I'm Ian. For twenty-odd years I've been parachuted into large, complicated organisations when something needed fixing, scaling, integrating or deciding.

Investment banks. Global law firms. Market platforms. Businesses in a dozen sectors between New York and Brisbane, via London, Singapore and a handful of places whose airports I know better than I'd like.

The work taught me something that took a while to sink in: the problems repeat. Founders become bottlenecks. Growth outruns structure. Acquisitions stall because nobody asked how integrated they should be. Data can't answer the questions the board is asking.

That's why ConsultingPartner.io exists: to bring those lessons to businesses that would benefit most and can use them fastest, at a price that makes sense for them. No pyramid of analysts. No hundred-page decks that say nothing. Evidence before opinion, a written update every week, and a plan you can execute whether or not you ever hire me again.

What I'm like to work with, according to the people who have: calm, direct and allergic to waffle. I'll tell you what I actually think, including when the answer is "you don't need me for this". Where an engagement needs more than one pair of hands, I bring in trusted associates I've worked with for years, and I stay accountable for every line of the output.