We identify what is holding back business performance - and help fix it.

Senior commercial and operational leadership for owner-managed businesses and private equity-backed portfolios alike - the capability of a large consultancy with the focus and accountability of a single trusted advisor. Assignments are led directly by Grant Phipps, with specialist associate expertise brought in where the project demands it.

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Sector and employer credentials

How We Work

Business Performance Review

A rapid on-site assessment that identifies the operational, commercial, quality or leadership issues limiting your business. Delivers clear priorities and a practical implementation roadmap.

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Targeted Improvement Projects

Focused projects addressing specific business challenges - sales improvement, operational restructuring, margin improvement or market expansion. Fixed or milestone fee agreed in advance.

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Interim & Fractional Leadership

Full interim executive responsibility or ongoing fractional support on a monthly retainer. Senior leadership experience without the cost or commitment of a permanent hire.

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Giving you global reach

Operational and commercial experience spanning five major regions, with the relationships and understanding that come from having worked in each.

United Kingdom

Europe

USA

GCC

Asia

Sectors

Direct senior leadership experience across a broad range of industrial, commercial and technical sectors. Not advisory familiarity - operational responsibility.

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Why Clients Engage Consentum

  • Senior leadership, start to finish. Every assignment is led directly by Grant Phipps as Principal Consultant - never delegated to junior associates.
  • Boutique focus, big-business depth. Forty years of hands-on executive experience across the UK and international markets, without the overhead or distance of a large consultancy.
  • Built for private equity and owner-managers. Brought in to find and fix what is limiting performance in newly acquired, scaling or underperforming businesses.
  • Specialist expertise on demand. A trusted network spanning engineering, manufacturing, quality, commercial development and international expansion - assembled only where the project requires it.
  • Implementation, not theory. Practical delivery focused on measurable commercial outcomes, not strategy documents that sit on a shelf.
  • Credible at board level. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (FCIM) and Member of the Institute of Directors (MInstD).

Specialist Capability

Where a project requires deeper or broader expertise, Grant assembles a trusted network of experienced associates with matched sector and geographic knowledge. Every engagement remains directly led and co-ordinated by the Principal Consultant.

Associate expertise is available across:

  • Quality systems and compliance
  • Engineering and manufacturing improvement
  • Supply chain and logistics
  • Sales and distributor development
  • International market expansion
  • Commercial marketing and positioning
  • Operational restructuring
  • Leadership development

All projects are led and quality-assured by Grant Phipps. Associates are selected for direct sector and geographic experience - not general familiarity.

Four decades of senior executive responsibility - commercial, operational and global.

$200M+ P&L Responsibility
4 PE Portfolio Companies
3 Regions
40+ Years Senior Experience

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