Three ways to work together

The right structure depends on what you need. Okapi Consult works in three formats, and most engagements start with a conversation that costs nothing.

Fee-based mission

Senior business development capability, or an interim Chief Business Officer. You have a target: out-license an asset, find a manufacturing partner, build the inorganic growth plan. We agree on the objectives, the deliverables and the timeline, and I run it. Basis: daily rate. Typical length: three to twelve months.

Success-fee project

A full mandate for M&A, carve-outs or divestment. A company, a business unit, a site, a product line: I manage it from strategy through to closing. I have led both sides of such transactions, for GSK Vaccines and as Okapi Consult, in Asia and in Europe. Basis: no retainer, milestones and a success fee weighted to the outcome.

Senior advisor and non-executive director

A recurring seat at the table rather than a one-off project: challenging the inorganic growth plan, reviewing deals before they are signed, and bringing a network built over three decades. Basis: hourly for advisory, annual mandate for a board seat.