Bank of England Governor and CFO of the World Bank Group recently challenged the banking sector to ‘keep finance safe but do not shut out the vulnerable’ in the process. Syrians are the latest population to suffer the de-risking practices of banks, not helped by the collapse internally of their own banking system. Informal networks of 'money men' have filled the void, providing the most efficient means to transfer funds. We assessed how to get money safely to people in the midst of the conflict and avoid it falling into the hands of Islamist extremists and other sanctioned entities.

It is well known that the start-up is the most important and difficult stage of a clinical trial, marked by costly delays and subsequent revenue loss. A market leader in outsourcing clinical trials used us as a ‘Trojan horse’ to transform project kick-offs in 8 therapeutic areas, helping project managers gain rapid traction and sustain momentum which, in turn, fostered continuous and measurable improvement across the organisation. An international NGO engaged us to negotiate with two pharma for a combined trial that would solve Multi Drug Resistant (MDR)-TB.