I help companies fix what fast growth broke.
Advisory and enforcement for PE-backed and family-held companies whose operations didn’t keep up with their growth. I diagnose what’s broken, design the fix, and drive it into execution.
Not ready to talk? Run the two-number self-test.
20+ years operating across EMEA, APAC and the US.
Former COO and operations director.
P&L ownership on international portfolios.
I take two mandates at a time.
Who I work with
For investors and boards
You closed the deal. Now the integration is drifting, reporting is opaque, and management says everything is fine. I become your independent operational lens and the trusted relay between you and the company, without adding headcount or noise.
For owners and their families
You built this company. Something is off, and nobody inside will say what. I tell you the truth about your own business, then enforce the changes you’ve been unable to push through people you’ve known for years. Discreetly.
How an engagement runs
Start with two numbers.
Not sure anything is wrong? Run the self-test: cycle time versus touch time on your core unit of work. Ten minutes, free, no call. The self-test →
The 30-Day Delivery-Margin Diagnostic.
Thirty days, bounded. I find your top three constraints and put an annual cost on each, with the order to fix them. From €9,800, with a conditional guarantee on the findings. The diagnostic →
The Implementation Sprint.
Six to eight weeks. The first fixes from the diagnostic, delivered: process redesigned, owners installed, cadence running. Scoped at restitution, the session where the diagnostic’s findings land. The sprint →
The Advisory + Enforcement Retainer.
What keeps it fixed. The operating system stays installed: weekly cadence, decision guardrails, the stack rank. Scoped at restitution. The retainer →
There is also CEO Sparring: you and me only, no time inside your company. Decisions, posture, blind spots.
Most mandates are €10-100M companies, France and Central Europe.
What does doing nothing cost you?
Operational debt doesn’t send an invoice. It compounds quietly: queues, rework, firefighting, decisions waiting on one person, margin leaking through handoffs nobody owns. The first deliverable of the diagnostic is that number, in euros per year, on your top three constraints. You can decide the cost is acceptable. Decide it with the number in front of you.
Two real mandates
€27M pharma project, loss-making to cash-positive in ten months.Inherited a project bleeding cash under GMP constraints. Rebuilt governance, cost control and the commercial position with the client. Cash-positive in ten months.
Data center services firm, interim ops director through a growth spike.The company was winning work faster than it could mobilise. Installed SOPs, cost control, PO and invoicing governance, and project-level P&L visibility. Handed over a calmer company than I found.
Operator, consultant, or internal hire
| Dimension | Operionis (operator) | Consultant | Internal hire |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you get | A changed company | A report and a deck | Another permanent salary |
| Speed to value | The leak priced in 30 days | Months of analysis | 3 to 6 months to hire, then ramp |
| In the execution | Stays until the fix holds under pressure | Leaves at slide delivery | Owns it, while learning your business |
| Independence | No stake. Says what insiders won’t | Protects the next engagement | Inside the politics |
| Commitment | One bounded month to start. Retainer exits on 30 days’ notice | Fixed project lock-in | Permanent, hard to unwind |
Bring the two issues costing you the most time or money.
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