Data · Technology · AI · Digital

Strategy is easy to write.
We deliver the execution.

North Star Consulting helps organisations scale at pace, turning AI adoption into measurable gains in efficiency, productivity and performance. Built on strategies delivered inside FTSE 100 companies and Government.

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A fixed point for change
World CIO 200 LEGEND Award UK CIO 100 Winner Gartner Governing Body & Inner Circle BCS Chartered & Forbes Technology Council
About North Star

Board-level strategy, delivered hands-on.

North Star Consulting Ltd was founded to close the gap between the AI strategy organisations write and the AI outcomes they actually achieve. We work directly with CEOs, boards and executive teams to design and execute technology, data and AI strategies that move the numbers that matter.

Led by a Chief Technology Officer with a track record spanning FTSE 100, regulated utilities and central government, North Star brings practitioner-grade delivery, not slideware, to every engagement.

186%YoY increase in IT projects delivered (163 in one year) at a £800m+ turnover organisation
95%Of infrastructure moved to AWS cloud, cutting technology cost and improving leak detection with GenAI
£2.8MAnnual OpEx saving delivered through cloud & platform transformation
5 → 50Releases per quarter to releases per day, AWS-led engineering transformation
What we do

Four disciplines. One outcome: performance.

Engagements are scoped around business outcomes, not technology for its own sake, typically combining two or more of the following.

01

Technology & AI Strategy

Board-ready strategies that connect technology investment directly to commercial and operational outcomes.

02

AI Adoption & Execution

Practical AI rollout, from use-case selection to embedded adoption, engineered for measurable productivity gains.

03

Data & Cloud Architecture

Modern data platforms and cloud architecture built to scale, govern and feed AI reliably.

04

Transformation Delivery

Programme leadership, governance and change delivery that gets strategy executed at pace.

Track record

Strategies executed, not just written.

A selection of outcomes delivered across FTSE 100, regulated utilities and government.

Transport & Telematics
Leading a £5.37M AI & data transformation programme at a listed transport-technology group, spanning TMS, analytics, fleet operations and governance.
Water & Utilities
As CIO, moved a major UK water supplier to 95% AWS cloud, using GenAI and AWS SageMaker to cut leaks and speed up response times, work that earned a World CIO 200 LEGEND Award and UK CIO 100 recognition.
Housing & Property
At a £800m+ turnover property group, built a cross-functional technology office that delivered 163 projects in a single year, a 186% increase, earning a CTO of the Year shortlisting at the Digital Technology Leaders Awards.
Housing & Property
Directed a Google Cloud data platform and "fusion team" data operating model, later featured as a Gartner case study on triggering innovation in digital product teams.
Digital & SaaS
Took engineering delivery from 5 releases a quarter to 50 a day through an AWS-led migration, later featured as an AWS case study.
Speaking & Thought Leadership
Keynote speaker at Tech & AI LIVE London on human-centred AI adoption; contributor to Forbes Technology Council; featured in CIO, Computing, INNOVATION Magazine and Housing Technology.
As featured in
CIOComputingINNOVATION MagazineTechnology MagazineHousing TechnologyForbes Technology Council
In their words

What partners say.

"These are exciting times... under the technology stewardship of Dean."

Marcus JudgeExecutive Partner, Gartner

"...one of the best customer pitches they have ever seen."

Phillipa NotaroDirector, Google Cloud
Get in touch

Let's talk about where you're heading.

Whether it's an AI strategy that needs executing, a data platform that needs rebuilding, or a transformation programme that's stalled, get in touch directly. No account managers, no hand-offs.