IAN LLOYD
Ian Lloyd

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Interim transformation director. I help private equity-backed leadership teams turn strategy into delivered, exit-ready results.

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Working through my PSC, Ripple Fusion.

ABOUT ME

Hire me as your interim transformation director.

Private equity-backed businesses bring me in when value creation is under pressure, complex change has lost momentum, or the business needs to be ready for its next owner. I lead delivery hands-on, stay through to the finish, and only step back once the business is running it on its own.

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Interim Transformation

Leading carve-outs, post-merger integration and enterprise change: finance separation, ERP and data migration, and operating model design. I stay until the work is done, then make a clean exit once the business is delivering.

AI-Fluent Leadership

I know where AI creates real value and where it doesn't, and how to weave it into strategy and decisions rather than bolt it on. I bring it into the workflows you already run and build it around a real business problem.

Fractional CDO / CIAO / NED

Part-time C-suite leadership for your data and AI, plus board-level oversight as a non-executive director. I set the strategy, put governance and data foundations in place, and steer delivery, so transformation and AI adoption are defensible, not just impressive in a demo.

Private Equity Delivery

Extra bandwidth for sponsors to deliver a plan that's already built. Bring me in early rather than as a last resort, or mid-programme when the direction needs a reset, and I'll drive it to the finish.

PROJECTS

Experience across the whole journey.

Started as a developer, but a manager at heart: a safe pair of hands at C-suite level, with vast experience across everything below.

Platforms

  1. ServiceNowIT service management and workflow automation.
  2. WorkdayHR, finance and planning in the cloud.
  3. SalesforceCommercial systems and customer data.
  4. Microsoft Dynamics (CE/BC)ERP and CRM for finance and sales.
  5. OracleERP, finance and data platforms.
  6. SAPLegacy ERP through to S/4HANA, finance and data migration.

AI

  1. AI StrategyWhere AI creates real value, and where it doesn't.
  2. Frontier modelsChoosing and using Claude, OpenAI, Copilot and more.
  3. FrameworksThe landscape moves fast, from LangChain onwards. I track it constantly and stay ahead of it.
  4. AgentsProduction-grade agents that do real work.
  5. Prototype to productionProofs of concept into live services, with measurable ROI.
  6. GovernanceControls that make AI defensible, using my auditing and cyber background.

Integration

  1. MuleSoftAPI-led integration across systems.
  2. Dell BoomiCloud-native integration platform.
  3. InformaticaData integration, quality and master data management.
  4. AlteryxData preparation and analytics automation.
  5. MCPConnecting AI models to tools and data.
  6. A2AAgent-to-agent communication standards.

Data & Reporting

  1. DatabricksLakehouse platforms and data engineering.
  2. SnowflakeCloud data warehousing and sharing.
  3. SAP Analytics CloudPlanning and analytics on SAP data.
  4. Power BIReporting and dashboards people actually use.
  5. TableauVisual analytics and self-service reporting.
  6. QlikAssociative analytics and self-service BI.
SECTORS

Different sectors, same fundamentals.

Transferable skills and a firm understanding of business, from pharma to pest control, mean I can step into vastly different sectors and deliver.

Health, Consumer, Financial and Public Services

  1. PharmaRoche, GSK and AstraZeneca.
  2. FMCGBritish American Tobacco.
  3. HealthcareIQVIA.
  4. RetailBoots.
  5. Financial ServicesVistra.
  6. Public servicesSerco.

Technology and Industry

  1. SpaceEuropean Space Agency.
  2. Maritime TelecomsMarlink.
  3. TelecomsVodafone.
  4. IT servicesCGI Group.
  5. AutomotivePirelli.
  6. Pest controlPest Control Partnership.

Private Equity

EQT · CPPIB · Providence · TPG Capital · Partners Group · Leonard Green & Partners

  1. Due diligenceSystems, data and commercial risk, before the deal closes.
  2. Carve-outSeparating finance, systems, data and people.
  3. Day oneAn independent operation, with commercial continuity.
  4. IntegrationOperating model, CRM, Ops systems, ERP and data migration.
  5. Value creationMeasurable movement in revenue, cost and speed.
  6. Exit readinessClean data, systems and processes for the next buyer.
WORK WITH ME
hello@ripplefusion.com +44 7356 079 593 ripplefusion.com