Technology, architecture and product leadership for regulated industries.
25 years leading enterprise architecture, cloud and AI strategy, product management and strategic partnerships across life sciences, telecoms and professional services. Fractional leadership that ties every technology decision to business outcomes, and stands up to audit, procurement and the board.
Three services, one operating principle.
Technology decisions that map to what the business is actually trying to do, and hold up under procurement, audit and board scrutiny.
Technology & Product Leadership
Enterprise architecture, cloud and AI strategy, and product roadmaps built around real user need. Industry-standard frameworks where they help, never as a substitute for judgement.
- Enterprise architecture
- Cloud & AI strategy
- Product roadmaps
- Partner management
Governance, Risk & Compliance
AI and data governance frameworks that are audit-ready and regulation-aligned. EU AI Act, GxP and data regionality, designed to speed up sign-off, not slow it down.
- EU AI Act
- GxP
- Data regionality
- Board oversight
Delivery & Transformation Assurance
Risk-managed delivery and PMO leadership for complex programmes. Partner management on both sides: technical integration with hyperscaler and platform vendors, and the commercial negotiation and cost control that keeps them accountable.
- PMO leadership
- Technical & commercial partner management
- FinOps
- M&A integration
- McLaren Racing
- Shell
- BG Group
- BT Global
- Unilever
- Kimberly-Clark
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Novartis
- GSK
- FMC
- Micro Focus
Regulated industries need different leadership.
The job is really about one thing: making sure the technology a business buys actually maps to what it is trying to do. In life sciences, telecoms, financial services and the public sector, that decision also has to survive an audit, an inspection, a procurement challenge and a board-level review.
Ovett & CxO exists for that gap: senior technology, architecture and product leadership, plus the technical and commercial partner management that makes it work in practice, all treating compliance and accountability as first-class requirements, not obstacles to work around.
Years across regulated sectors
Life sciences, global telecoms, financial and professional services, and public sector. Depth across multiple regulated environments, not one sector stretched thin.
Architect, product and partner
Enterprise architecture, multi-year product roadmaps across hyperscaler cloud, data and AI platforms, and the strategic partnerships that make them commercial.
Fractional, not full-time
Senior leadership scaled to the engagement. Board-level experience without permanent headcount or consultancy day-rate overhead.
Built on experience inside these sectors.
Not a generalist consultancy applying the same playbook everywhere. Direct experience of what "regulated" actually means from the inside.
- Life sciencesGxP-regulated SaaS platforms
- TelecomsGlobal VoIP & UCaaS
- Professional servicesEnterprise architecture practice
- Public sectorPFI education programmes