Ady Coles

Helping businesses navigate complexity, optimise operations, and drive transformation. By bridging strategy and execution, I create clarity, improve workflows, and empower your teams to work smarter, delivering long-term, scalable success.

I thrive at the intersection of strategy, operations, and delivery. As a systems thinker and problem solver, I help people around me understand complex scenarios. I aid businesses in streamlining processes, optimising efficiency, and driving meaningful change.

With a background spanning technology, operations, and leadership, I have successfully delivered change & improvement across multiple industries; leading transformation efforts, improving delivery processes, and enabling teams to work smarter. My approach combines strategic insight, structured problem-solving, and empathetic leadership, ensuring that both business goals and people’s needs are met.

I’ve worked across a range of industries, including digital agencies, fintech, SaaS platforms, manufacturing and public sector organisations.

My experience spans small, high-growth companies looking to scale operations, mid-sized businesses refining their delivery processes, and larger organisations undergoing complex transformation. I thrive in environments where strategy and execution need to be connected, ensuring that ambitious business goals are met with clear, structured implementation.

Beyond my work, I’m a keen solver of cryptic crosswords, a musician, and a published poet. Creativity and problem-solving go hand in hand.

I’m looking to collaborate with business leaders, founders, or leadership teams in mid-sized, growing companies or scale-ups who need operational clarity, streamlined delivery, or strategic execution support. I add the most value in fractional leadership roles (Head of Operations, Delivery, or Strategy) or as a consultant on complex transformation projects.