Antony
Why koralli?
For a long time, I’ve been aware of major short-comings in the work of the traditional consulting firms - specifically the lack of interesting ideas. koralli is addressing this opportunity.
From the very start, it was clear that we had an exciting hypothesis. The value proposition was initially developed with the support of a number of student-led project teams assembled by the University of Oxford Careers Service. Over the last few years, koralli’s interdisciplinary teams have demonstrated their considerable potential. It’s becoming increasingly apparent that koralli is creating something special and much better than today’s standard fare.
Since the outset my interest and motivation has only increased and I remain convinced I’m in the right place: koralli.
My Skills
Effective planning, coordinating, and stakeholder management are key for delivering major change and transformation.
For ~30 years, I’ve worked in financial services, as a program manger and chief operating officer. I’m experienced in tackling a variety of challenges in complex and dynamic environments.
Over my career, I’ve learnt what works and what doesn’t work - in fact, I’ve published my COO Playbook, a practical guide to turn a strategy or big idea into tangible outcomes.
My Expertise
As a freelance consultant, since 2006, I’ve honed my ability to assess a particular challenge or situation and to make an impact quickly, particularly in highly regulated organisations.
I’ve deep expertise in project and program management. In addition, I’ve designed, implemented and ran many senior management governance forums to facilitate decision making, risk management and to promote individual accountability. More specifically, I’ve produced a framework for AI Governance.
I’m a mentor to startup founders at the Founder Institute, Fellow of the RSA and have a written several articles and papers on startups and AI.
My Experience
I’ve a wide variety of real world experience helping organisations scale or transform. ~30+ years at leading financial institutions (freelance since 2006): Morgan Grenfell, UBS, Barclays Wealth, Credit Suisse, ABN Amro, BNP Paribas, HSBC and Bank of America. I’ve led initiatives in M&A Integration, IT Infrastructure, IT Security, Organisation Transformation, Insourcing and Platform Build & Deployment
Co-Founder of an AI startup, which won an Innovate UK award, as a consortium with Warwick Business School and an FX aggregator. We completed a proof of concept for an international capital raising business with 1,500+ SME corporate
clients and 400+ advisers & investors. Matching advisers and investors to corporate clients’ needs. We featured in the World Economic Forum report: A roadmap to responsible innovation with AI in financial services, October 2019