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Financial Services
Banking, insurance and capital markets. Core modernisation, digital channels and regulatory change.
The craft of decisive change
Maven Helm partners with leadership teams worldwide to set direction, modernise operating models, and turn technology into advantage that shows up in the numbers.
(01) Who we are
Counsel with conviction
A helm is the point where judgement meets direction. We take that seriously.
Maven Helm is an independent advisory firm built on a simple belief: strategy that cannot be executed is just an opinion, and technology bought without a thesis is just cost. We work at the join between the two: close enough to the boardroom to shape the decision, close enough to the delivery floor to make it stick.
We work with organisations across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America, from our headquarters in Colombo. Our teams are small, senior and accountable. You will not be handed to a junior bench after the pitch.
(02) Capabilities
What we do
Six practices, one engagement model. Most mandates draw on two or three at once.
Corporate & Growth Strategy
Where to play, and how to win.
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Operating Model & Performance
Structure that follows the strategy.
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Digital & Technology Strategy
A roadmap tied to outcomes.
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Data, AI & Analytics
From foundations to applied AI.
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Transformation Delivery
The part that has to land.
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Technology Due Diligence
A clear read before you sign.
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(03) Sectors
Where we work
Deep enough in each to be useful on day one.
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Logistics & Ports
Terminal operations, freight and the trade corridors that carry global commerce.
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Energy & Utilities
Generation, distribution and the commercial models behind the renewable transition.
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Manufacturing
Industrial and export manufacturing. Productivity, automation and supply chain resilience.
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Technology & Telecom
Product strategy, engineering effectiveness and the economics of scaling a platform business.
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AI & Digital
Applied AI, platform products and the digital channels that now carry the customer relationship.
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Legal & Professional Services
Law firms, accountancies and advisory practices modernising how the work is delivered and priced.
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Public & Development
Government agencies, regulators and development institutions delivering reform programmes.
(04) Approach
How we engage
Three phases. Each one ends with a decision you can defend, not a deck you have to translate.
Step 01
Diagnose
Framing the real question before answering the convenient one. Evidence gathered quickly, assumptions made explicit, scope agreed in writing.
- Structured interviews with leadership, operators and customers.
- Baseline of performance, cost and technology estate.
- A written point of view on where value is actually trapped.
Step 02
Design
Options, not a single recommendation. We show the trade-offs, cost the paths, and let the board choose with its eyes open.
- Two or three viable options, each costed and risk-rated.
- Target operating model and architecture to match.
- A sequenced roadmap with funding and capability gates.
Step 03
Deliver
We stay for the part that is hard. Value is tracked against the baseline until the organisation can run it without us.
- Delivery leadership and governance stood up alongside your team.
- Benefit tracking against the original baseline, reported monthly.
- A deliberate handover: capability transferred, not dependency created.
(06) Contact
Let’s talk
Tell us what you are weighing up. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right people for it, and if we are not, who is.