear runway to carry on.
The things people ask first.
How much of your time do we get?+
It flexes with the work. A fractional CTO or CISO engagement is typically a day or two a week; a project or due-diligence piece is scoped to its deliverable; advisory can be a few hours a month. We size it so it makes sense for your stage.
Is this just advice, or do you actually do the work?+
We lead, not just advise. That means owning the strategy and the hard calls, working alongside your engineers and security people, and being accountable for the outcome — not handing over a slide deck and leaving.
CTO or CISO — which do we need?+
Often the honest answer is 'some of both, for now'. We'll tell you which problem is most pressing and shape the engagement around it, rather than selling you a title you don't need.
Do you work with regulated businesses?+
Yes — financial services (FCA, PRA, operational resilience), testing & inspection, and manufacturing among them, as well as unregulated software and professional services. The discipline travels across both.
How do engagements usually start?+
With a short, no-obligation conversation about the problem. If we're a fit, we propose a scope and a way of working; if we're not, we'll say so and point you in a better direction.
Not sure which fits?
Tell us the problem and we'll tell you honestly whether — and how — we can help.