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We help our clients turn complex business challenges into measurable outcomes.

We start by understanding your business, your industry and the challenge in front of you. Then we deliver the consultants and teams with the right expertise to solve it.

What you are buying

Four things, agreed before anything starts.

Structured delivery

A defined scope, agreed milestones and a clear timeline, set out before anything starts.

Specialists doing the work

Named consultants with the expertise the scope requires, and a lead in place where it needs a team.

Access to independent specialists

People you will not find through a conventional contract market.

Transparent commercials

Agreed rates against an agreed scope, capped where you want certainty. No surprises on the invoice.

How we start

Four questions before anything is scoped.

Every engagement starts with understanding your business, not with a CV.

01
Your objectives
The strategic business goals the work has to serve.
02
Your challenges
Talent scarcity, legislation, cost control or time to deliver.
03
Your industry
What your sector demands of the solution, built in from the start.
04
How we align
A solution shaped to meet the challenge and the objective together.
Every solution is built on
People
Process
Technology
Supported throughout by market and talent intelligence

How it is set up

Agreed once. Delivered assignment by assignment.

One agreement at the top. Everything below it is scoped, delivered and reported on its own terms.

1
Framework agreement
One agreement between you and Tessero. Signed once.
2
Statement of work 01
Its own deliverables, milestones and KPIs.
3
Named specialists
Agreed with you before they start.
2
Statement of work 02
Its own deliverables, milestones and KPIs.
3
Named specialists
Agreed with you before they start.
2
Statement of work 03
Its own deliverables, milestones and KPIs.
3
Named specialists
Agreed with you before they start.
4
Reported against milestones
Through one point of contact, in a format that fits your own reporting.

How it compares

The structure of a consultancy. Specialists doing the work.

Where a statement of work sits against the two alternatives.

Option one
Contractor on a day rate
What you get
Skills and time
Who manages it
You do
Scope
Can change as it goes
Commercials
A day rate, open ended
Structure without the overhead
Tessero statement of work
What you get
A defined scope, agreed milestones and experienced specialists
Who manages it
We do, and report to you against milestones
Scope
Scope, deliverables and timeline agreed first
Commercials
Agreed rates, capped where you want certainty
Option three
Large consultancy
What you get
The same structure
Who manages it
The consultancy does
Scope
Agreed first
Commercials
Considerably higher cost

Sectors we deliver in

We know your industry before we start.

All six sectors ›
Banking and financial services
DORA readiness, operational resilience and third party risk, with evidence that stands up to a regulator.
Life sciences and medical devices
Device security, validated systems and inspection readiness, delivered within the constraints of validation.
Manufacturing
Plant networks, control systems and OT security, delivered around production rather than against it.
Process engineering and energy
Security built into control and safety systems across chemicals, energy and water.
AI and data platforms
Model and pipeline security, AI governance and data platform security.
Software and product security
Remediation delivery, secure development and Cyber Resilience Act readiness.

Discuss a scope.

Tell us the objective and the deadline. We will tell you what it takes and costs.

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