Golden Sky Consultancy
Senior operating and transformation leadership for organisations that need to deliver what comes next.
Golden Sky provides senior commercial, product and operating leadership — fractional, interim or alongside your team — to help organisations grow, transform and execute. Led personally by Graham Kavanagh, who has run businesses, functions, products and major programmes rather than only advised on them.
Growth Transformation Execution
International operating experience across the UK, Finland, India and Australia.
Who we help
Who we help: three audiences
Councils, public-sector leaders and consulting partners
Public Sector Transformation
Making complex public-sector change deliverable — from programme mobilisation to supplier assurance and operating-model redesign.
- Mobilise & assure
- Supplier delivery assurance
- Service & operating model redesign
Boards, owners, CEOs, investors and executive search firms
Fractional & Interim Leadership
Accountable senior capacity, and selected board and advisory appointments, from an operator who has held the roles.
- Fractional COO
- Fractional CPO
- Interim Product Director
- Transformation Director
- Board Adviser / NED
Founders, CEOs, investors and international suppliers
Technology, SaaS & B2G Growth
Building the operation behind the growth — scaling delivery, leading change and entering the UK.
- Scale delivery
- Transformation
- Go-to-market
- UK market entry
- Value creation
Start with the situation
Where can Golden Sky make a difference?
- We are considering the UK but do not understand the market.Market Entry Readiness Sprint
- We have a proven product, but UK growth is too slow.UK Public Sector Growth Partnership
- We have sold more than we can currently deliver.Scale-Up Delivery Partner
- Our operating model has not kept pace with growth.Fractional Operating Partner
- Our CPO or Product Director has left.Interim or Fractional Product Leadership
- A major programme needs leadership or recovery.Interim & Transformation Leadership
- We need experienced, independent challenge.Board and Strategic Advisory
- We know something needs to change, but need clarity first.Diagnose & Decide
What Golden Sky does
One capability, applied to four kinds of business problem.
The problem determines the shape of the work. The capability behind it — someone who has run the operation, not just advised on it — stays the same.
Scale & Strengthen the Business
For businesses whose growth has moved faster than the operating model, leadership structure and delivery behind it.
Typical focusOperating model · Governance & MI · Leadership structure · Professional Services & onboarding
Lead Business & Technology Transformation
For systems, process and operating change that needs executive ownership to move from plan to working reality.
Typical focusMobilisation · Partner challenge · Adoption & process redesign · Benefits realisation
Accelerate Growth & Market Entry
For businesses with a strong product but an under-built route to market, or a new market to enter — including the UK.
Typical focusGo-to-market · Repeatable sales · UK expansion · Public-sector & B2G entry
Strengthen Performance & Deliver Value
For owners and investors who need priorities converted into operating discipline, performance and results.
Typical focusValue-creation execution · Operating discipline · Performance governance
How Golden Sky is engaged
Four ways to engage Golden Sky.
Practical routes, not rigid categories. They can overlap, and a diagnostic often leads into fractional or interim leadership. How We Work
Diagnose & Decide
Focused assignments to assess a commercial, operational, product or transformation challenge and establish a practical course of action.
How this works →Fractional Operating Partner
Ongoing senior commercial, product or operating leadership, providing experienced executive capacity without requiring a permanent appointment.
How this works →Interim & Transformation Leadership
Accountable executive leadership for a defined period, major programme, operational challenge or leadership vacancy.
How this works →Growth & Strategic Partnerships
Selected commercial growth partnerships, board advisory appointments, strategic advisory work and non-executive opportunities.
How this works →Credibility
An operator, not an observer.
35+
UK customers, Oksidia
£10m+ ×3
Public-sector programmes, supplier-side executive lead
300+
Public-sector products as Chief Product Officer, Capita
110
People led as Chief Executive, Welfare Call
The £10m+ programmes were supplier-side executive roles, accountable for Capita's delivery within the clients' governance.
Graham Kavanagh
More than 20 years leading products, services, commercial activity and delivery inside technology and services businesses: building new markets, strengthening commercial performance and creating the operating capability needed for sustainable growth.
Oksidia — Co-founder and UK Director. Co-founded and established the UK business of a Finnish SaaS company providing specialist education management software. Leads its UK operations as an ongoing operating partnership through Golden Sky, and holds a shareholding in the Finnish parent company.
Also Co-founder and Director of Solution Focused Education. Previously Chief Executive of Welfare Call and Chief Product Officer at Capita.
International experience
- Finland SaaS business and operating leadership.
- India Technology development and delivery leadership.
- Australia (Victoria) Public-sector market experience and knowledge.
Executive Briefs
Read the briefs.
Commercial Executive Brief
Senior operating leadership for businesses that need to deliver what comes next
Four commercial capabilities, four ways to engage and the experience behind them — for founders, owners, investors, overseas technology companies and partners.
Public-Sector Executive Brief
Making complex public-sector change deliverable
Three offers for councils and public-sector leaders, the service domains behind them, and how Golden Sky works.
What clients say
In their words.
Simon NewingManaging Director, FocusGovReflecting on Graham's board advisory engagement, concluded December 2024.“Graham provides our board with strategy, guidance, direction and valuable advice. He's a great listener and sounding board, very honest and has genuine in-depth knowledge of the sector we work within.
Many times Graham has gone beyond his remit to help the business and has a very genuine enthusiasm for what we do.”
Tuomas OksanenChief Executive Officer, Oksidia“His extensive background in the tech and education industries has been a game-changer for our market entry efforts, demonstrating an exceptional blend of experience and expertise that has propelled our operations forward.
Graham is a practical and realistic leader. His goal-oriented mindset, combined with impressive communication skills, has not only driven our sales but has also significantly enhanced our internal and external communications.
His strategic approach to market entry is marked by a focused drive to achieve targets. This approach, alongside his seasoned understanding of the local market, has ensured that we have been able to deliver results.”
UK Private Equity Director“Graham did a great job helping us with a market share gain plan and also to prioritise potential acquisitions.”
Next step
If you're dealing with a growth, transformation or execution challenge, start a conversation.
You don't need a perfectly defined brief. One direct conversation, no pitch deck.