About us

Who We Are

PEF Consulting Partners exists to do the hard parts of transformation properly: the large, contractual, off track programmes where the cost of failure is real.

Talk to us

30+ yearsof combined senior delivery
£1m to £13bnprogramme scale
Energy to financeand everything between

Why we exist

We are a specialist management and technology transformation consultancy, built on a simple frustration with how change is usually sold: senior people win the work and junior people deliver it, fees scale with headcount rather than outcomes, and the honest conversation arrives too late. We are built the other way round. The senior people in the room are the people who do the work and stay accountable for the result, and we would rather tell you what is hard than what is comfortable.

What we believe

Seniority without the overhead

The people who win your work are the people who do it. No pyramid, no hand off, no learning on your budget.

Honesty over optimism

We tell you what is hard and what could go wrong, and we build independent assurance in so bad news arrives in time to act on.

Delivery, not decks

We are measured by what actually lands, not by the quality of the slides. Programmes in real difficulty are handed back working.

Leave you stronger

We transfer knowledge deliberately and plan our own exit from day one, so you are more capable when we finish, not dependent.

Small and senior by design

We are small enough that senior people do the work and stay accountable, and experienced enough to have delivered at the largest scale in demanding, regulated environments, from the £9bn separation of National Grid ESO into NESO to the recovery of BP’s £13bn charging rollout. For focused, high stakes work, that is faster, sharper and better value than a large firm’s pyramid. Meet the people behind it on our people page.

HOW WE WORKA controlled path from goal to benefit1UnderstandYour goals, systems and risks2ShapeThe approach and business case3MobiliseThe team and operating model4DeliverControlled, governed delivery5AssureIndependent quality and control6RealiseStabilised, savings secured

Want to work with a firm built this way?

Tell us what you are facing and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right people for it.

Get in touch

Sector agnostic

One delivery standard. Every sector.

The discipline that lands a programme is the same wherever it runs. The sector sets the context; it does not set the standard.

Energy & utilities
Suppliers, networks, water

Financial services
Regulated finance & operations

Public sector
Central & local government

Private equity
Value creation & integration

Technology
Scale-ups to enterprise

Regulated markets
Where scrutiny is unforgiving