Chris C Fox Consulting

Helping financial services decision makers develop and execute better strategies more effectively

Why should you hire me?

You’ve got something on your mind

● How will you find growth when customers are increasingly disengaged and expecting everything to be instant an easy?

● Who is about to completely disrupt my business?● What legacy skeletons are hiding in your closet and when will

the regulator shine the spotlight on you?● How can I organise my area to be more effective and

responsive to change?

You don’t have enough time to look into it deeply enough yourself

Your team lacks the capacity, capability or objectivity; you don’t want to start restructuring or hiring until you’re surer you know what you want to do and you want some fresh, independent thinking

Time is running out before your boss / board starts asking questions you can’t yet answer

What will you get?

Independent and objective capacity on a temporary basis

25+ years of industry experience and knowledge; real breadth and depth

Someone who talks to you, your colleagues, and teams across all disciplines, using the language each understands

Someone who asks penetrating and challenging questions in a non-confrontational manner

Evidence-based analysis of the real underlying issues

Creative solutions which can work within the context of your business

Programme mobilisation, direction and management that delivers results

Plain talk

Handover to your existing teams or advice on what steps you need to take to build them

Wha

t I w

on’t do

● Try and upsell you a small army of junior consultants straight out of university, while I go off in search of the next sale

● Try and work around you to get to your boss

● Try and sell you the same solution I just sold to your competitor

● Try and talk down your existing strategy and capabilities just to justify my existence

● Try to make myself indispensable and hang around after I’ve served my purpose

● Bring my own agenda

What have I done in the past?

Developed a legacy customer contact strategy and operating model pursuant to the FCA’s TR16/2. Achieved board approval to invest £33m over 5 years.

Developed an mobilised a turnaround strategy for a protection business: turned C23%/annum decline into C51%/annum improvement in new business.

Interim marketing director, leading a rebrand and restructure.

Developed a target operating model for the international wealth division of a bank.

Developed the operating and cost model for a new entrant into the D2C life insurance space.

Developed (inception to launch) a retail financial planning web-site.

Don’t just take my word for it. Here’s how other executives have described me/my work

Or, in a nutshell...

I would work with Chris again without any hesitation.

Bob Head, Group HR and Strategy Director, Old Mutual plc

I would have no hesitation recommending Chris.

Tim Harris, Group Finance Director, Royal London

I have no doubt that we will be seeking out Chris's services again in the future.

Isobel Langton, CEO Intermediary Division, Royal London

I would have no hesitation in recommending Chris.

Alex Duncan, Chief Risk Officer, Just Retirement

Take a load off your mind

CONTACT ME

chris@chriscfox.com

077 860 21712

www.chriscfox.com

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Biography

Chris is an MBA-qualified, experienced strategy and management consultant, programme director and interim manager, with over 25 years of experience in the financial services sector: 16 in industry and 9 as an independent.

He works with senior decision makers in the financial services sector to develop and execute strategy and change.

Past projects have included turnarounds, new market entry, digital disruption, target operating model (TOM) development, M&A and response to regulatory change.

Chris thrives in situations characterised by uncertainty, ambiguity and conflicting priorities. He combines rigorous and structured analysis with strong stakeholder engagement to develop proposals which people get behind. As an independent strategy consultant, Chris is brings a cross-disciplinary and objective perspective.

Chris is driven by curiosity and a passion for progress.

He values rigour in analysis, discipline in execution, and mutual respect and integrity in relationships.