Welcome to Project Virgil: Structured one-to-one career guidance for senior professionals navigating or preparing for change.
You may be facing a decision that carries more weight than first appears. You may be navigating a mid-career transition, or sensing that change may be coming: you may be unsure whether your position is structurally secure, or what your options really are. You may be faced with a major change that you’ve never experienced before, and which may be destabilising and hard to navigate.
Professional life has rarely been less predictable than today. Automation, consolidation, shifting business models and institutional volatility are reshaping what career stability and progression look like. Capability, qualifications and hard-earned experience are no longer enough. Resilience now requires structure, clarity and foresight to ensure you have agency and choice. At mid-career you want to make deliberate decisions, rather than reactive ones.
I have spent my career operating within one of the most volatile professional sectors – the global music industry – where technological disruption, regulatory change and power realignment are constant.
Working at senior level at the intersection of IP rights, data, institutions and economics has required sustained attention to structural forces and incentive dynamics.
Navigating turbulence, both institutional and personal, has reinforced for me the importance of clarity, foresight and identifying (or creating) options.
This experience now informs the guidance I provide to others: applying lessons from a notoriously volatile industry to strengthen your career resilience.
I provide structured guidance on career resilience for senior professionals who want disciplined perspective at significant career points.
This is a confidential, one-to-one advisory service. It is designed for experienced professionals who are:
Considering a move, exit or redefinition of role
Navigating restructuring, redundancy or institutional change
Reassessing long-term direction
Seeking an ongoing strategic sounding board
Our sessions are structured, focused and practical. Together we examine:
What are the real issues beneath what you’re seeing?
Where do power and incentives really sit?
How exposed is your position to structural change?
Are your options widening or narrowing?
What risks are visible? Which are not yet obvious?
What is your tolerance framework for trade-offs and compromises?
This is not motivational coaching, and it isn’t therapy. Neither is it generic ‘career advice’ or ‘life coaching’.
It is structured strategic thinking applied to your professional position, supporting you to make decisions that are informed, deliberate and resilient.
We usually work within one of the structures detailed below. These are not prescriptive, and we are happy to design a bespoke structure for you, depending on your requirements.
A focused 90-minute session for a specific decision or inflection point.
You leave with structured clarity on risks, trade-offs and positioning.
A defined 2–3 month engagement for navigating a professional shift.
You receive structured sessions and disciplined transition planning.
An ongoing monthly advisory relationship.
You receive a confidential sounding board to protect long-term trajectory, influence and resilience.
If you would like to explore whether this approach is right for you, enquiries are handled in confidence.