Short pitch for Chris C Fox Consulting to financial services decision makers

1. Chris C Fox Consulting
Helping financial services decision
makers develop and execute better
strategies more effectively

2. Why should
you hire me?
You’ve got something on your mind
● How will you find growth when customers are increasingly
disengaged and expecting everything to be instant an easy?
● Who is about to completely disrupt my business?
● What legacy skeletons are hiding in your closet and when will
the regulator shine the spotlight on you?
● How can I organise my area to be more effective and
responsive to change?
You don’t have enough time to look into it deeply enough yourself
Your team lacks the capacity, capability or objectivity; you don’t
want to start restructuring or hiring until you’re surer you know what
you want to do and you want some fresh, independent thinking
Time is running out before your boss / board starts asking
questions you can’t yet answer

3. What will you
get?
Independent and objective capacity on a temporary basis
25+ years of industry experience and knowledge; real breadth and
depth
Someone who talks to you, your colleagues, and teams across all
disciplines, using the language each understands
Someone who asks penetrating and challenging questions in a
non-confrontational manner
Evidence-based analysis of the real underlying issues
Creative solutions which can work within the context of your
business
Programme mobilisation, direction and management that delivers
results
Plain talk
Handover to your existing teams or advice on what steps you need
to take to build them

4. WhatIwon’t
do
● Try and upsell you a small army of junior consultants
straight out of university, while I go off in search of the
next sale
● Try and work around you to get to your boss
● Try and sell you the same solution I just sold to your
competitor
● Try and talk down your existing strategy and capabilities
just to justify my existence
● Try to make myself indispensable and hang around after
I’ve served my purpose
● Bring my own agenda

5. What have I
done in the
past?
Developed a legacy customer contact strategy and operating
model pursuant to the FCA’s TR16/2. Achieved board approval to
invest £33m over 5 years.
Developed an mobilised a turnaround strategy for a protection
business: turned C23%/annum decline into C51%/annum
improvement in new business.
Interim marketing director, leading a rebrand and restructure.
Developed a target operating model for the international wealth
division of a bank.
Developed the operating and cost model for a new entrant into the
D2C life insurance space.
Developed (inception to launch) a retail financial planning web-site.

6. Supply side pressures
Regulatory change:
● Solvency II
● MIFIDII
● TR16/2
● GDPR
● Auto Enrolment
● Pensions Freedoms
Industry consolidation
Political and economic uncertainty
● #Brexit
● rise populism
● resurgence of the right
Demand side pressures
Instant gratification: immediate and
easy
Loss of trust in the establishment
Rise of challenger and
extra-industry brands
Fintech / Insurtech
Our industry is under pressure from both sides
There is an increasing demand for, and shortage of, creative and disciplined thinking.

7. Don’t just take my word for it. Here’s how other executives have described me/my work

8. Or, in a nutshell...
I would work with Chris again without any hesitation.
Bob Head, Group HR and Strategy Director, Old Mutual plc
I would have no hesitation recommending Chris.
Tim Harris, Group Finance Director, Royal London
I have no doubt that we will be seeking out Chris's services again in the future.
Isobel Langton, CEO Intermediary Division, Royal London
I would have no hesitation in recommending Chris.
Alex Duncan, Chief Risk Officer, Just Retirement

9. Take a load off your mind
CONTACT ME
chris@chriscfox.com
077 860 21712
www.chriscfox.com
https://twitter.com/chriscfox
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chriscfox
https://www.facebook.com/StrategicCoffee/
http://strategiccoffee.chriscfox.com/

10. Biography
Chris is an MBA-qualified, experienced strategy and management consultant,
programme director and interim manager, with over 25 years of experience in the
financial services sector: 16 in industry and 9 as an independent.
He works with senior decision makers in the financial services sector to develop
and execute strategy and change.
Past projects have included turnarounds, new market entry, digital disruption, target
operating model (TOM) development, M&A and response to regulatory change.
Chris thrives in situations characterised by uncertainty, ambiguity and conflicting priorities. He combines
rigorous and structured analysis with strong stakeholder engagement to develop proposals which people get
behind. As an independent strategy consultant, Chris is brings a cross-disciplinary and objective perspective.
Chris is driven by curiosity and a passion for progress.
He values rigour in analysis, discipline in execution, and mutual respect and integrity in relationships.