Restore confidence and control when a programme, organisation or relationship is under pressure.
When a capital programme, financial position or delivery relationship comes under real pressure, the priority is not another plan — it is senior judgement, applied quickly, to stabilise the situation and rebuild confidence with the people who need to trust it again: boards, funders, councils, communities and delivery partners.
Struan steps in directly, at the point where the consequences of getting it wrong are highest, and works alongside leadership until the situation is under control.
Where we helpImmediate senior intervention when a situation is deteriorating and control needs to be re-established fast.
Bringing an at-risk capital programme back under coherent governance, cost and schedule control.
Recovering revenue, margin or commercial position that is genuinely at risk.
Resetting delivery performance where confidence in outcomes has been lost.
Rebuilding trust with boards, funders, councils or communities after a breakdown.
Senior cover at the point of greatest exposure, until the right permanent structure is in place.
Recover in practiceWhere Struan leads a recovery, it is senior intervention — not additional resource. The priority is stabilising the situation quickly enough that confidence and control can be rebuilt.
Matt Orr works directly with the accountable executive or board — assessing the real position, making the calls that matter, and staying close until the programme, the finances or the relationship are demonstrably back under control. Once stability is restored, Struan steps back or moves into a Build engagement to make the recovery durable.
If a programme, organisation or relationship needs to be stabilised, the conversation is worth having early.
