Helping businesses capture the strategic value of AI

We’ll cut through the hype and build a clear, actionable AI strategy—aligned with your business priorities, grounded in your existing technology landscape, and focused on measurable outcomes.

  • AI Strategy Development
  • Discovery & Design of high-impact AI opportunities
  • Roadmap for AI adoption and governance
  • Solutions, use-cases and vendor assessments
  • Ongoing advisory to ensure sustained results

12+ Years of Impactful Experience in Global Businesses

Razvan Popescu
Founder & Principal Consultant

🧠 AI Strategy Lead – Johnson Matthey
🏢 Architect, Principal Consultant – NTT DATA
📍 Based in London | Works globally

  • Leading AI strategy and roadmap design for a global chemicals and clean tech company
  • Architecting and deploying enterprise solutions, including in regulated environments
  • Advising business leaders on digital investment decisions, IT strategy and cloud alignment
  • Trusted advisor across multiple enterprise digital programmes

Some of the global companies that Razvan has worked with:

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Stay ahead of AI disruptions. Look beyond tomorrow to adapt and thrive in the evolving landscape.

Accelerated Growth

  • Unlock AI-driven opportunities that expedite market impact and fuel long-term business growth.

Strategic Clarity

  • Align AI projects with your core objectives. Gain clarity to ensure every initiative drives measurable value.

Empowered Leadership

  • Champion AI initiatives, foster a culture of innovation, and steer your organization confidently into the future.

“Études has saved us thousands of hours of work and has unlocked insights we never thought possible.”

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Founder, ValueLake.ai

FAQs

What is a Fractional Head of AI?

A Head of AI is the senior leader charged with turning “AI” from buzzword into real, lasting business value.

The Fractional Head of AI is a part-time role responsible for developing and implementing your organization’s artificial intelligence strategy. They oversee AI initiatives, can manage AI teams, and ensure AI technologies align with business objectives to drive innovation and competitive advantage.

What is an AI Strategy Partner?

The AI Strategy Partner is an ongoing but fully flexible advisory service to complement your internal efforts and expertise for the creation of an AI strategy as well as planning and implementation of the AI initiatives and governance. Th AI Strategy Partner can help when and where needed, or only deliver on specific engagements such as workshopping, executive advisory or AI opportunity identification.

How do I know it’s the right time appoint an AI Strategy role?

The timing is right if your company needs help to translate business problems into data and AI-driven solutions, build the right team and technology foundation, govern AI responsibly, and ensure that every project in production is delivering measurable impact.

How quickly can we start seeing results?

Each business is unique. We will work on identifying the most valuable way forward, with the highest impact for the lowest assumed risk. Some companies benefit from quick productivity wins, whereas other will pursue longer term projects that can significantly change the way they do business. That’s where the strategic work really comes into play. Within the first three months we will have defined your AI strategy, a roadmap of the most valuable opportunities as well as other governance activities that are important in the context of your business. Rapid clear ROI AI projects can kick-off as son as they are identified.

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