Our Commercial Expertise

We have first-hand experience of all key strategic management issues based on senior roles in multinational firms and start-ups:

Increasing value by improving financial performance

Our executives have built and managed profitable businesses in highly competitive markets (banking, fund management, Fintech and professional services) with measurable impact on cash flow, revenue and margins
Outsourced HR, legal, IT, Risk, Compliance and Operations to service providers in Ireland, UK and Luxembourg to create cost efficiencies.

Change management
We have helped clients to implement ambitious business plans and overcome conservative cultures and internal barriers to change
Digital transformation
Harnessed digital technology to modernise businesses and created a best-in-class offering for clients:

Led projects to develop websites, on-line portals and apps in different industries including fintech, corporate and retail banking, and the sport sector;
Improved customer portals, stimulated usage, stored and managed data and created customer KPIs;
Worked with IT designers to create platforms enabling clients to open accounts, upload and sign documents, choose and price products, report problems and employ live chat; and
Established IT infrastructure, including hardware and software development, data services, corporate email, website, telephony, database, disaster recovery and links to the risk management system.

Data strategy
In conjunction with our partners we offer a full-service AI implementation strategy, advising firms on all aspects of their data stack and how AI can enhance their business
Business processes
We have helped financial institutions, corporates and fintech companies develop and upgrade their internal credit, risk, monitoring and operational processes by writing lending and procedures manuals and automating processes by working with internal and external IT teams:

Led development teams working on optimising internal workflows to speed up response times to customers and reduce operational costs;
Implemented securitization programmes and adapted their systems to facilitate asset selection and investor reporting

Restructuring
We have restructured client balance sheets and introduced new capital to ensure continued business operations and avoid the risk of takeover.
Marketing & business development
We help clients devise and adjust their marketing strategies with significant impact on operating margins and access to external capital:

Recalibrated marketing plans to reflect changes in a firm's strategy
Marketing joint ventures to leverage expertise and reduce costs
Distribution strategies for financial products through the major global money centres
Insurance packages for affinity groups with leading insurance brokers

ESG and board governance
Designed and implemented cutting edge ESG policies in the corporate and charitable sector and can advise boards and governing bodies on best practices in their real estate and financial investment portfolios
Mentoring and training
Our principals have a strong track record in designing and delivering training materials for professionals and mentored SME CEOs as part of a programme funded by one of the UK's largest local authorities
Risk management
We have wide experience in scoping projects with complex quantitative components and advised clients on the design and implementation of sophisticated risk management platforms to capture and measure exposure
Regulation
Set-up and managed regulated entities in the UK, Ireland and Luxembourg
Funds
We offer a full service in establishing funds in all jurisdictions and can provide ongoing management services after launch
Due diligence
We serve private equity and fintech clients in offering extensive commercial due diligence services to assist in acquisitions or in preparing for fresh capital rounds
Commercial disputes
Negotiated and successfully resolved commercial legal disputes
Optimising staff performance
Negotiated complex partnership and shareholder agreements, employment contracts, consultancy agreements and performance compensation arrangements, including share options and ratchets

Our Services

Promethion Limited is a management consultancy and advisory business established in 2001. We have completed major projects for SMEs, large corporates, government departments, financial institutions and insurance companies.

We specialise in strategy implementation, working with management to define a project roadmap with critical milestones and expected returns.

We are experts in change management and have worked with the C-Suite on a wide range of projects. We have successfully executed ambitious business plans with UK, German, Japanese and Scandinavian firms and introduced new business models to previously conservative cultures. We have established new ventures, taken them through the growth phase and sold them.

We understand that managers may encounter resistance in implementing a strategy and we have the skills to navigate internal ambiguities and put in place the necessary steps to ensure that the projected value gains are realised and sustainable. Accordingly, we have the skills to manage the most complex projects.

Although we are a small firm, we can bring in other resources from our network to add expertise.

Industry Expertise

We have broad industry experience. We have developed a comprehensive set of tools to assess an enterprise's financial and operating model and we apply these consistently across industries.

Our approach is applicable to start-ups, SMEs and multinationals. While this allows us to analyse all enterprises in a consistent manner, the scale and complexity of the challenges varies in different environments.

Ongoing Board Positions & Joint Venture Partners

We sit on various Boards and provide advice to a range of entities:

Zoë Shaw is a non-executive director of Wandle Housing Association and an Advisor to Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
Mark Fisher advises a family office on their asset allocation strategy. He held senior interim roles in financial services and was a director of the Logistics Guild providing training and other services for persons operating in the logistics industry.

Promethion also invests in and promotes ventures:

Promethion is an active investor in a range of start-up companies in areas where we perceive exceptional growth opportunities: fintech, electronic engineering, specialist recycling, computer chip technology, internet of things.
We collaborate with other professionals in order to scale projects and enhance our industry knowledge.
Promethion has a joint venture with an insurance partner to provide capital raising and advisory services to high growth companies and disruptive technologies that are transforming the insurance space. This arrangement combines both firms' distribution skills with insurance industry expertise to create innovative capital solutions for clients.

Our Services

We focus on three areas:

Financial Strategy
Fintech and Emerging Technologies
Business processes

Please refer to the Case Studies for a detailed analysis of the value we have delivered.

Sometimes we are asked to remain beyond the project completion or lead a business unit and make the necessary transformation. We offer different service levels to suit the client's needs:

Project work
Interim management
Board positions and advisory retainers

Our Competitive “Edge”

Strong track record across a very wide range of complex projects with multinational and SME clients.
We have established businesses, taken them to maturity and sold them; consequently we have the managerial skill to orchestrate a comprehensive enterprise analysis or give strategy guidance.
Ability to identify and provide the best market solutions at the finest prices through our extensive market network.

Our Client Base

Our client base is UK and international.
We serve the public, private and charitable sectors.

About

Mark Fisher Zoe Shaw Stephen Bright Brian Donnelly Adam Fox Vlade Milanovic