Executive Consultants
Board-level strategy and assurance
Elite advisors who set direction, own governance, and lead our Apollo and Opportunity engagements with C-suite accountability.
Our team
Founder-led leadership, backed by a wider delivery team.
Traversally pairs hands-on founder leadership with a tiered team of consultants and a trusted specialist network. Every engagement is staffed with the right expertise for the mission — from executive strategy to principal-level technical delivery.
Co-Founder
Dr. Phininder Balaghan
Co-Founder and CTO of Traversally
A globally experienced AI and transformation leader, speaker, and strategist with a track record across defence, national security, enterprise delivery and public-sector innovation.
- Lead AI Consultant for National Defence and Security
- Former Global AI Capability Lead, shaping strategy across people, partnerships and IP
- Hosted workshops and keynote sessions across AWS, Google Cloud Next, RUSI and Manchester Tech Festival
- Part of UK international technology delegations including Lithuania and UK-Ukraine TechBridge
- PhD in Computational Graph Theory and long-form systems delivery background
Co-Founder
Ian Makin
Co-Founder, CEO and Executive Consultant at Traversally
A transformation and software leader with 25+ years of experience delivering measurable value across data, AI, enterprise architecture, and organisational change.
- Scaled a £600k pilot into a £5M+ per annum enterprise transformation programme
- Built and grew a specialist data and software consultancy to 225 people
- Led software and technical strategy roles across QinetiQ, Naimuri, and Atos
- Recognised for governance, continuity, and optimisation in mission-critical delivery
- BEng in Software Engineering, University of Sheffield
How our team is structured
A tiered consulting team, scaled to each mission.
We operate a tiered access model so the right level of expertise leads every stage of your programme — from boardroom strategy through to hands-on technical delivery.
Strategic Consultants
Vision translated into roadmaps
Architects who convert ambition into actionable strategy and orchestrate the people and process change across Opportunity and Voyager work.
Principal Consultants
Hands-on technical delivery
Technical leads across cloud, security, and data engineering who build, secure, and optimise solutions on Voyager and Perseverance engagements.
Specialist network
Depth on demand across the full programme lifecycle.
Beyond our core team, we draw on a curated network of trusted specialists and delivery partners — so we can scale capability up or down to match the exact shape of your engagement.
Executive advisory
AI governance
Security assurance
Cloud architecture
Data engineering
Solution delivery
Change management
Partner specialists
One accountable leadership thread
Founder-led oversight stays constant, even as specialists join and leave across the programme.
Right expertise, right stage
Each mission is staffed with the specific skills it needs, rather than a fixed one-size-fits-all team.
Capability that compounds
Shared methods, artefacts, and playbooks keep the wider team aligned and improving with every engagement.
Work with our team
Tell us about your mission, and we’ll bring the right people.
Whether you need executive strategy, governance assurance, or hands-on delivery, we’ll assemble the right mix of leadership and specialists for your programme.