Transformation & Programme Director support in Cambridge, delivered by Richard J. Keenlyside - a senior technology operator with three decades of board-level leadership across UK and international businesses. Cambridge is Europe's leading deep-tech and life sciences cluster - a high concentration of venture-backed technology and biotech businesses, AI companies, pharmaceutical R&D operations and university spin-outs, many of which need senior technical and security leadership well ahead of the scale at which a permanent hire makes commercial sense.
On-site days in Cambridge by arrangement (typically monthly), with the majority of the engagement run remotely. Cambridge clients frequently need Fractional CTO, Fractional CISO or Fractional CAIO support ahead of clinical trials, regulatory submissions or institutional fundraises.
Travel and on-site: Direct LNER service from London Kings Cross (~50 minutes). Cambridge is straightforward to combine with a London visit in a single trip.
Fractional CISO and AI governance work with regulated technology and life sciences businesses sits naturally in Cambridge's commercial environment. EU AI Act readiness and ISO 27001 programmes are increasingly a prerequisite for Cambridge businesses raising Series A and Series B rounds from institutional investors.
Boards and PE sponsors running a major change or multi-workstream programme who need a senior operator to own delivery end-to-end, with the track record to navigate complexity and the authority to make decisions.
On-site days in Cambridge by arrangement (typically monthly), with the majority of the engagement run remotely. Cambridge clients frequently need Fractional CTO, Fractional CISO or Fractional CAIO support ahead of clinical trials, regulatory submissions or institutional fundraises.
Fractional CISO and AI governance work with regulated technology and life sciences businesses sits naturally in Cambridge's commercial environment. EU AI Act readiness and ISO 27001 programmes are increasingly a prerequisite for Cambridge businesses raising Series A and Series B rounds from institutional investors.
Boards and PE sponsors running a major change or multi-workstream programme who need a senior operator to own delivery end-to-end, with the track record to navigate complexity and the authority to make decisions.
Most Transformation & Programme Director engagements run for an initial 90-day discovery period followed by an ongoing leadership cadence. Typical outcomes include: A change or multi-workstream programme structured for delivery, not theatre; Day-1 readiness and post-merger integration that protects value; Carve-out, separation or migration delivered on time and on budget; A leadership team genuinely capable of running the new state.
Direct LNER service from London Kings Cross (~50 minutes). Cambridge is straightforward to combine with a London visit in a single trip.
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