David Barret

C-Level Advisor * Interim Manager * Non-Executive Director

Ex- energy, telco & media executive

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As a seasoned Innovation & Growth catalyst, I enable businesses to assess & unlock their growth potential by crafting strategic partnerships, embracing venture clienting & designing suitable operating models.

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I help businesses assess & unlock their growth potential by closing the gap between their ambitions and reality. I support their C-level teams in bringing their business activities and organisation to the next level. I can take an interim, fractional, or advisory role to respond to specific needs. Each mission I undertake is as unique as the clients I serve. Yet, they all share a common objective: to enable thorough, unbiased and future-proof C-Suite decision-making.

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■ GROWTH & BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION
- Leverage my expertise in driving growth and transformation to help companies scale effectively.
- Assist in implementing new business models, partnerships, or collaborations to unlock value for the company.■ DIGITALE TRANSFORMATION
- Provide advice on how digital technologies can be embedded within operations to enhance decision-making, streamline processes, and improve customer experience.
- Guide the company in adopting future-ready technologies, ensuring the organisation can embrace digital transformation effectively.■ TARGET OPERATING MODEL DESIGN
- Lead the design and refinement of a TOM that aligns people, processes, and technology with the company’s strategic goals. It includes mapping out key processes, defining roles, and ensuring the proper use of technology.
- Advise the Board on structuring an optimal TOM that enhances organizational agility, efficiency, and customer focus.
- Provide insights on aligning the company’s value chain and customer journey with the TOM, ensuring the business is well-positioned to deliver value to its stakeholders.■ ORGANISATIONAL ALIGNMENT
- Ensure the operating model is structured to support cross-functional collaboration and eliminate silos, optimizing communication and workflow across the organisation.
- Align operating models with the strategic goals to ensure the company can achieve critical objectives while maintaining operational efficiency.■ SUSTAINANILITY & ESG INITIATIVES
- Lead efforts in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices, aligning business strategy with sustainability goals.
- To meet stakeholder expectations, advise on integrating ESG into the company’s operational and financial strategy.■ M&A AND STRATEGIC TRANSACTIONS
- Guide mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or joint ventures, ensuring they align with the company’s strategic objectives.
- Oversee due diligence and integration processes to maximize transaction value.■ GOVERNANCE & OVERSIGHT
- Provide strategic guidance on corporate governance, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
- Offer an objective, unbiased perspective on business strategy and performance, helping Boards navigate complex decisions.■ RISK MANAGEMENT
- Assist in identifying, assessing, and mitigating strategic and operational risks.
- Strengthen risk oversight by contributing to developing a robust risk management framework.■ AUDIT & PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
- Contribute to the audit process, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial and sustainability reports (e.g. CSRD).
- Evaluate and ensure accountability for results.■ STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS
- Improve relationships with key stakeholders, including investors, regulators, partners and customers.
- Enhance communication and transparency between the Board and management team.

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