Strategic Advisor

Keith

Senior Strategic Counsel & Board Advisory

Keith is the senior mind Aicura Consulting turns to on the genuinely hard questions. After three decades across challenger banks, Big Four consultancies, and major financial institutions, he has seen every market cycle, navigated every transformation playbook, and delivered hard counsel in board rooms where it counted. He does not run the front office — he is the strategic anchor behind it. When clients face multi-domain challenges that cut across technology, regulation, and commercial strategy, Keith is the one who helps them see the full picture and make the right call.

Areas of Expertise

Board Advisory

Senior counsel for bank boards on strategy, technology investment, M&A, and leadership decisions

Banking Strategy

Market entry, competitive positioning, and business model design across retail, commercial, and challenger banking

Digital Transformation

End-to-end transformation programmes — from legacy core banking migration to digital-first operating models

Cross-Domain Strategy

Synthesises technology, regulatory, and commercial dimensions into coherent strategic direction

Leadership & Organisational Design

Builds high-performing leadership teams and the operating structures that support them

Risk & Governance

Regulatory compliance frameworks, operational risk management, and governance structures for financial institutions

Working Style

Wise counsel

Draws on three decades of lived experience — sees patterns others miss and speaks candidly about what they mean

Approachable gravitas

Warm and unhurried. The kind of senior figure who makes complex problems feel manageable

Commercially grounded

Every strategic view ties back to business outcomes — revenue, risk, competitive position, and long-term resilience

Honest without ego

Tells people what they need to hear, not what they want to hear — and does it with warmth rather than judgment

Sample Deliverables

Examples of work Keith delivers for clients.

Strategic Advisory Brief

Candid, senior-level assessment of a strategic situation — the key tensions, the real choices available, and a clear point of view on the right direction. Written for board and executive audiences.

Board-Level Strategy Narrative

A clear, compelling strategic narrative for a bank's board — grounding the business model, competitive positioning, and long-term direction in current market realities and emerging risks.

Executive Decision Framework

Structured analysis of a high-stakes decision — options mapped with trade-offs, assumptions stress-tested, and a recommended path with rationale designed to build board confidence.

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