Plianz reimagines and reshapes how businesses meet compliance demands with our Continuous Intelligence Platform. By automating regulatory processes, we shine a light on what’s happening, in real-time, enhancing precision and optimising costs to drive intelligent growth.

Oxwood are investors, financiers and business builders for disruptive technologies and established FinTech, Industrial IoT and Data Analytics firms that have compelling and timely forms of automation. We invest in disruptive, leading edge Early / Growth stage tech firms and buy out established tech firms to realign and scale. We believe that the automation of data in context is critical both for organisations and for the software firms that service them. We seek to amplify growth and value of established tech firms with disruptive technology through merger or licencing of software code. Business Specialisation: 100% focus on FinTech, Industrial IoT and Data Analytics process automation. Technical Specialisation: 100% focus on automation using contextual data and algorithms deployable through the cloud for recurring revenues. Convergence: use optimum blend of different digital technologies for creating sustainable new value.

Abel Business Consulting was founded to provide high quality independent consulting advice and assistance particularly to clients in Telecommunications and Financial Services sectors. The business has been built upon our relationships and track record with our clients where we have developed a reputation for on target delivery of innovative, creative, commercial business and technical solutions. Our philosophy is one of value creation through the provision of unique consulting solutions and sharing of our client's challenges. We work extensively with a range of trusted business partners to provide multi-disciplinary teams tailored to meet our clients' circumstances and requirements - we are able to respond quickly to clients' needs both large and small . The business is an Institute of Business Consulting registered practice which means you are assured by the Institute that we are led by consultants qualified to the IBC’s Certified Management Consultant standard (CMC®).

Helping Level 3 win a large complex bid.

Global 5 year multi-million transformational outsourcing deal for BT . Designed and established the programme management structure, process, systems and tools; recruited teams; designed and implemented onshore / offshore programme management. Led the programme managed function once established; provided the main programme management interface to BT on behalf of TechMahindra

August 07 - March 08Business process re-engineering assignment in the Visa EU Fraud and Risk Management Division. Analysing As Is processes, designing and implementing improvements including systems and workflow automation.December ‘05 to July ‘07Customer Implementation Services to manage the recovery of project management system implementation. Successful technical and commercial diagnosis of what was a complex, poorly procured and managed system implementation which had reached impasse after 12 months of implementations and some significant financial and people investments on Visa’s part.August ‘00 to September ‘03Programme Director for Customer Services performance improvement and transformation programme. This was a full time delivery role. Assisted the VP Customer Service in the creation and development of a new vision, Blueprint and processes for Visa Europe Customer Services and in gaining funding and approval for the inception of the programmeDesigned and developed the programme through the initiation process including gaining board approval for the expenditure and delivery plans (programme budget £10m)Negotiated stakeholders (internal and external) deliverables, costs and quality standards, including writing requirements for and procuring a major case handling system and an On-line Customer Services environments, both of which had to interface into Visa Europe’s core payments systemsDesigned and led the implementation of the transformation programme, consisting of:o Major systems renewalo People and organisational development and performance improvemento Process re-engineeringo Review and improvements of management and practicesProgramme delivered all envisioned and planned deliverables and plans within time, cost and quality limits set by the board.Successful line management of the programme team of 80 people.

Management Consultant in the Operations Management Consulting Group