Northstar Sterling Partners

Northstar Sterling Partners

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Our Core Services

Corporate & Growth Strategy

Advising C-suite leaders on market entry, M&A, and long-range planning to drive sustainable, top-line growth.

Profitability & Performance

Identifying and executing high-impact initiatives to enhance P&L, optimise costs, and drive operational excellence.

Enterprise Transformation

Leading complex, large-scale change programmes, from digital transformation to omnichannel CX overhauls.

AI & Data-Driven Strategy

Embedding AI and analytics to create predictive insights, automate key decisions, and build data monetisation products.

New Proposition & Venture Design

Building new products and propositions. Scaling through analytics-driven marketing and cross-sale.

Operating Model and GCC

Leading bottom-up and future-ready operational turnarounds and establishing offshore Global Capability Centres (GCCs).

Proven Success

Our strategies deliver measurable, high-impact results. Here are a few examples.

New Venture Incubation & Launch

Guided a FTSE 100 insurer through a business diversification initiative, launching a D2C digital loans business from the ground up. The venture originated over £1 billion in its first five years.

Enterprise Profitability Transformation

Architected and executed a 3-year global transformation plan for an international insurer, delivering £110M in net profit by optimizing functions across the UK, EU, and US.

Core Platform Modernisation

Led the strategy to secure a £50M investment for the enterprise-wide transformation of core policy, claims, and data platforms from legacy systems to a modern cloud-based architecture.

Digital Customer Experience Overhaul

Developed a value-based omnichannel strategy to transform the digital experience for over 6 million customers, laying the foundation for next-generation customer engagement.

AI & Advanced Analytics Roadmap

Crafted a group-wide AI strategy identifying high-value use cases in sales propensity, underwriting automation, and pioneering touchless claims. Developed and implemented embedded insurance scores to enhance risk pricing.

Global Operations & Governance Setup

Led operational expansion into an offshore special economy zone, scaling the team to 700 heads. Established the finance, operations, and risk management functions entirely from scratch.

Group Procurement & Cost Optimisation

Conducted a group-wide evaluation of IT systems and procurement spends across 11 business units in 5 countries, delivering a consolidation strategy that generated multi-million in annualised savings.

Innovation Lab & Venture Building

Designed and operationalised a dedicated innovation lab to test a portfolio of new digital products and propositions, and to develop strategies that accelerate growth through cross-selling.

C-Suite Strategic Advisory

Provided direct strategic counsel to C-suite leaders at major FTSE 100 firms and partners at top-tier consulting houses, helping shape go-to-market, pricing, and operating model strategies.

Our Differentiated Approach

Blending art with science to deliver innovative strategies in 8 to 12 weeks.

Immersion & Diagnosis

Start with 'why'. Embed with your team to diagnose context, challenges, and current state.

Insight & Opportunity

Leverage industry insights and data analysis to identify unseen opportunities and use cases.

Strategic Co-Creation

Facilitate workshops to co-create a unified strategy, bringing your stakeholders on the journey.

Blueprint & Business Case

Build a detailed roadmap, financial models, and a business case with a prioritisation framework.

Activation & Value Realisation

Deliver the final plan with clear KPIs, governance, and risk management to ensure value realisation.

Tangible Outcomes

Our engagements deliver clear, actionable, and investment-grade assets to guide your transformation.

Strategic Clarity

  • Transformation Roadmaps
  • Go-To-Market Strategy
  • P&L Improvement Initiatives
  • New Products and Propositions
  • Customer & Regulatory Impact

Analytical Rigour

  • Comprehensive Financial Models
  • Primary & Secondary Research
  • In-depth Data Analysis
  • Detailed Market Overviews
  • Competitor Benchmarking

Operational Excellence

  • KPIs & Value Measurement
  • Cost Optimisation Programmes
  • Performance Dashboards
  • Governance Frameworks
  • Implementation Planning

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