Strathberg
Control restored. Accountability clarified.
Strathberg is an operator-led technology and cybersecurity firm. We work with investors and leadership teams on consequential technology, cyber and AI decisions — and seek to acquire specialist businesses where our operating experience can help build enduring value.
Three ways we work
Where we work
Private Equity
Technology, cyber and AI across the investment lifecycle.
The institutional model the largest funds run internally — decision-grade diligence, 100-day planning, fractional Portfolio CTO/CISO oversight and exit readiness — with no operational responsibility transferred to the fund. Delivered for mid-market sponsors.
Private Equity Solutions →Corporate
Senior intervention when the function needs to change.
Department resets, operating-model improvement, cost rationalisation and senior interim leadership when technology or cyber performance has drifted, the board has lost confidence, or a regulator, auditor or insurer has raised a concern.
Corporate Solutions →Acquisitions
Operator-led ownership of specialist businesses.
Strathberg seeks to acquire profitable businesses in cybersecurity, risk, privacy, assurance and adjacent technology services. The aim is not simply to buy and consolidate: it is to preserve what makes a good business work, strengthen the operating platform around it, and build further value through commercial discipline, technology and complementary capability.
Acquisitions →Where our partners have led
- Apax Partners
- ASOS
- H&M Group
- Inflexion
- LEGO Group
- News UK
- Sky
- Vodafone
- WGSN
Our approach
Design for how the business actually runs
Commercial first
The objective is stronger performance and lower cost, not transformation theatre. We measure success by operational outcome, not deliverable count.
Proportionate by business
Every model is calibrated to the actual risk, complexity, and economics. We do not apply a standard framework and call it done.
Diagnosis to execution
We move from assessment into action where the facts justify it. No endless strategy phases — accountable delivery from the start.
Operator-led
We work alongside leadership teams to make decisions, unblock execution, and carry change through. Advice matters only when it can be implemented in the real business.
AI-native by design
We treat AI as an operating capability, not a side project. That means identifying where AI and automation create real value, and building the data and governance foundations that let those gains hold. We assess AI risk with the same discipline as any other control, and we advise on governance where regulators are looking.
Across the PE lifecycle
One relationship from pre-deal to exit.
01 · Pre-deal DD
Decision-grade technology, cyber, and AI reality assessment under deal-process compression.
02 · 100-day plans
Operating model, sequenced priorities, and reporting cadence after acquisition.
03 · Portfolio CTO/CISO oversight
Hold-period standards, framework compliance, and audit rights at portfolio company level.
04 · Exit readiness
12 to 18 months out: the technology and cyber narrative the next buyer will pay for.
Proof
Track record
A selection of outcomes our partners have delivered in prior roles at former employers and clients. Full detail on the PE Solutions page.
WGSN — Apax Partners
Apax engaged George to stabilise the digital asset within the EMAP group. Over a ~12-month engagement, George diagnosed the problem, replaced the CTO, and stabilised the platform and team. The fund judged the engagement successful and the value of the asset was protected ahead of exit.
Kinetic — Inflexion
Inflexion asked George to coach the CEO of the world's largest agricultural-data provider through the shift from manual Excel-and-PowerPoint delivery to a scalable digital service model — moving the operating model from service to platform and unlocking growth.
ASOS — cybersecurity rebuild
As Group CISO, George rebuilt the cybersecurity function from a weak posture and a cyber-as-a-service model that was not returning tangible improvements, into a defensible operation covering fraud, payments, identity, and incident response.
ASOS — AI fraud platform
The AI-driven fraud platform George introduced at ASOS paid back in three months. Approval rates improved, fraud losses fell, and the team was right-sized from 48 to 8 as automation took on the operational load. One of the earliest production deployments of AI for retail fraud at scale.
H&M Group
As Group CTO and CISO, George moved the Gartner CIO score from 1.0 to 3.0 minus in 24 months. Alongside, Dan led the execution of an enterprise-wide technology transformation delivering €150m in realised benefits, followed by more than €25m in additional savings and revenue protection.
LEGO Group
As Director of Digital Security, Dan led the 2025–2027 cybersecurity strategy and operating model transformation across corporate technology, seven manufacturing sites and more than 230 product teams, strengthening NIS2 readiness and enterprise resilience.
Outcomes reflect engagements led by Strathberg's partners in prior roles at former employers and clients.