Fractional Leadership
Experience that spans technologies, markets and continents.
In many organisations, growth potential remains locked behind structural, strategic, or leadership constraints. Management teams often operate within legacy models, misaligned incentives, or limited bandwidth to address emerging opportunities.
Problem and Solution
Organisations often face delivery constraints around:
One-off commercial, financial, or technology projects
New market entry or technology transitions
Business challenges requiring specialist experience without long-term overhead
Problem
Experienced leaders with proven skillsets are often beyond the budget of organisations in growth or turnaround mode. Acquiring key personnel on full-time employment can be prohibitively expensive.
Solution
Bridge Connect provides strategic bandwidth to telecom, tech, and infrastructure leaders worldwide through part-time executive and NED engagements.
Our fractional leaders bring 30+ years of C-suite experience, sector credibility, and insight across both developed and emerging markets.
these experienced practitioners integrate seamlessly into client organisations, ensuring continuity, impact, and knowledge transfer.
This model offers board-level impact and investor confidence - without the cost or complexity of full-time appointments.
Engagement Model
Fractional NED & Board-Level Engagements
Part-time board support for scaling or restructuring businesses
Board-level and oversight services:
Strategic review and board advisory (from £3,500/month)
Sustainable growth strategy and planning
Investment and other sub-committee participation
Risk & compliance oversight
Board evaluation & mentoring for founders
Fractional Executive Advisory
Tactical executive bandwidth without full-time cost.
Executive-in-residence, deal specific, and project roles:
Interim strategy or investment leadership (from £5,000/month)
Deal support, funding readiness, and JV structuring
Executive Chairman for transformation or turnaround
Special Projects & Emerging Markets
Fractional insights and representation for emerging market expansion.
Advisory project specific roles:
Market entry strategy
Telecom/infrastructure RFP bid strategy & advisory
Infrastructure project advisory
Trusted face for governments, DFIs, multilaterals, or family offices
Engagement Models:
Retainer (monthly)
Fixed Project
Success based
Day Rate (on request)
"Fraser added valuable telecoms - specifically mobile - expertise and experience to the board" CEO and Board memeber
NED position in Malaysia’s leading telco
Board role to monitor the shareholder interests in a market-leading integrated communications service provider operating throughout Malaysia and listed on the KL stock market.
Investment oversight
12 billion USD market capitalisation
14 million subscribers
Listed entity
"Bridge Connect were instrumental in the licence application and successful outcome of the competitive tender process" CEO
MENA Mobile Operator Start-up
Advisory role to lead, prepare and submit a successful mobile licence application for investors in Jordan:
6-week initial engagement
3-man team
License bid management and preparation
Fund raising support
The business was acquired within 18 months following launch for 300+ million USD.
"Bridge Connect have made an invaluable contribution to the successful development of Bakcell, a GSM mobile phone operator in Azerbaijan…
… I would wholeheartedly recommend them as an astute, multi-talented, and diversely-knowledgeable telecoms consultant, who consistently perform beyond the call. " CEO
CIS Mobile Operator Turnaround
An initial Due Diligence assignment on an 11-year old mobile operator for new investors developed into a three-year shadow CEO roll with a 14-person transformation team, resulting in:
Corporate rebrand
550% revenue growth,
ARPU growth of 20% and;
EBITDA improving from 15% to over 45%