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Ryver Partnership
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE | STRATEGIC GROWTH | VALUE CREATION
About Ryver Partnership
EMPOWERING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRMS TO SCALE AND SUCCEED
At Ryver Partnership, we help professional services firms unlock their growth potential. Whether you’re scaling towards an exit event or focused on long-term, sustainable growth, we bring deep expertise and a proven framework to drive value, optimise operations, and enhance enterprise value.
Helping Consulting Firms Navigate Growth, Scale and Exit
Ryver Partnership is a boutique advisory firm specialising in helping professional services businesses scale effectively and prepare for major value events—including investment, M&A, and long-term growth strategies.
Founded by Richard Goold, an experienced executive director and consulting leader, Ryver Partnership leverages decades of experience in scaling and selling successful consulting businesses. Our approach is grounded in practical, proven insights—refined through direct experience in building high-growth firms and guiding investors, entrepreneurs, and leadership teams through complex scaling journeys.
Our Approach (How We Work)
Building Value Through the Growth Drivers Model
At Ryver Partnership, we apply a structured, evidence-based framework to help professional services firms grow, scale, and maximise value.
Our Growth Methodology: Built on the 10 Growth Drivers
Our approach is structured around 10 Growth Drivers, each of which plays a critical role in building a high-performing, scalable, and resilient consulting business.
🔹 Vision & Strategy – Defining long-term business goals, aligning value propositions, and ensuring strategic clarity.
🔹 Leadership & Governance – Strengthening executive capability, board oversight, and decision-making structures.
🔹 Financial Performance – Driving profitability, cash flow efficiency, and sustainable financial growth.
🔹 Cost Optimisation – Enhancing operational efficiency, resource allocation, and margin improvement.
🔹 Sales & Pipeline – Developing a predictable, high-performing sales engine to drive consistent revenue growth.
🔹 Services & Pricing – Refining service offerings, commercial models, and pricing strategies to maximise value.
🔹 Clients & Relationships – Building strategic client relationships, increasing retention, and reducing dependency on key accounts.
🔹 Delivery – Ensuring operational excellence, high-quality project execution, and client satisfaction.
🔹 People – Attracting, developing, and retaining top talent while fostering a culture of high performance.
🔹 Market Profile – Strengthening brand presence, market positioning, and thought leadership to enhance visibility and investor appeal.
📌 By applying this structured methodology, we help consulting firms unlock growth, optimise value, and position themselves for long-term success—whether through scaling, operational improvement, or strategic exit planning.
What sets us apart?
Expert-Led Growth Advisory
With decades of hands-on leadership experience, we specialise in helping consulting firms scale, optimise, and prepare for high-value transactions. Our advisory approach is rooted in real-world execution, not just theory—guiding firms through growth acceleration, operational transformation, and strategic exit planning.
We provide expert support across the 10 Growth Drivers, ensuring businesses have the right strategy, leadership, financial structure, and market positioning to succeed. Whether navigating the complexities of market expansion, leadership succession, financial performance, or M&A readiness, we deliver practical, proven strategies that drive measurable impact.
By combining industry-leading expertise with a hands-on approach, we help consulting firms build resilience, unlock value, and create sustainable, long-term success.
Expert-Led Growth Support
Scaling a consulting business requires more than just strategy—it demands access to the right expertise at the right time. At Ryver Partnership, we provide expert-led support through a trusted network of specialists, each aligned to the 10 Growth Drivers, ensuring our clients receive targeted, high-impact solutions tailored to their challenges.
Our expert-led approach provides deep expertise across:
✅ Finance & Financial Performance – Helping firms optimise cash flow, profitability, and financial structures to support sustainable growth and maximise enterprise value.
✅ Governance & Leadership Development – Strengthening executive teams, board oversight, and decision-making frameworks to build a resilient and scalable organisation.
✅ Operational Excellence – Driving efficiency, improving resource allocation, and ensuring scalable delivery models that enhance business performance and client satisfaction.
✅ Sales & Revenue Growth – Developing structured sales processes, pricing models, and market engagement strategies to create predictable, high-performing revenue streams.
✅ Market Positioning & Brand Strategy – Enhancing thought leadership, competitive differentiation, and investor appeal to strengthen market presence and unlock new opportunities.
✅ Talent & Organisational Development – Supporting leadership succession, employee retention, and cultural transformation to build high-performing, future-ready teams.
📌 By aligning the right expertise with the right growth challenges, we help consulting firms scale effectively, optimise operations, and prepare for major value events such as investment, M&A, or long-term expansion.
The Growth Drivers Model: A Proven Framework for Success
At Ryver Partnership, we use the Growth Drivers Model (GDM)—a structured framework that captures over 380 key considerations across 10 core growth drivers. This model helps consulting businesses and investors unlock value, enhance scalability, and maximise financial returns.
Since 2021, we have worked with over 30 investors, entrepreneurs, advisors, and consulting leaders to codify the attributes of high-performing, scalable consulting firms. Built on decades of hands-on experience in scaling and selling professional services businesses, the GDM provides practical, proven insights to support growth at every stage—whether scaling, optimising operations, or preparing for an exit.
📌 This structured approach ensures consulting firms are positioned for strong financial and strategic outcomes, creating sustainable, long-term success.
Who do we work with?
Whether you’re looking to scale, optimise operations, or prepare for an exit, we’re here to help.
Consulting firms
Consulting firms looking to scale sustainably or prepare for an exit.
Leadership teams
Leadership teams aiming to refine their strategy, operations, and commercial model.
Investors
Investors seeking to enhance the enterprise value of their portfolio companies.
About Me
I am an experienced Executive Director, Consulting Leader, Board Advisor and Investor with a deep understanding of what it takes to scale, optimise, and successfully transition professional services businesses. Over the last 25 years, I have worked across large, global consulting firms and high-growth boutique consultancies, guiding leadership teams through complex strategic challenges, ownership changes, and high-value transactions.
As the Founder and Partner at Ryver Partnership, I now focus on helping consulting businesses and investors identify and execute the critical drivers of value—whether accelerating growth, improving operational efficiency, or preparing for an exit. Since 2021, I have worked with over 30 investors, entrepreneurs, advisors, and consulting firms to optimise their organisations for long-term success.
Previously, as Managing Partner of Moorhouse, I was part of the leadership team that successfully led a management buyout (MBO) from BT and a trade sale to Expleo, transforming the business from a £5m firm to £34m+ in revenue while diversifying its sector and service offering. This experience reinforced my belief that strong leadership, operational discipline, and a commitment to people development are fundamental to sustainable growth.
Beyond consulting, I have worked across major international markets, delivering transformation programmes for FTSE 100 organisations, global financial institutions, and government agencies—including GSK, Visa, the Bank of England, and the Abu Dhabi Government. My approach blends strategic insight, hands-on execution, and a deep passion for developing extraordinary leaders.
At Ryver Partnership, my mission is simple: to help consulting firms unlock their full potential, build lasting value, and navigate growth with confidence.
WHY CHOOSE US?
What sets us apart?
✔ Expert-Led Growth Advisory – Decades of leadership experience in consulting growth and transactions.
✔ Proven Growth Framework – The Growth Drivers Model (GDM), capturing over 380 scaling considerations.
✔ Expert-Led Growth Support – A trusted network of specialists aligned to the 10 Growth Drivers, bringing deep expertise in finance, governance, operations, leadership development, sales, market positioning, and organisational strategy to help consulting firms scale, optimise, and maximise value.
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE | STRATEGIC GROWTH | VALUE CREATION
At Ryver Partnership, we help professional services firms unlock their growth potential.