Our team

Highly experienced integration and transformation leader.

Natalie is a highly accomplished integration and transformation leader who empowers business leaders to unlock maximum value from their strategic initiatives. With over two decades of consulting experience, she brings profound expertise in performance culture, leadership development, stakeholder engagement, and operating model transformation across diverse sectors.

Before founding WhartonBC, Natalie spearheaded significant change as the UK FSI Culture Change Lead and Digital Transformation Lead for Deloitte. Her insights are highly sought after; she’s a regular speaker for prestigious organizations including the FCA, the Chartered Bankers Institute, the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment, and Women in Banking & Finance.

Natalie’s exceptional leadership has been recognised with the Business Culture Award (BCA) for Leadership, and she was a finalist for Leader of the Year at the UK Business Awards in both 2021 and 2022.

Exceptional integration leader specialising in operating model transformation

Liz leads our operating model transformation practice with nearly two decades of consulting and in-house experience. She partners with PE-backed businesses and corporate leaders to maximise value creation through strategic transformation and integration.

Liz boasts an unrivalled track record in delivering complex transformations. She works closely with leaders to design and implement future-focused, efficient operating models, ensuring an aligned culture and leadership team that lays the foundation for sustained growth and future performance. Collaborating seamlessly with clients, Liz uncovers hidden value and unlocks optimisation opportunities through restructuring, performance culture initiatives, and comprehensive leadership assessments.

When she’s not driving transformational change, Liz enjoys paddle-boarding, long dog walks, and embracing the great outdoors.

Highly experienced Organisational Development, Talent & Leadership Expert

Sarah is a highly experienced and dynamic leadership and talent development specialist, with over 20 years in-house and consulting experience supporting people transformation at all levels of an organisation.
As a Chartered Business and Coaching Psychologist, Sarah focuses on engaging and aligning leadership teams at all stages of their development to unlock more effective and efficient ways of working, building future focused mindsets and capabilities and creating holistic talent strategies that drive people value creation.
Sarah is particularly passionate about enhancing Board and Senior Leadership Team effectiveness, leveraging both individual and collective strengths while addressing gaps and areas for growth and enhancing team dynamics to drive performance.
Sarah has extensive client delivery experience across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, with a specialist focus on transformation and integration in the Insurance sector. As a parent to a child with complex needs, she is also an active advocate of supporting people to find their potential, is a charity mentor and sometimes squeezes in much loved trips to the theatre!

Operating Model & Organisation Design Expert

William is a highly commercial organisation transformation leader, who brings over 15 years’ experience driving business-critical change across both consulting and industry. His career has been defined by leading large-scale organisation design and transformation programmes that solve complex workforce challenges and deliver meaningful impact to his clients.

With a strong focus on the Insurance sector, he specialises in organisation design, operating model transformation and change leadership, working in fast-paced, multi-site, international environments. Whether advising C-suite stakeholders or embedding change across diverse teams, he brings a reputation for sound judgement, strategic thinking and the agility to deliver results at pace.

Outside of work, William is passionate about history and enjoys walking in the countryside with his wife and golden retriever. He is also a keen sports fan, attending Leicester Tigers’ matches whenever he can.

People-first Business Transformation & Organisational Change Leader

James is a business transformation leader, having built client facing experience across Strategy Consulting, Management Consulting and Advisory Services. He is a specialist in designing, leading, and delivering complex people-first organisational change and business transformation improvement programmes.

James has deep experience in a range of business transformation competencies, including operating model & organisational design, change management, workforce & talent strategy, training, communications, project management, business readiness and stakeholder management.

He has a passion for technology and leads our thinking on how the successful integration of technologies can drive long term people focused outcomes.

Outside of work, James is a big sports fan (especially cricket and football), enjoys travelling the world and spending time with his wife and Roo (their Hungarian Vizsla)

As Operations Manager for WhartonBC Hannah leverages her legal training and professional services experience to drive operational efficiency, enhance governance, and implement robust security strategies. Her career journey has been marked by a passion for people-centered solutions, the integration of best practices in governance, and ensuring organisations operate with the highest standards of security and compliance.

Trained as a lawyer, she brings a unique perspective to problem-solving, focusing on the strategic alignment of legal, operational, and business objectives. Her goal is to build strong, lasting relationships with clients and colleagues while fostering a culture of transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Growth and value creation leader focused on integration, acceleration, and commercial transformation

Arif is a commercially focused transformation leader with deep expertise in strategy execution, growth enablement, and operational improvement. With over 20 years of experience across consulting and executive industry roles, he helps organisations bridge the gap between ambition and delivery – turning complex challenges into practical, value-generating outcomes.

He combines analytical rigour with hands-on delivery, supporting leadership teams to reshape commercial models, strengthen go-to-market approaches, and accelerate performance across sales, marketing, and customer experience. Equally comfortable in the boardroom or on the ground, Arif is known for fostering alignment, building momentum, and delivering lasting impact.

His work spans a wide range of sectors and business contexts, from integration through to scaling both at company and functional level. As a trusted partner, he is often brought in during moments of inflection, whether to unlock growth, lead transformation, or prepare for investment and scale.

Outside work, Arif enjoys spending time with his family and geeking out on building technology projects.

Expert on Culture, Conduct and Regulation

Rick brings expertise in regulation, governance, organisational culture, and public policy across financial services, healthcare, and technology. He advises clients on complex regulatory challenges, policy design and implementation, and the development of ethical, resilient systems that build public trust.

With a background in both government and industry, Rick specialises in helping organisations navigate regulatory change, engage effectively with policymakers, and translate strategic objectives into practical, measurable outcomes. His work often focuses on culture, conduct, professional standards, and the role of technology in regulation.

Rick has supported clients in the UK and internationally to develop forward-looking strategies, strengthen stakeholder relationships, and improve outcomes for consumers and professionals alike. He combines a legal mindset with a pragmatic, systems-based approach to deliver data-driven insights and impact in fast-moving policy environments.

Rick loves travelling, Yoga and hiking with his partner and dog.

Experienced finance professional with strong analytical skills.

Katherine has a strong track record of successfully engaging within and beyond finance teams and delivering results by working at all levels within a variety of organisations. Katherine comes from a blue-chip background encompassing a breadth of sectors.

Her key skills include budgeting and strategic planning, multi-national and long-term projects, business case and cost reduction aspects of finance.

Highly motivated SME in organisational transformation and change management.

Abigail is an HR SME with 8 years consulting experience, working on global HR transformations, system implementations and culture change programmes.

Abigail’s specialist skills include process optimisation, technology adoption, training and meeting facilitation, project management, change and training strategy and service delivery model design.

Abigail has helped clients to successfully transform and diversify their businesses through managing their people and change strategy. She has held lead roles in large scale projects across multiple sectors including: Financial Services, Consumer Business and Life Sciences and Health Care.

Operating model consultant with HR strategy, recruitment and leadership expertise​

Nick’s 8+ years of Big 5 consulting experience have helped him develop a range of skills in Strategy, Culture Change, Leadership Development, Learning and Capability Design​.

​Clients value Nick’s supportive and engaging style, which he has adapted to suit projects across consumer goods, professional services, and financial services. Nick always focuses on quality delivery and engagement, and is a valued collaborator of Wharton Business Consulting.

Experienced target operating model and organisation design specialist for leading global brands.

Sanj is an ex Big 4 management consultant who brings 24 years’ professional experience across a wide range of listed (FTSE and Fortune 100), mid-sized, PE owned & start-up companies. His expertise lies in designing and delivering target operating model and organisational changes in complex, dynamic environments, particularly within corporate functions such as Finance, IT, HR, Contact Centre, Sales, Field Operations and Procurement.

Sanj’s engagement portfolio includes global programmes within Telecoms, Retail, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Technology, Oil & Gas and Financial Services.

Sanj is an ACA and CIMA qualified professional and a APMG certified Change Practitioner. He has held line roles in industry and consulting with hands-on experience in managing global teams, working with Board level executives, and managing strategic external partners such as systems integrators, consulting firms and outsourcing providers.