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Senior operators who deliver the change they advise
RCK Programme Methods is a partner-led M&A and transformation firm. We started with one question: how do we replace the traditional focus on days billed with an outcome-based model that interlocks our success with yours?
Who we are
A senior core, scaled by network
A core of CxO-grade partners and directors in the UK and Spain, supported by a vetted network of specialist associates across nine jurisdictions. This lets us scale rapidly for large carve-outs without carrying junior bench cost, and bring genuine domain depth precisely when the deal needs it. You pay for partner time, not for layered margin. Our footprint spans the UK and Spain, with associate reach in the UAE and North America.
- Partner-led from scope to close, at a 1:2 senior-to-junior ratio
- Calibrated to deal value, complexity and risk
- Decision-ready output, mapped to the decisions you must make
- Up to 60% of the fee tied to milestones you verify
Source: RCK engagement records, 2026.
Senior CxO leadership
Operators who have held the seat
Every engagement is led by a CxO-grade partner with more than twenty years’ experience. No grad-up, no bait-and-switch. Around 120 combined years across the leadership team below.
Shaun Taylor
Founder & Partner, CxO
Founded RCK to replace day-rate billing with outcome-based delivery. An experienced CxO across CTrO, CIO, COO and CEO roles, with more than twenty ERP, M&A integration and carve-out programmes. Recovered a £3bn industrial software integration and oversaw $110m in cash-builder exits.
Mark Higgs
Director, Technology Leadership
A CIO who recently delivered a €28m IT transformation for a Top-10 FTSE 100 private equity carve-out, saving €4m in IT operating cost, and consolidated four global ERPs into a single SAP S/4HANA instance.
Ewan MacLeod
Chief Transformation / Digital Officer
A former bank CTO and CDO across banking, fintech and corporate venture. Cut technology run costs by 36%, drove a 300% rise in digitally active customers and grew a corporate venture fund from €30m to €1.4bn.
Dr Renato Raho
Senior Operations Lead, CxO
A senior operator across marketing, franchising, organisational design and financial restructuring, who has built and run multi-site branded retail operations of around 500 staff.
Juan Carlos Baca
Director, Global Procurement
A global procurement and supply-chain executive who has led strategic sourcing and post-merger integration for major retail, FMCG and automotive groups, driving supplier consolidation and cost optimisation.
Toby Tarczy
Turnaround, Interim CFO / CRO
Leads distressed turnarounds from the interim CFO and CRO seat, on cash, cost and complex situations across the PE portfolio.
The bench is organised into practices, including Programme Assurance and Technology Operations, and 29 senior associates are supported by a vetted specialist network of 350+. Profiles are confirmed with each operator before an engagement.
Start here
The seven-day read
A fixed-fee Continuity Assurance read prices your execution risk in synergy value in seven days, from a single intake call. It is the fastest way to see the model on your own numbers, and the entry point into every mandate.
- Synergy-at-risk in value terms, by Day 30
- A workstream heatmap and a 30/60/90 move sheet with ROI
- A Day 100 forecast and a clear first move
- Aggregate, pre-close-capable, delivered in seven days
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Senior operators on outcome-linked terms, with the evidence to prove it. Start with a fixed-fee seven-day read, or talk to a partner.
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