Covelent works primarily with mid-market private equity funds and corporates with annual revenues up to $2bn on topics including due diligence, acquisitions and integrations, long- and short-term corporate and business unit strategy, and profitability improvement. Since 2023 Covelent has advised on more than 15 strategy engagements, 22 market studies, 11 buy-side and 3 sell-side deals ranging from $10-$250m including platform, roll ups and add ons.

Non-founding partner, CCO and Strategy Practice lead. During this period, the firm achieved strong growth and introduced new innovations to clients. Nik enabled Rad to grow from 4 to 130 FTE and built an £11m Practice. Nik owned P&L and growth strategy across EMEA. Established Portugal office (15 consultants). Nik primarily advised technology, telecoms and energy clients, focusing on operational excellence and corporate transformations for telcos, energy companies and hospitality companies.
● Select project experience:
● • Energy: Led three 3Y transformation programmes. Delivered £5m p.a. savings via a payment consolidation initiative. Consolidated technology suppliers. Optimised £60m business unit, achieving 30% operational efficiency gains.
• Telco: Advised a 2Y £450m post-merger integration across 12 functions and 400 staff. Worked with CEO, CIO, and GP team Led additional £20m cost savings through synergies and cost analysis
• Wholesale: 10Y Digital transformation, unlocking £6

• Led strategic growth initiatives for an $800bn AUM asset manager, including building out the MENA region, supported EMEA CEO with employee analysis, operating model design, and processes design. Advised on incentive analysis, and developing strategies to improve productivity and retention. Supported the acquisition of an infrastructure asset class team, led its integration team (4), and supported fund setup and process implementation.
• Functional experience: market expansion, business transformation, organisational design, and process optimisation.
• Capabilities: international expansion, operating model design, operational excellence, process improvement, partnership development, integration, capital raising.

• Advised EMEA CEO/COO on est. MENA region for a $1.4TN AUM global bank, including market mapping, growth strategies (6 countries), office operationalisation (management structures, product/asset mix analysis) and, go-to-market
• Functional exp: market entry strategy, organisational design, product strategy, client onboarding, and portfolio management.
• Capabilities: market mapping, growth strategy execution, operations, management model analysis, and product analysis.

Joined central UKI business development team, advising and selling strategy and transformation opportunities $20m+
• Acquired a $30m account, delivering a growth strategy engagement for a UK challenger bank worked with CEO and CFO.
• Functional experience: deal shaping, negotiation, deal structuring, bid management
• Capabilities: financial modelling, pricing analysis, cost analysis, market sizing, process excellence, resourcing

Management Consulting
• Worked predominantly across the financial services vertical in UK and Ireland covering sub sectors including private equity, capital markets, insurance, asset management and retail banking.
• Functional experience: corporate and business unit strategy, due diligence (4 deals), performance improvement, cost optimisation, growth strategy, organisational design.
• Capabilities: Revenue analysis, cost analysis, process design/improvement, market mapping/sizing, org design, op excellence.
• IB: 3Y Organisational design for a leadi

• Supported Strategy and Insights VP, focusing on growth and expansion of the firm's equities and equity derivatives products across the UK and Europe. Worked on fund launches, capital raising strategies, product development and analysis.
• Functional experience: market research, competitive analysis, growth strategy, product strategy, operational efficiency, M&A.
• Capabilities: performance analysis, market sizing/mapping, process optimisation, benchmarking, strategic planning.

• Due diligence: Conducted market and financial analyses for deals totalling £2.5 billion.
• Integration: Analysed operational data and adapted frameworks that facilitated 15% higher-than-expected synergy realisation post-merger (CPG) and supported development of TOM.
• Valuation assessments: Built financial models and conducted scenario analyses to inform a $500m acquisition in a high-growth technology sub sector.
• Streamlined client deliverables: Conducted detailed data synthesis and process mapping, supported reduction of transaction evaluation timelines by 30%.