About us
High Stakes. Outstanding Results.
A partnership based on decades of delivery
With over 60 years of combined leadership experience, Dr Nigel Somerset and Stephen Vickers are trusted partners to boards, executives, and investors navigating, high-stakes change. Whether driving transformation, remediation, or exit strategies, they deliver results that stand up to scrutiny — and stand the test of time.
Together, they have:
Led complex resolution and wind-downs of regulated firms and joint ventures, protecting value and reputation.
Designed and delivered large-scale redress and remediation programmes across banking, consumer finance, and wealth.
Re-engineered operating models and executed turnaround plans in challenged consumer finance portfolios.
Assured major technology rollouts alongside second-line risk and compliance.
Advised global consultancies on core platform replacements in the UK and Ireland.
Deployed rapid fraud response interventions for high-street banks.
Optimised footprint and sales models for a major UK legal services group.
Led the delivery of key components of England’s COVID-19 response, enhancing performance, governance, and supplier delivery at national scale.
Nigel is a seasoned executive, problem solver and regulatory strategist with deep expertise in UK financial services. He’s been instrumental to complex programmes across Europe, the US, and Australasia, authored “Competence, Conduct and Billion Dollar Consequences”, holds a doctorate in regulatory strategy, and is Executive in Residence at Sheffield Business School.
Stephen is a seasoned C-suite leader and specialist in high-stakes remediation, crisis-led turnarounds, and structured wind-downs. With a strong delivery focus, he brings disciplined execution and assurance to complex, time-critical programmes. His experience spans financial services, government, and professional sectors, with major engagements delivered across the UK, Ireland, Australia, and India.