Fractional CIO support in Amsterdam, delivered by Richard J. Keenlyside - a senior technology operator with three decades of board-level leadership across UK and international businesses. Amsterdam and the Randstad host a dense financial services, payments, logistics and PE-backed mid-market base - with a strong English-language working culture and easy UK access.
Remote-first with quarterly on-site weeks for board and strategy days. UK time zone is one hour behind Central European Time - leadership cadence runs naturally across both.
Travel and on-site: Direct flights of around 1h15 from London City, Heathrow, Manchester and Newcastle. Most on-site weeks run Tuesday–Thursday.
Engagements with European operations of UK-headquartered businesses, particularly where Amsterdam serves as an EU regulatory or commercial base post-Brexit.
Scale-ups, PE-backed businesses and mid-market enterprises that need senior IT representation in the boardroom but aren't ready (or don't need) a permanent CIO.
Remote-first with quarterly on-site weeks for board and strategy days. UK time zone is one hour behind Central European Time - leadership cadence runs naturally across both.
Engagements with European operations of UK-headquartered businesses, particularly where Amsterdam serves as an EU regulatory or commercial base post-Brexit.
Scale-ups, PE-backed businesses and mid-market enterprises that need senior IT representation in the boardroom but aren't ready (or don't need) a permanent CIO.
Most Fractional CIO engagements run for an initial 90-day discovery period followed by an ongoing leadership cadence. Typical outcomes include: A defensible 12–24 month IT strategy aligned to commercial outcomes; Rationalised vendor and licence spend with clear governance; An IT operating model that scales with the business, not against it; Confident board reporting on technology risk and investment.
Direct flights of around 1h15 from London City, Heathrow, Manchester and Newcastle. Most on-site weeks run Tuesday–Thursday.
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