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Owner-focused business advisory

For the decisions that shape your business.

Strata works with owners and leadership teams on growth, investment, performance, transformation and continuity. We combine strategic judgement, financial discipline and practical execution around the issue that matters.

When owners bring us in

The issue is rarely one function. It is a business moment.

01

Growth has outpaced the organisation.

Reporting, authority, controls and management capability have not evolved as quickly as the business.

02

A major investment decision is on the table.

A new venture, expansion or project needs clear economics, realistic risks and an executable path.

03

Performance is visible, but not understood.

Revenue is known; the real drivers of margin, cash, working capital and return are not.

04

A business or project needs intervention.

Cash is under pressure, execution has slipped or the existing model is no longer delivering.

05

The business must endure beyond the founder.

Ownership, leadership, family roles and succession need structure before ambiguity becomes risk.

Selected experience

Real mandates. Complex business situations.

A selection of Strata Consulting engagements. Client identities are withheld to respect confidentiality.

Business transformation

Rebuilding the operating model behind a growing e-commerce business.

Strategy overhaul, KPI and performance management, finance-function establishment, ERP selection and implementation, brand strategy and commercial partnerships.

StrategyFinanceTransformation
Governance & ongoing advisory

Supporting ownership beyond a one-off assignment.

Shareholder governance followed by continuing advice on SAP, governance and related business matters as ownership and management requirements evolve.

GovernanceSAPAdvisory
Project turnaround

Restoring momentum to a challenged real-estate development.

Investment mobilisation, cash-flow management, sales strategy, marketing, project monitoring and hands-on commercial execution.

TurnaroundCapitalExecution
New venture development

Taking shrimp farming from sector evaluation toward a pilot.

Technical and commercial advisory for a diversified business group evaluating sector entry, now progressing toward a small-scale pilot project.

TechnicalCommercialNew venture
One business problem rarely belongs to one function.

Strata stays close enough to execution to help make the solution work. Where a mandate needs specialist expertise, we bring the right financial, technical, legal or sector capability into one accountable engagement.

Family Business & Continuity

Built by one generation. Structured for the next.

We help owners create clarity around succession, ownership, leadership and family participation before ambiguity becomes a business risk.

Explore Family Business
Succession & leadership transition
Ownership & shareholder governance
Family roles & decision rights
Next-generation participation
Leadership
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Senior experience. Institutional delivery.

Operating experience, applied as advisory.

Strata was founded by Muhammad Shahid Aslam, FCA, LLB and EMBA, following two decades across finance, strategy, governance, legal, risk and business transformation. The firm combines that leadership perspective with specialist expertise where the mandate requires it.

20+ yearsFCA · LLB · EMBAPakistan · UAE · UK exposure
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