Ben Johnson
Founder & CEO
Strategist and architect with more than two decades defining and delivering enterprise-scale digital business. Founded BML in 2017 after five years running the back-office replatform at Bupa Global.
People
One senior team,accountable through delivery.
You meet a small senior team: the person who leads your engagement and owns the outcome, the operators who run the work day to day, and the specialists we bring in when your situation needs them. Engagement leadership is always partner-grade, and the rest of the team is picked for the situation rather than drawn from a bench.
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Who leads your engagement
You meet these people first, and they stay. A partner-grade lead holds the outcome from the first call through to exit — no pyramid, no handover to a team you have not met.
Charlie Cannell
Chair
Chair and advisor with deep private equity experience, scaling digital-first businesses and creating long-term shareholder value. Previously the digital driving force inside Inflexion, having earlier led broadband portfolio at BT and integrated digital across major ad agencies.
Jaco Vermeulen
Founder & CTO
M&A technology advisory specialist and career PE portfolio and corporate CTO. Twenty-five years enabling M&A transactions and delivering pragmatic value creation and business transformation. Co-founded BML in 2017 while CTO of the Post Office.
Christel Errill Wolthoorn
Chief Operating Officer
A dedicated business leader and transformation specialist with 15+ years running delivery alongside senior leaders in fast-paced global environments. Holds the operating discipline of the firm: how engagements are staffed, run and evidenced.
Rupert Novis
Chief Commercial Officer
Seasoned executive and non-executive director with 20+ years in entrepreneurial businesses, with a particular focus on the healthcare sector. Devises and implements strategies for sales, partnerships and growth.
Thomas Madden
Chief Product Officer
Strategic digital leader with 20+ years driving transformation across sectors. Focused on digital strategy, innovation, and improving outcomes through people, process and technology.
Erin Langton
Executive Assistant
Brings calm and clarity while combining organisation, foresight and discretion. A people-first approach that keeps the executive team running smoothly.
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Who runs the work day to day
Senior operators, each of whom has carried the outcome themselves client-side, in the kind of role you would be hiring for.
Jim Stevenson
M&A Advisory
Brought in when a deal is unclear, complex or stuck. Works out why and unlocks it, maximising value creation at every stage of the transaction.
Matt Fearon
Sustainability & Transformation Delivery
Excels in innovation, transformation, project delivery and relationship management. No-nonsense; committed to sustainable solutions and building strong client and team connections.
Simon Mould
Transformation & Programme Delivery
A pain if you want things to remain the same. If you want to create a new and better future, Simon will be your new best friend.
Duncan Prior
Technology–Business Alignment
Aligns IT with the business, elevates technology vendor relationships into strategic partnerships, and delivers programmes that result in true transformation for clients.
Dan Peters
Technology Strategy & Digital Delivery
Track record of delivering large-scale digital transformation across gaming, construction, retail, banking and real estate. Comfortable selling the roadmap to the C-suite and rolling up his sleeves with engineering teams so people, process and technology keep pace with the business.
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Who we bring in for your situation
Drawn in for your situation — legal operations, ethical AI, data architecture, cyber, programme recovery and more — vetted, and led by the same engagement lead throughout.
Alia Ali
Legal Operations
Seasoned legal subject matter expert who supports BML's clients in navigating digital transformation. Strong background in legal operations and strategy; ensures technology delivers real business impact.
Deborah Webster
Ethical AI Advisory
Founder of AmaniLabs and ForHumanity Fellow. Cuts through the noise and niceties to help leaders build systems that work ethically, strategically and with real, lasting value.
Howard Moore
GRC & Operational Resilience
GRC and Operational leader with over 20 years of experience delivering adult supervision and operational excellence within global financial institutions (MD-level) and high-growth fintech scale-ups. A builder’s mindset, recently founding and scaling AI-driven operational automation platforms.
Cate Fearon
Business Finance & Supplier Management
Twenty years in business finance, with an early career as a business analyst in the tech sector. Combines financial rigour with a people-focused approach, managing supplier relationships with care and efficiency.
Martin Rookyard
Data & Programme Delivery
Senior consultant Program and Project Manager with over 30 years experience and with deep Data experience delivering within large enterprises across Finance, Telecoms and Retail sectors.
Lucinda Springett
Transformation Leadership
Seasoned transformation leader with a robust track record across multiple industries. Brings a strategic, pragmatic approach to driving meaningful change, coaching clients to navigate uncertainty, mobilise resources and make swift, well-informed decisions. Collaborative and passionate about aligning organisational strategy with on-the-ground execution to get shift done.
Laura Watson
Change Communications & Business Readiness
Communications and Business Readiness Lead with twenty years' experience delivering insight-led, people-centred organisational change communications for M&A, technology transformation and carve-out. Brings a balance of strategic thinking and practical delivery to turn complex change into clear, meaningful experiences that drive business outcomes. Rooted in clarity, trust and human connection.
Jatinder Kandola
Programme Recovery
A versatile Business Change and Transformation Consultant with a proven track record of leading and delivering complex business and technology change. A strategic thinker, recognised for building strong relationships, with a particular strength in successfully recovering challenged or failing programmes and projects.
Abdul Kadar Moosa
Data Architecture & AI-Enabled Platforms
Senior data architect with over 20 years delivering large-scale data platforms and digital transformation programmes. Deep expertise in data strategy, architecture, governance and AI-enabled solutions that align with evolving business and customer needs.
Jee Chavda
Large-Scale Business Change
10+ years delivering large-scale transformation across retail, payroll, healthcare and local government. Led workstreams in a UK-wide divestiture programme and an integrated care model across health and social care, bridging technical and non-technical teams to drive strategic change.
Roland Cook
Business Change & Cyber
Business change and cybersecurity specialist with 25 years' experience. Helps senior leaders turn complex, high-pressure situations into clear, executable plans — particularly around post-merger integration, operating model design and cyber risk reduction. A certified ILM Level 7 executive coach.
Iain Hollywood
Programme & PMO Delivery
A confident, flexible, dynamic and engaging change professional with 20 years broad sector and deep pragmatic people centred enterprise, portfolio and programme project delivery and PMO experience.
We hire operators who have carried the outcome themselves.