Specialist Advisory — Transformation & Governance

When transformation
stalls, we unstall it.

Tier-1 banking experience. An unorthodox approach. Built for complex organisations where conventional advice has already failed.

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Tier-1
Banking pedigree
100%
Senior-led engagements
One
Focus — what's stalled
About Southpaw Strategy

We fight
left-handed.

Southpaw Strategy is a specialist advisory firm for senior leaders whose transformation programmes have stalled. We don't diagnose and depart — we get into the work and get things moving.

Our approach combines Tier-1 banking experience with deliberately unorthodox methods for governance, delivery, and executive decision-making. We operate where complexity is highest and the margin for failure is lowest.

Small team. Senior presence. No templates. We exit when things are working.

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"The advisory firm that fights left-handed."
What we do

Services

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Transformation Recovery

For programmes that are behind, stuck, or in danger of failing. We diagnose the real blockers — political, structural, or decisional — and build a path back to momentum.

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Governance Design

Governance that enables rather than obstructs. We design decision frameworks, escalation structures, and operating models that give complex programmes a fighting chance.

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Executive Advisory

A trusted advisor for CXOs navigating high-stakes transformation. Confidential, direct, and pressure-tested. The conversation you can't have with your team or your board.

How we work

The Southpaw approach

01

Rapid diagnosis

We move fast to understand what's actually stalled — not what's reported as stalled. Interviews, documentation, and honest conversation with the people closest to the work.

02

Unorthodox intervention

We apply pressure-tested methods that break from the standard playbook — because standard playbooks are usually how programmes got stuck in the first place.

03

Embedded momentum

We don't hand over a report. We work alongside your team until traction is real and self-sustaining — then we step back.

Ready to get things
moving again?

A short, confidential conversation is the right place to start. No sales process. No deck.

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