Artifical Intelligence - Agentic AI, Multimodal AI, Regulation & Governance

Own the vision, strategy, and growth agenda for the AI service line across the firm's key markets and sectors. Define and evolve the firm's AI proposition — including offerings, methodologies, tools, and thought leadership — ensuring it remains differentiated and commercially compelling. Set the standard for quality, rigour, and innovation in AI advisory delivery across the practice. Commercial Development Originate, shape, and close significant AI engagements with C-suite and board-level clients. Build and maintain a strong pipeline through relationships with CEOs, CDOs, CTOs, and senior technology and strategy leaders. Develop strategic alliances with AI technology vendors, cloud providers, and academic institutions to enhance the firm's capabilities and market reach. Client Delivery Oversee the delivery of complex, high-stakes AI transformation programmes — spanning strategy, operating model design, AI adoption, responsible AI governance, and capability building. Act as a trusted senior advisor to clients navigating AI investment decisions, ethical considerations, risk management, and organisational change. Ensure engagements deliver measurable, lasting value and generate strong client references.

A senior, strategy-focused role within a dedicated EMEIA sustainability team. Rather than purely delivering client projects, the Director is expected to grow the practice — originating new business, developing commercial offerings, and producing thought leadership across decarbonisation, energy transition, and climate-tech. Client work is selective and high-impact, with a strong emphasis on engaging at C-suite level. The ideal candidate brings deep sustainability expertise, a commercial mindset, and a track record across 15–20+ engagements spanning strategy, transformation, and transactions.

Firstly, providing market-leading AI assurance for our clients focused on model risk and data risk (“technical AI assurance”); and Secondly, building and deploying AI products to support the transformation of the Audit and Assurance practice. The role includes: • Support the building, leading and nurturing a team of 25 AI specialists. • Building strong relationships and influence with pivotal stakeholders across the UK AI ecosystem; helping steer the development of the approach to AI assurance in the UK. • Leading market activation for the technical AI assurance proposition and development of the team’s project pipeline. • Leading the development of the technical AI assurance playbook. • Collaborating with colleagues to understand business need and then leading the development, deployment and assurance of AI assets to help transform the Audit and Assurance practice; • Collaborating with like-minded colleagues across the UK and globally.

A leading advisory firm were looking for a partner with expertise in decarbonisation, who could sell and deliver projects on carbon footprinting, science-based targets and TCFD.

Lead & Grow the Cyber secuity and resilience service line at leading Advisory firm Delivery & Programme Management — Leading end-to-end cyber resilience transformation programmes, owning scope, quality, budget, and timelines to measurably improve an organisation's preparedness, response, and recovery. Crisis Simulation & Facilitation — Designing and running executive-level tabletop exercises and cyber crisis simulations, acting as a skilled facilitator who challenges senior leaders under pressure and drives clear actions and lessons learned. Strategic Integration — Embedding cyber resilience into broader enterprise frameworks (business continuity, IT DR, operational resilience, third-party risk), and partnering with C-suite stakeholders (CISO, CIO, COO, Legal, Comms) to align on risk appetite and cross-functional coordination. There's also a strong commercial and people leadership dimension — growing the cyber resilience practice, originating new business, producing thought leadership, and coaching a high-performing team.

An advisory firm needed a partner for their climate risk advisory business, supporting financial services in developing climate risk stress testing capabilities.

Our client wanted a UK lead for sustainability and climate change, who would support corporate clients with their transition to net zero, creating strategies and roadmaps, and developing frameworks.

Our client was a market-leading advisory firm, who wanted to appoint a Director to support its ambitious ESG growth strategy across the Nordic Region. This director would support private equity clients and their portfolios to integrate ESG into their business strategies.

To support the growth of their financial services practice, our client wanted to hire a senior manager to work with banks and asset management firms on their net zero strategy, transition plans, and risk management frameworks.

Our consulting client wanted to appoint a Partner who would support clients in developing and delivering an integrated business strategy to decarbonise their supply chain, in line with their net zero targets.