Execution reinforcement for investors and operating leadership teams

Find what's holding the business back. Fix it.

We step up when something needs to move faster, scale better or perform differently.

We work with investors and leadership teams to understand what is slowing the business down, inside it and in the market around it, then work out what needs to change and bring in the right capability to get it done.

Measured in the business, not in the report.

Where we sit

Not big consulting. Not staffing.

We operate between heavyweight consulting and transactional staffing, combining strategic clarity with hands-on execution accountability.

Big consulting

  • Heavy engagements
  • Steering layers
  • Upsell incentives

Ends at the recommendation

Staffing and search

  • Volume CV supply
  • A role already defined
  • Transactional placement

Ends at the placement

Projekt4

  • What the business actually needs
  • Operators who have done the job
  • Capacity that scales up or down

Ends at measurable change in the business

Who we work with

Built for businesses where execution affects value.

Private equity

Portfolio companies where performance, transformation or integration needs to move.

Venture & growth

Companies scaling technology, product, commercial capability or operations.

Businesses in change

Leadership teams dealing with transformation, capability gaps or critical execution problems.

Three ways to start

Start where your business is.

Mandate first

You know what you need. We elevate and optimise it.

  • 48-hour pressure test of the requirement
  • First candidate in days, not weeks
  • Brief and candidate fit the actual problem

We test the requirement against the business context, then move directly to search and deployment.

48 hours

Brief checked

Days

First candidate

Problem first

You know something is wrong. The answer is not yet clear.

  • We read the business and operating context
  • Identify what is actually constraining execution
  • Set out what should happen next

The assessment stands alone. There is no obligation to deploy Projekt4 people. Where we support execution, the diagnosing operator remains involved.

Duration

5-10 working days

Output

A decision you can act on

Fee

Paid, fixed fee

Urgent gap

You need experienced leadership in the seat now.

  • Fractional CTO, COO or VP
  • Starts within two weeks
  • Steadies delivery while the permanent answer is found

The operator works alongside your team, stabilises delivery and stays involved for as long as the situation requires.

Start

Within two weeks

Continuity

Stay as needed

See more detail on our Assessment and how it works

Proof of the assessment

What was asked for was not what was needed.

A real situation where we used a deeper Assessment to challenge the original problem statement, identify the real constraint and determine the right intervention.

PE investor · Netherlands

Data ownership had to come before the ERP decision.

01The ask
  • A fractional Chief Data Officer to help select an ERP.
  • Leadership stretched thin, reporting assembled by hand across disconnected systems.
02What we found
  • Parallel spreadsheets were producing competing numbers.
  • With no clear data ownership, leadership could not answer a portfolio question with one voice.
03What we recommended instead
  • Do not start with ERP selection. Settle data ownership and governance first, then test the approach against the data creating the most friction.
  • Bring in a commercially-minded, investment-fluent operator, with ERP following the data architecture rather than driving it.
04What they agreed
  • Data ownership and governance would come before the ERP decision. ERP work would follow the data architecture rather than drive it.
  • A commercially-minded data operating advisor was matched to the revised requirement, on a defined fractional mandate with a roadmap the board can act on.
See two more examples

Execution case studies

What changed in the business.

Experienced operators taking defined problems through execution to measurable outcomes.

27

Case studies

12

Countries

8

Industries

7.7x

Best ROI

4 days

Time to place

Interim CTO placed during a Series B close

Technology · United Kingdom · Leadership continuity

The situation
The CTO left mid-round. The funding round and the product rebuild were both exposed.
What we did
We placed a senior interim CTO within four working days.
What changed
The Series B closed, the product rebuild landed on schedule, and a permanent CTO started 11 weeks later.

7.7x

Return on fees

Predictive modelling on a chemical plant

Chemicals · Continental Europe · EBITDA improvement

The situation
The business needed margin improvement without spending capital to get it.
What we did
We put in a small senior team: a delivery manager, a data strategy architect and two lead data scientists.
What changed
120,000 euro of savings inside two months, 7.7 times the cost of the engagement.

35%

IT overhead cut

Four IT businesses merged onto one M365 tenant

IT services · Benelux · Post-merger integration

The situation
Four acquired businesses were still running separately, slowing everything down ahead of a secondary sale.
What we did
We placed a collaboration architect with security and governance specialists to design one tenant.
What changed
Four tenants became one in 12 weeks, IT overhead down 35%.
All case studies

Start the conversation

Bring us the brief. Or bring us the problem.

If you know what you need, we will pressure-test it and move quickly. If you do not, we will work with you to establish what needs to change.

Send the context

Tell us what you are dealing with. You do not need to have diagnosed the problem or know the answer.

Talk it through

Book 20 minutes with Andrew. No brief or preparation needed.

Book 20 minutes