Transformation and Change
Driving Value Through Controlled Change
At the heart of Experienced Management Consultants’s capability is our strength in designing and delivering major transformation programmes – whether launching entirely new ventures or reinventing established operations.
Our approach helps clients quickly gain control over complexity, enabling rapid but carefully managed change that delivers tangible outcomes. From digital transformation to HR innovation, we guide organisations through the most challenging shifts with confidence and clarity.
Where We Excel in Transformation
We work across the entire lifestyle of change, supporting both the strategic setup and hands-on execution of major initiatives. Our proven expertise includes:
- Digital Transformation – Enabling future-ready organisations by integrating technology into operations, products and services – always aligned with user needs and business value.
- AI Integration and Readiness – Helping clients navigate the complexity of AI – from strategy and governance to safe deployment – with pragmatic use cases and trusted guidance.
- Project, Programme and Portfolio Design – Designing and structuring delivery mechanisms that align with business strategy and ensure clarity, accountability and speed of delivery.
- Procurement Transformation – Helping procurement functions evolve into strategic enablers. In the global transformation of Ultra Electronics, we led procurement, finance and delivery workstreams – improving sourcing capability, supplier performance and cost efficiency across 40 business units.
- Technology Delivery Acceleration – Removing barriers to success in major tech initiatives by building integrated teams and establishing delivery governance, as demonstrated across engagements with large insurers and banks.
- People Change and Culture Programmes – We design and deliver people-centred change programmes that balance behaviour, capability and performance – ensuring transformation sticks.
- Finance Function Effectiveness – In our work with Ultra Electronics, we improved the effectiveness of the global finance function as part of a broader operating model redesign – linking process improvement to cost efficiency and stronger financial governance.
- HR Transformation – Our HR innovation track record includes advising EADS (125,000 employees) on leading-edge practices and co-delivering new HR service models (e.g. with Tata Consultancy Services for EDF Energy and others). We streamline HR to make it more strategic, responsive and user focused.
Let’s Simplify Complexity Together
Whether you’re launching something new or rethinking something old, Experienced Management Consultants can help you structure, lead and deliver impactful change – effectively and affordably.
Case in Point: Ultra Electronics Global Transformation
For FTSE250 defence technology leader Ultra Electronics, Experienced Management Consultants led a comprehensive global transformation across 40 business units acquired through M&A.
We delivered:
- A unified Target Operating Model and transformation roadmap
- Programme design and leadership across Procurement, Project Delivery, Finance, ERP Rationalisation and Shared Services
- Governance setup and transformation communications at Board and SLT levels
- A compelling shareholder narrative that directly contributed to a 60% increase in share price, helping secure acquisition by a private equity firm
Why Our Transformation Programmes Succeed
- We mobilise rapidly with experienced, senior-level experts
- We focus on outcomes, not just activities
- We support clients in managing risk while moving fast
- We help organisations build their internal capability, reducing reliance on external support over time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. We’re collaborative by design. Whether leading from the front or augmenting existing teams, we work seamlessly with internal functions, Big-4 firms, niche consultancies and delivery partners to get the job done.
Yes. We’re often brought in to stabilise and recover struggling programmes. For example, we led the turnaround of Silicon Valley Bank’s UK launch, delivering a Target Operating Model in two weeks and managing delivery through to success.
We deliver a wide range of transformation initiatives—from enterprise-wide operating model redesigns to targeted improvements in functions like HR, finance, procurement and technology. Our core strength is integrating strategy with delivery, ensuring real-world outcomes in complex and fast-moving environments.
Absolutely. In our global transformation for Ultra Electronics, procurement was a key pillar. We redesigned procurement operating models, improved supplier performance and delivered measurable value across dozens of business units—supporting both cost reduction and improved delivery.
Yes. We support clients in planning and executing digital and AI initiatives, ensuring that technology is adopted safely, strategically and effectively. We focus on real use cases that improve performance, reduce cost or enable innovation—not hype.
Our HR work goes beyond org charts and process maps. We help HR functions become strategic enablers of business goals. Examples include advising EADS on HR innovation and helping EDF Energy accelerate its HR ERP programme. We create user-centred services that deliver.
We start by helping clients understand and structure their complexity, often using visual models and the GRIDDED™ method. We then design programmes with clear workstreams, governance and outcome metrics. Our goal is to create controlled momentum—moving fast, but with purpose.
Yes, including ERP implementation, intranet rollouts and IT operating model redesign. In one case, we delivered a SharePoint-based global intranet in just 143 days, later cited by Microsoft’s CEO as a best-practice implementation.
People are central to successful change. We deliver culture and capability programmes that align leadership, engage teams and equip people to work differently. Whether it’s through training, comms or leadership coaching, we ensure that behavioural change matches structural change.
We define clear business cases, performance metrics and success indicators up front. Our Ultra Electronics engagement, for instance, contributed directly to a 60% share price uplift and successful PE acquisition. We don’t just plan—we deliver value.