Advisory

The structure behind vision. We deliver clarity, structure, and outcomes.

Our Approach

Clarity is rare. Structure is hard-won. Outcomes matter most.

At Orkawild, we don’t step in to deliver answers for you — we work with you. We guide, advise, and mentor leaders through complexity so outcomes are achieved together. What remains is not reliance on us, but enduring clarity, capability, and confidence within your organisation.

We are selective by design, working only with a handful of boards, executives, and founders each year — those shaping what comes next in sport, education, consumer ventures, and complex institutions.

How We Work Together

Advisory Retainer – Ongoing Guidance, Support & Mentorship

We don’t operate as external consultants who “deliver” answers. Our role is to work with you, side by side, helping you and your leadership team navigate complexity and grow stronger in the process.

Every retainer engagement is designed to:

• Provide independent perspective when decisions matter most

• Support leaders as a mentor and guide, not as an outsourced arm

• Strengthen internal clarity, judgement, and confidence

• Ensure outcomes are achieved and capability remains inside the organisation

Our focus is not creating reliance, but leaving behind stronger leaders, sharper decision-making, and systems that endure.

Project Engagement – Defined Outcomes

We don’t arrive with a blueprint to impose. Every project is a journey we take with you, shaping clarity and structure together so the organisation owns both the decisions and the outcomes.

Our project engagements are designed to:

• Guide leaders and teams through pivotal moments of transformation or growth

• Co-design reforms and ventures so they are understood, accepted, and sustainable

• Provide structure and clarity without removing ownership from the institution

• Ensure capability is strengthened, so outcomes endure long after the project ends

Examples include:

• Governance reform and cultural alignment programs

• Institutional renewal and structural reform

• Venture design, brand creation, and facility concepts

• Strategic resets that clarify direction and build confidence for the future

Every project closes with embedded clarity and capability — not reliance on us, but confidence in your own leadership.

Why Clients Choose Us

• With, not for – We work alongside your leadership, guiding and empowering rather than delivering from the outside.

• Judgement + Mentorship – We provide clarity, perspective, and coaching that strengthen leaders and sharpen decision-making.

• Enduring Capability – Every engagement leaves behind systems, confidence, and capability — not reliance.

• Proven Experience – Over 30 years across governance, transformation, and strategic leadership, with lived experience in building and scaling ventures.
  

The Seven Spells of a Modern Merlin

1. Clarity – cutting through noise

2. Judgement – knowing when and how to act

3. Transformation – reshaping systems for resilience

4. Story – aligning identity and vision

5. Alchemy – turning ambition into strategy

6. Mentorship – unlocking leadership confidence

7. Outcomes – results that last
   

Where We Specialise

Our advisory work is diverse but always selective. We specialise in areas where clarity, structure, and growth matter most:

• Sport — governance reform, participation models, and emerging ventures

• Education & Institutions — complex governance, integration, and renewal

• Consumer Ventures — brand development, market entry, and structural growth

• Non-Profits & Memberships — cultural renewal, alignment, and sustainability
  

Let’s Talk

If you’re leading a board, venture, or institution and need clarity for what’s next — we should talk.

Independent by design. Selective by choice. Focused on outcomes that endure.