The stakes are too high to hope it works out. You need proven delivery experience that embeds within your team, accelerates your critical path, and brings your people on the transformational change journey, because end user adoption is critical success. For senior leaders driving mission-critical transformation in the nuclear, energy, defence, and infrastructure sectors, we solve the execution gap with proven delivery methods that avoid the blanket application of frameworks. We are outcome-focused and people-centred in our approach.
Transformation that Delivers.
Your stakeholders expect results. Performance and utilisation are low. Risk, cost and schedule is rising. However, your timeline is non-negotiable and your organisation’s reputation depends on delivery. But investment returns are under scrutiny while critical milestones slip. You're chasing opportunities but not closing down uncertainty fast enough. The outputs won't add up to the transformation outcomes your programmes need.
70% of transformational change programmes fail to deliver their planned benefits.
Transformation that Delivers.
When delivery defines success, we bring certainty.
Are you leading a transformational change programme where failure would derail critical operations or strategic objectives?
Do you need additional horsepower to accelerate delivery without compromising quality or safety standards?
Are you ready to move from outputs to outcomes with a partner who’s delivered within significant and complex programmes in your sector?
Get the delivery certainty you need.
What we offer
Working with clients within Energy, Renewables, Defence, Utilities, Decommissioning and Infrastructure projects, we enable:
- Programme Design & Mobilisation
Building the critical foundations your transformation needs, so momentum builds rather than stalls. - Embedded Delivery Leadership
Leading from within your organisation to drive change with confidence, alignment, and control. - Change Management & Benefits Realisation
Supporting people to adopt change and the intended value is captured, not just delivered, but sustained. - Transformation Recovery & Realignment
Intervening when delivery drifts, bringing clarity, pace, and renewed focus to get your programme back on track.
Why choose NuPace
At NuPace, we offer the depth and discipline you’d expect from a big-firm background, combined with the agility, focus, and personal commitment of a true delivery partner.
- Experienced & trusted: With first-hand senior leadership experience in highly regulated sectors, we’ve been in your shoes, not career consultants.
- Tailored solutions: We deliver programmes that fit your unique challenges, not rely on off-the-shelf frameworks.
- Embedded partnership: We work alongside your teams to navigate complexity, build confidence, and deliver results together.
- Value-driven: We focus on creating enduring value, not just short-term activity.
Our people have spent the last decade leading transformational change within highly regulated sectors.
Programme recovery: From stalled to funded
A digital transformation in a highly regulated sector was not making progress in delivery and was losing stakeholder confidence. Stuart led the team as Programme Director to reconnect the scope to organisational value, rebuild trust, and re-energise delivery. Within six months, a full assurance review was passed and the next phase of funding was secured.
Strategic acceleration: Designing a £10 billion opportunity for U.K. Industry
A cross-sector collaboration needed urgent direction to seize a £10 billion opportunity for UK PLC. Stuart led a team of industry experts to validate technology, build the investment case, and deliver a credible delivery plan in four weeks, leading to programme approval and launch.
Innovation delivery: Building a rapid development engine
Late projects and missed milestones were draining resources. Stuart led a team to establish a rapid innovation facility, enabling solutions to be tested in six-week cycles. Risk was mitigated early, and savings of over £200 million in cost avoidance and schedule acceleration were achieved within its first 18 months.
Engineering portfolio transformation: From firefighting to strategic delivery
A front-line engineering team was stuck in reactive delivery. Stuart led the team to design a new operating model, grounded in purpose and phase-of-life strategy. The team shifted from firefighting to strategic delivery, with improved trust and confidence from stakeholders and regulators.
Manufacturing transformation: Cross-sector thinking meets safety standards
Production of nuclear waste containers was slow and costly. Stuart worked with cross-industry insights to redesign the delivery framework without compromising safety, the built a team capable of delivering missions critical products to the new framework. A scalable, reliable delivery model was launched, setting a new standard for what credible delivery looks like in the sector.
What we mean by transformation
Transformation isn’t just a buzzword. It’s a strategic response to tough challenges and big opportunities. It means bold, ambitious and forthright change. We understand the drivers that push organisations to change:
- Performance decline: When operational performance lags targets or market share erodes, transformation is essential.
- Operational inefficiencies: Cutting complexity and boosting productivity to protect organisational value and people’s morale.
- Technological /Digital ambitions: Keeping up with advances to remain competitive and efficient. Gaining pace in missions, leaning into the next industrial revolution and its opportunities.
- Big-picture imperatives: From achieving net-zero to responding to global events; transformation is the way to turn bold ambitions into real outcomes. New opportunities into reality. Problems into solutions.
- Regulatory demands: Adapting to new rules without losing momentum.
- Market disruption: Responding to shifting customer needs and emerging competitors.
- Asset Value: Adopting Asset Management values aligned with ISO 55001 requires bold and focused change, which can deliver significant organisational value.
We help you face these challenges head-on to deliver measurable and sustainable results.