Strategic Advisory & Interim Leadership
Strategic advisory and interim leadership for local authorities, NHS systems and public sector partnerships navigating complex change.
StrategicPlace works with organisations where the challenge is real, the stakes are high and the problem doesn't sit neatly in one box.
Rationalising fragmented, costly estates across multiple trusts and geographies — where a system-level view is essential.
Authorities merging across England — consolidating assets, integrating cultures and restructuring finances simultaneously.
Councils under Exceptional Financial Support or Best Value Notice requiring rapid savings delivery and capital receipt programmes.
System-level place leadership where health and local government need to move together — and usually don't speak the same language.
Named delivery partner for OPE programmes — not advisory input, but experienced on-the-ground delivery.
Housing associations, NHS Foundation Trusts and public bodies requiring property and capital expertise at board level.
"If your challenge sits at the intersection of estates, finance and system transformation — this is where StrategicPlace operates."
The difficulty is when strategy, capital and assets all need to move together — and nobody in the room has done all of them.
Sit in an NHS board room with governance authority and credibility
Lead in a council leadership meeting with operational delivery track record
Structure capital, understand development finance and manage complex portfolios
Deliver system-wide transformation — not just advise on it
Navigate the political environment both sectors operate in
Apply AI implementation thinking to public sector systems with practitioner credibility
Track record
The shift from day-rate advisory to genuine value creation means structuring work where knowledge creates outcomes — not just reports.
Embedded, outcome-focused engagements — from a focused diagnostic to a multi-year interim director role.
End-to-end portfolio effectiveness reviews (corporate and Investment) and disposal programmes for non-performing assets. Fees aligned to outcomes.
Asset consolidation, financial strategy and culture integration across merging authorities. Fee linked to verified savings at scale.
Proven methodology across NHS Trusts and councils — designed and delivered, not just reported. Replicable across all 42 ICS areas.
Cranfield · Cass · Saïd (AI in progress)
Oliver Judges is the founder of StrategicPlace Ltd, a strategic advisory practice working at the intersection of health systems, public sector assets and capital delivery.
With over 25 years of executive and advisory experience across local government, the NHS and not-for-profit organisations, Oliver occupies a genuinely rare position in the UK market. He has chaired NHS Trust boards, led multi-directorate transformation in local authorities, managed £250m property portfolios, delivered £170m+ capital programmes and designed system-wide estates strategies spanning nine NHS Trusts and ten councils.
StrategicPlace works on engagements where the problem is hard, the stakes are real and the right adviser needs to understand all three dimensions: the systems, the assets and the money.
If you're facing a challenge that sits across health, assets and capital — and need someone who has done all three — get in touch.
oliver@strategicplace.co.uk