A strategic partner you keep — for the whole climb

Most advisors fix and leave. I stay — and your team grows faster than the market.

For CFOs, GBS and operations leaders who want more than a report. I bring 23 years at the top, a proven system, and AI — and I put all of it inside your team, for years. You don't rent advice. You gain a partner.

€300M+Saved for clients
€2BNCash freed up
50+Transformations
2–3 yrTypical partnership
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Your team vs. the market — over a partnership.

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Start Year 1–2 Year 3 Capability & value
Your team, with me Market pace
Not an interim Not a 120-slide report Not a freelancer you manage

A partner who stays in the room — and keeps raising the ceiling.

The system behind me

You don't hire a person. You plug into an institution of one.

The seniority of a partner. The system of a firm. The speed of AI. Run by one senior pair of hands — so you get all of it, and none of the overhead.

Real benchmarks

Hard data from 50+ real transformations across AP, AR, GL, Procurement, HR and IT. Not surveys — what actually works.

The Value Ladder

My framework for turning any back-office team into a board-level partner — one clear rung at a time.

AI tools & playbooks

Diagnostics, prompts and calculators that do in days what used to take months. Built once, used by your team for good.

Nalu Experts

The firm I built to deliver this at scale. When the climb needs more hands, the bench is there — same senior standard.

That's the answer to "it's just one person." It isn't. One person operates a whole system — proven data, a proven method, and AI that multiplies the output. That's why a single senior partner can deliver what used to take a team.

The climb

A two-to-three year journey. One rung at a time.

Real capability compounds — it can't be installed in a weekend. So I stay for the climb. Most partnerships run two to three years, because that's how long it takes to pull clear of the market and stay there.

Months 1–6
Cost → trusted service

We fix what's slow and unclear, and put one number in front of the CFO that they actually care about.

Months 6–18
Service → value-add

Your team stops reporting what happened and starts shaping what to do. People begin to ask its advice.

Year 2–3
Value-add → partner

Your team speaks the board's language — cash, margin, risk, growth — and earns a seat where decisions are made.

Ongoing
Hold the top — and grow leaders

We protect the seat, keep beating the market, and build the next leaders underneath you so it lasts.

Live assessment

Where does your climb start?

Eight short questions. Two minutes. You'll get your level today, the gap holding you back, and the first move on the climb.

0 of 8 answered

Answer all eight to reveal your result.

Your level today

The first move on your climb

Get your full result — and your climb plan.

I'll send your level, the gap holding you back, and the multi-year plan to climb — to you, and a copy to me, so I can help you walk it.

One email. No spam. No mailing list.

Why me

I've sat in the CFO chair. And run the teams that report to it.

I know both sides of the table — because I've been on both. That's rare. It means I can be your sparring partner, say the hard thing, then stay and help you build the answer.

23 years at the top — Group CFO, MD, Country Manager.Across multinationals in 20+ countries. I lived this work; I didn't study it from the outside.

I stay for the climb.I don't hand over a plan and disappear. I'm part of your team's journey for years — and I keep raising the bar.

Senior, every single day. No junior bench.You get me and my system — not a sales partner today and a graduate team tomorrow.

Global — from one chair.I work with leaders around the world, mostly alongside your team, wherever they are.

Most consultants studied this work. I ran it — as CFO, as MD, across 20+ countries. I don't visit your problem. I live inside it with you.
— Krzysztof Herdzik · Harvard-trained, Disruptive Innovation & Design Thinking
ex-Group CFOex-Managing Directorex-Country Manager Harvard-trainedACCA QualifiedBest BPO Manager CEE Forbes: Fastest-GrowingMBA Lecturer
In their words

What leaders say after years of working together.

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Three years in, my team is unrecognisable — and the CFO finally treats us as partners, not a cost line.

GBS DirectorGlobal manufacturing group
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He didn't hand us a plan and vanish. He's still here, still pushing us further than we'd push ourselves.

Head of Shared ServicesFMCG, multinational
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We grew faster than every benchmark in our sector. Senior from day one, and he stayed for the whole climb.

Chief Operating OfficerIndustrial group, Europe
Selected clients
TE ConnectivityHenkelIKEAthyssenkruppallnex
The partnership

I bill for the climb. Not the clock.

A day rate is just the unit. What you're really buying is a team that outgrows the market — and that's worth far more than the fee.

The fee is a fraction of the value at stake.

Lift your team one rung, or free up even 1% of your working capital, and the partnership pays for itself many times over — every year we climb. That's why I price against the value we create, not the days I'm booked.

A Big-4 programme€500,000

six months — then the senior team leaves.

The value at stakeMillions

in cash, margin and capability, year after year.

My partnershipA fraction of it

— and I stay in your team for years.

The Diagnostic

The front door. See exactly where you stand before we climb.

€9,500
Fixed fee · 6 weeks
  • Your level, scored against 50+ real transformations
  • The exact gaps costing you cash and credibility
  • A multi-year climb plan your board will read
  • No commitment after — yours to keep
Start with the test
The partnership

Growth Partnership

I embed in your team and we climb the ladder together — for years.

€22k/ month
~10 days embedded · typically 2–3 years
  • Inside your team — not above it
  • My full system: benchmarks, framework, AI tools
  • Board-ready output every single month
  • Priced on value created — not days booked
Talk about a partnership
On demand

Advisory Days

Senior firepower when you just need a sparring partner, fast.

€2,200/ day
Reference rate · value-based on scope
  • Pay for days worked — not days available
  • A senior voice in the room for the hard calls
  • Most clients move to the partnership
  • — it's where the value compounds
Ask about days

Prices are indicative. Final scope and fee are set against the value at stake — not a timesheet.

Questions

Simple answers.

No. An interim plugs a gap and leaves. I'm a long-term partner. I join your team and stay through the climb — usually two to three years — building capability that outlasts me.

Most run two to three years. Real capability compounds — that takes time — and the payoff grows the longer we climb. Short bursts don't move a team up the ladder.

The day rate is just a reference. I bill for the value we create — cash freed, margin gained, a team that outgrows its market. The fee is always a fraction of what's at stake.

Me, embedded with your team about ten days a month — plus my whole system: the benchmarks, the Value Ladder, the AI tools, and Nalu's bench when the work needs more hands. And board-ready progress, every month.

The opposite. I build capability that stays in your team. The day you could run without me is the day we start the next climb — there's always a higher rung.

No. CFOs, operations and shared-services leaders too. Any team that runs the work behind the business can climb the ladder — the method is the same.

See where your climb starts.

Two minutes to find your level today — and the multi-year path to a team that outgrows the market.