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Advisory built for the decision in the room — not the deck on the table.

Two integrated practice areas, led by former CxOs who have made the
same decisions you’re about to make. Each engagement is shaped to your
situation — we don’t sell methodologies.

Operating model redesign

Re-cut spans & layers, accountability lines, and decision rights so the org actually delivers the strategy.

Post-merger integration

Day-one readiness through year-two value capture — with the same partners in the room throughout.

Cost & productivity programs

Run-rate savings without breaking what makes you good. Includes governance, baselining, and tracking.

Change & leadership coaching

One-to-one work with executive teams — because transformations succeed or fail in their offices first.

Typical outcomes

Operating model and accountability map signed off by the executive committee
18-month value-realisation plan with named owners and tracked KPIs
Leadership team that holds — and uses — new decision rights

AI adoption roadmaps

Where AI actually moves your P&L — sequenced, costed, and governable. We start with the work, not the model.

Architecture & platform decisions

Build vs. buy. Cloud vs. multi-cloud. Monolith vs. microservices. Bring the messy trade-offs to the board, decided.

Technology investment prioritisation

Portfolio-level view of where the next dollar earns its return — and where to stop spending altogether.

AI risk & governance

Practical guardrails for boards — model risk, data lineage, IP exposure, and the questions regulators will ask next.

Typical outcomes

Board-ready AI & technology roadmap with sequenced investments and stage-gates
Clear build / partner / buy decisions with named accountabilities
Governance model your audit committee can defend — in writing

How we work

Engagement, in three movements.

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Diagnose

Cut through to the real challenge

A 2–3 week diagnostic. We interview stakeholders, stress-test assumptions, and separate symptoms from root causes.

Design

Shape the solution with your team

We co-design alongside your leadership, not at them — because the solutions that get implemented are the ones built with the team that owns them.

Deliver

Stay close through execution

Ongoing advisory through implementation — adapting as conditions change and accountable to outcomes, not slideware.

Frequently asked

Practical questions, before we get on a call.

How is Ascelex different from a Big Four firm?

Our partners have led the same work as line executives — not just advised on it. Engagements are smaller, more senior, and accountable to outcomes rather than headcount on a slide. We won’t out-bid a Big Four on scale; we’ll out-thinking them on the decisions that matter.

What’s a typical engagement length?

Diagnostics are 2–3 weeks. Most full advisory engagements run 12–26 weeks. Some clients keep us on a quarterly retainer for board-level counsel. We don’t run multi-year monolithic programs — smaller, sharper cycles compound better.

Do you work with companies outside Singapore?

Yes. Our partners have run engagements across APAC, the EU and the US. Singapore is our base; the work is global. Most engagements blend on-the-ground sessions with deep-work cycles between.

How do you price?

Fixed-fee per phase, agreed up-front. No hourly meters, no surprise overruns. For longer engagements we propose a monthly retainer with clear scope — you can cancel with 30 days’ notice. The first conversation is always free.

What does the first 30 days look like?

Week 1: stakeholder interviews and data baselining. Week 2: synthesis — we present the real problem (often different from the brief). Weeks 3–4: solution direction co-designed with your team. Then we either continue together or hand off cleanly.

Start the conversation

Tell us about the decision in the room.

Most engagements begin with one call. We’ll come back within 24 hours
with a sense of whether — and how — we can help.