CEO advisory · strategy, performance and governance
Turning CEO Priorities into Business Performance
I work alongside CEOs of growing companies and family businesses to improve performance, sharpen decisions, strengthen execution and build the management systems required to scale.
Strategy, numbers, execution and governance are usually handled by different people, in different meetings, on different numbers. I bring them onto one page, and keep the business leaders in control.
CEO performance dashboard · month 7, FY26
IllustrativeRevenue
265.2$mm
-1.2% vs plan
Gross margin
40.1%
+0.6 pt
Free cash flow
30.7$mm
-11.5% vs plan
Cost to serve
12.4$/order
on plan
Net promoter
47.6pts
+0.3 vs plan
Priorities on track
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Advisory and leadership experience across
Focus on Telecom · Energy · Infrastructure · Manufacturing · ITeS · Distribution
The CEO problem
The CEO doesn’t need more reports.
The CEO needs better visibility, better decisions and stronger execution. Seven questions decide whether a growing business stays manageable.
One agenda. One set of numbers. One review.
How I work
I don’t leave a presentation. I leave a system your team can run.
Advice is useful. An operating mechanism is better, because it keeps working after the advice is given.
01
Diagnose
The business, the numbers, the operating model and the CEO’s priorities. Identify the highest-value issues.
02
Build
The models, metrics, ownership and management mechanisms required to address them.
03
Run
Establish the review cadence, decision rhythm and escalation mechanism. Run the first cycles with the team.
04
Advise
Stay alongside the CEO where decisions get difficult, priorities compete and the stakes are high.
Three ways to engage
2 weeks
CEO Diagnostic
A focused review of strategy, performance, organisation, cash, the CEO agenda and governance.
You leave with what is working, what is not, the biggest risks and opportunities, and the priority interventions.
8-12 weeks
Build & Implement
Priorities, KPIs, ownership, review cadence, decision rights and escalation.
Working management systems your team owns and operates. Two complete operating cycles run before handover.
Retainer · ongoing
CEO Advisory
Monthly performance, execution and cash review with the CEO.
CXO accountability. Board preparation. Decision support. Special situations as they arise.
Experience
Two decades in the room where strategy becomes execution.
Twenty years across operating models, numbers, transformation, growth and the CEO agenda. It is all number driven.
About
If the business is important enough to the CEO, it is important enough to have a system around it.
Twenty years in consulting and operating roles spanning across EY, Bignify, Airtel, Reliance, Aircel, OMC Power and now Managing Partner at CEO Cadence. Focus around Telecom, Energy, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, ITeS and Distribution.
Where to start
A two-week CEO Diagnostic: a focused review of strategy, performance, organisation, cash, the CEO agenda and governance. You leave with what is working, what is not, the biggest risks and opportunities, and the priority interventions.
Or reach me directly: +91 9831 840 111 · avikchowdhury@gmail.com