About
I'm Adrien. I fix the messy middle of growing companies.
I'm a South African-British product and operations executive with more than 20 years at senior level, across financial services, gaming, telecoms, healthcare and media.
I'm often the trusted number two, and sometimes the number one in all but title. I build product and operations functions from scratch, steer teams toward measurable results, and take the operational weight off founders so they can focus on what only they can do.
I speak English, Afrikaans and Portuguese.

Recent work
Earlier, I led product and consulting work for Mars, Samsung, Telefónica UK and Funding Circle. Read the case studies.
Fractional CPO, The Joy App (NHS, London)
Set up product management, QA and support from scratch, and steered AI integration across five NHS products serving 19.2 million patients.
Fractional CPO and COO, CarePoint365 (London)
Direct report to the founder. Accountable for product, engineering, customer success and operations on a five-module platform for UK care homes.
Director of Product and Innovation, A Bola (Lisbon)
Led the mobile app strategy and launch for Portugal's largest sports media company, in time for UEFA Euro 2024. More than 100,000 downloads during the tournament, mobile traffic up 20% and time spent up 12%.
Senior Product Manager, FRVR (Lisbon)
Led the mobile transformation of Krunker.io through more than 20 A/B tests. Day-1 retention rose 30%, 30-day retention 25% and engagement 45%.
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Qualifications
- Microsoft AI Product Manager
- Advanced Certified Scrum Product Owner (A-CSPO), Scrum Alliance
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- PRINCE2, QA Institute, London
- Bachelor of Commerce, UNISA