Ashvaren Advisory provides strategic support to founders and leadership teams who are growing their businesses and need thoughtful, experienced input across finance, operations and commercial strategy.

Our core services include:

• Fractional CFO and Financial Leadership: part-time financial stewardship, board reporting, forecasting and commercial oversight;

• Operational and Organisational Design: support with team structure, process clarity and scalable systems;

• Strategic and Commercial Advisory: guidance on business models, pricing, market entry and decision-making frameworks;

• Executive Teach-ins and Strategic Offsites: bespoke sessions to align leadership teams, interrogate key assumptions or prepare for pivotal phases of growth;

• Training and Management Development: practical coaching and capability-building for emerging leaders, helping equip teams with the skills needed to manage well under pressure.

We usually work with a small number of clients at any one time to ensure depth of engagement and long-term value.

We recommend an initial exploratory conversation. There is no pitch or pressure — just a chance to understand your context, challenges and goals. If there’s a good fit, we can outline options for how we might work together, whether that’s a one-off engagement, a short project, or a longer-term advisory role.

We’re happy to work with your existing team or alongside other advisers. The goal is to bring clarity and structure to what matters most, not to overcomplicate.

To start that conversation, simply email us at enquiries@ashvaren.com or use the contact form on the website.

Ashvaren combines technical depth with strategic calm. What sets us apart is not just experience, but how that experience is applied.

• We bring a wide-ranging skillset — covering law, finance, operations and board-level decision-making — but apply it in a practical, low-ego way;

• We take a relational approach to advisory work: listening carefully, asking the right questions and never overselling;

• We work discreetly, quietly and carefully, helping leadership teams build what lasts, not chase short-term noise;

• We are data-fluent and insight-led, equally comfortable challenging assumptions with evidence or engaging founder instinct with structure.

Clients come to us when the business has outgrown its early stage and needs clarity, maturity and a trusted external voice.

You can get in touch by emailing enquiries@ashvaren.com, or by completing the contact form on this website. We aim to reply to all genuine enquiries within two working days.

All client conversations are treated in confidence. We do not outsource correspondence or put you through layers of admin. You’ll hear directly from Mike or one of the core team.

Our pricing is based on the scope, complexity and duration of engagement. We typically work on one of three models:

• Monthly retainer: for ongoing advisory or part-time CFO/COO work;

• Fixed-fee project: for defined deliverables such as strategic reviews, planning sessions or training;

• Day rate or sessional: for executive teach-ins, board prep, or short-term support.

We are transparent on pricing, with no hidden charges or unexpected extras. We are always happy to discuss options and adjust scope to meet your needs and budget. If we are not the right fit, we will say so plainly.

Clients often describe working with Ashvaren as clear, steadying and quietly transformative.

We are structured without being rigid; professional without being corporate; strategic without being abstract. We are not interested in vague frameworks or generic recommendations. Instead, we bring focused, context-aware advice rooted in real operational and boardroom experience.

We ask good questions, challenge constructively and help founders and senior teams think more clearly — about what matters now and what needs to be true for the next stage of growth.