01
PRV-009
Strategy & Growth
/
Software
· 2025
Net revenue retention
B2B software company
$40M ARR
Timeline
9 months
Source
Billing system export, FY2024 vs FY2025.
Before
94%
+18 pts
After
112%
01
Strategy & operations · $20M–$500M companies
We move the numbers
your board
actually reads.
Provan is a strategy and operations firm helping mid-market businesses improve performance through measurable, partner-led engagements.
Every result we publish states its baseline, timeline and source — like the one beside this text.
Featured result · PRV-014
Sample data
Order-to-cash cycle
Regional logistics operator
34
days
Baseline 62
14 weeks
Before
62
days
After
34
days
Timeline
14 weeks
Cash released
$4.1M
Stmt.
Baseline vs result
Before
62
−28 days
After
34
Source
Client ERP export, Q1 vs Q3 2025; reviewed by the client's CFO.
01
Format
Fixed scope, 4–16 weeks
02
Team
Partner-led, 2–4 people
03
Reporting
Weekly, against baseline
04
Reply
Within 1 working day
02
Selected results
Three results.
One standard.
Every case is reported in the same six fields — metric, before, after, change, timeline and source — so results can be compared, not just admired.
Sample data
Illustrative sample data. Provan, its people, clients, figures and sources are fictional and shown for demonstration only.
02
PRV-011
Operational Excellence
/
Manufacturing
· 2025
On-time delivery
Industrial components manufacturer
$220M revenue · 3 plants
Timeline
16 weeks
Source
Plant MES data, 8-week rolling averages.
Before
81%
+16 pts
After
97%
03
PRV-012
Strategy & Growth
/
Retail
· 2024
EBITDA margin
PE-backed specialty retailer
$310M revenue · 84 stores
Timeline
11 months
Source
Audited management accounts, FY2023 vs FY2024.
Before
8.2%
+5.4 pts
After
13.6%
03
Situations we’re hired for
Recognise the problem.
Find the fix.
Most clients arrive with a symptom, not a brief. Pick the one closest to yours to see how we approach it and where we have solved it before.
04
Services
Four services.
Scoped and priced up front.
Each engagement has a fixed scope, a named partner and a fee agreed before work begins. Fees shown are starting points for a typical mid-market scope.
05
How an engagement runs
Fourteen weeks.
Measured from week one.
A typical fixed-scope engagement. The baseline is agreed in writing before anything changes, so the result at the end can only be compared with one number.
Weeks 1–3
Diagnose
Understand the situation and fix the baseline before anything changes.
Data pull from your systems
Site and team interviews
Baseline agreed in writing
Finance lead and process owners, ~4 hours a week
Baseline report
Weeks 4–5
Define
Choose the few priorities worth doing and set measurable targets against the baseline.
Opportunity sizing
Priority workshop with leadership
Targets and owners per measure
Leadership team, two half-day sessions
Target sheet and business case
Weeks 6–12
Execute
Implement with your team, not around it. Progress is reported weekly against the baseline.
Workflow and policy changes
Pilots, then roll-out
Weekly progress review
Owners per workstream, 30-minute weekly review
Weekly progress pack
Weeks 13–14
Measure
Compare outcomes with the original baseline and document the result with its source.
Result verified with your finance team
Handover of cadence and tools
Statement of result
CFO sign-off on the figures
Statement of result
06
Selected work
Deeper proof.
Three engagements in detail.
Each case states the question, what we found, what changed and where the figure came from. Clients are described by sector and size, never named.
Case index
07
The people
Partners, not pitch teams.
You meet who does the work.
Four partners, each leading one service. The partner on your first call leads your engagement and attends every weekly review.
P.01 · Leads Strategy & Growth
Helena Marsh
Managing Partner
Leads growth and portfolio work for founder-led and PE-backed companies. Has taken four retail and services businesses through margin-led turnarounds.
Previously
Partner, global strategy consultancy · 11 years
Strategy director, listed retailer
Sectors
Retail · Consumer · Business services
P.02 · Leads Operational Excellence
Tomás Rivera
Partner, Operations
Fifteen years running and fixing plants and networks. Starts every engagement on the floor, with the data the client already has.
Previously
Operations director, industrial manufacturer
Lean programme lead, advisory practice
Sectors
Manufacturing · Logistics · Distribution
P.03 · Leads Performance & Analytics
Anika Shah
Partner, Performance & Analytics
Builds the management view finance teams wish they had: one KPI tree, one model, one monthly pack the board actually reads.
Previously
Group FP&A director, PE-backed distributor
Analytics lead, global consultancy
Sectors
Distribution · Software · Healthcare
P.04 · Leads Transformation & Execution
Daniel Okafor
Partner, Transformation
Runs integrations and operating-model change from the inside, often as interim executive, until the result is in the accounts.
Previously
Interim COO, three PE portfolio companies
Integration lead, transaction advisory firm
Sectors
Healthcare services · Business services
08
Client voice
We had tried to fix collections three times. Provan put a baseline on the table in week two, and every decision after that was argued against it.”
Marta Lindqvist
Chief Financial Officer
Regional logistics operator,
$140M revenue · 1,100 staff
Stmt.
Baseline vs result
Before
62
−28 days
After
34
Source
Client ERP export, Q1 vs Q3 2025; reviewed by the client's CFO.
The board stopped debating store counts and started debating store economics. That shift paid for the engagement inside the first quarter.”
James Whitcombe
Operating Partner, majority shareholder
PE-backed specialty retailer,
$310M revenue · 84 stores
Stmt.
Baseline vs result
Before
8.2
+5.4 pts
After
13.6
Source
Audited management accounts, FY2023 vs FY2024.
09
Questions
Before you call.
Straight answers.
Fees, timing, who does the work and how results are measured — the questions every first call starts with.
01
What does an engagement typically cost?
02
How long does an engagement take?
03
Who actually does the work?
04
How do you measure success?
05
Will you publish our results?
06
Which businesses are a good fit?
07