Clients - Calleva Consulting

	Chordiant
	BAE Systems
	Google
	Micro Focus
	TietoEnator Financial Solutions UK

	Mouse Smart Software
	Fluency
	East Africa Character Education Trust
	4C Associates
	Procter Consultancy Ltd
	Vocalis

	Global Leadership Foundation - GLF
	HBoS- Lloyds Banking Group
	Infosys
	Fujitsu
	SAS Analytics

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

We believe it is not what you say about yourself it is what your clients say about you!

We, in the Global Leadership Foundation (GLF), are delighted with the results achieved by Calleva Consulting over many years. The expertise and support that they have provided have been invaluable in raising awareness of the Foundation across all business sectors. GLF offers to advise the leaders of countries on major issues such as democratisation, economic and social change, good governance, conflict resolution and relationships with international institutions. Calleva has been very successful in identifying opportunities in leading global businesses as possible donors and supporters, and then in developing, building and helping to maintain the relationship with the Chairmen and CEOs. Calleva’s personal skills and perseverance in following through with such contacts based on the invaluable relationships they share with them, has resulted in securing support, financial commitment and input from these organizations. I recommend them most highly and we will continue to utilize their expertise on an ongoing basis.
F W de Klerk - Former President of South Africa and Chairman of the GLF Global Leadership Foundation
Lucinda provided invaluable support in helping me grow the business at boutique cloud advisory firm, Virtual Clarity. Prior to the sale of the business to DXC in 2019, one of my key objectives was to accelerate the growth of the business and its brand across the UK and continental Europe. This entailed winning new, enterprise clients at speed. At a remarkable pace, Lucinda facilitated meetings with senior leaders from across her extensive and impressive network. On the rare occasion that Lucinda didn’t already have a direct personal relationship established with a target client, she was able to find creative ways to broker introductions quickly. The nature of an introduction can make all the difference. Particularly through her work with charitable foundations, Lucinda leveraged innovative techniques for brokering executive introductions and nurturing business relationships amongst like-minded leaders. The speed at which Lucinda could set up meetings with senior executives and her inside knowledge of the decision-making processes of so many boardrooms, are testament to the credibility and trust she establishes across her network. Trust and insight were also evident in the fact that Lucinda typically had knowledge of new senior appointments before they were in the public domain. That proved invaluable as a first mover advantage, through early engagement with senior client executives, to influence their planning around IT modernisation. Lucinda’s assistance in facilitating meetings with key decision-makers at target clients allowed me to focus on the essential strategy, value proposition and subject matter necessary for winning business and for delivering outcomes for clients.
Tom Morgan, formerly member of the management team at Virtual Clarity
Over the past 2 years, I have had the real pleasure of working with Calleva Consulting Ltd on building new relationships across various market sectors. Throughout our relationship, Calleva Consulting Ltd have demonstrated real credibility and knowledge of the marketplace and have been able to provide tangible insights to support our business growth. Furthermore, collaborating with Calleva Consulting Ltd, we have been able to open up communications with new clients at senior executive C- suite level, which in the past we never had access to and as a result, we have successfully managed to secure new business. Throughout our relationship, Calleva Consulting Ltd have demonstrated real integrity whilst building a relationship with us and during any of our executive engagements. They have some remarkable trusted relationships with the executive community which really helped unlock opportunities for our business, quickly and cost effectively. Working alongside Lucinda Groves and her team has been a delight and I would like to offer them my sincerest thanks for their insights, integrity and support.
Mark Ellis, Senior Partner 4C Associates
Rather than look on our relationship with Calleva as an opportunity to save money, for me this has been about saving time.
David Webber, CEO, AttentiV Systems
Calleva’s understanding of the financial services market combined with their contacts at senior levels within the industry has added significant value to our sales and marketing activities.
Nigel Kohler - Senior Vice President, Head of Product Solutions, TietoEnator
There are undoubtedly other companies that seek to represent North American organisations in the UK and Europe, but it was the strength of Calleva and the company’s focus on the financial services industry that set the company apart from the competition. Given the resistance of UK banks when it comes to dealing with suppliers from outside the UK, Calleva’s local experience, market knowledge, contacts and ability to ‘speak the local language’ have proved invaluable. Buying a full-time presence in a market like this is extremely expensive, and there is latency before a return on investment can be seen. Our principal reason for working with Calleva has been a pragmatic one – they substantially reduced our time to market, while also radically reducing our costs."
Mark Ruddock, CEO, INEA Corp
At each stage, the deliverables have been very clearly defined, so this has made the costs very easy to justify.
David Webber, CEO, AttentiV Systems
Buying a full-time presence in a market like this is extremely expensive, and there is latency before a return on investment can be seen. Our principal reason for working with Calleva has been a pragmatic one – they substantially reduced our time to market, while also radically reducing our costs.
Mark Ruddock, CEO, INEA Corp
The Calleva model took away most of that risk, (hiring local resource) enabling us to feel our way into the market at our own pace, while only ever paying for the commitment we wanted to make at the time. Working with Calleva, we’re getting tangible results every step of the way, which is something that doesn’t happen very often.
David Webber, CEO, AttentiV Systems
Calleva’s superb networking ability helped get our project off to a fast and effective start.
Judy D’Albertson, Head of HBoS Card Services Partnerships & Affinities, HBoS
Calleva brings to the table an in-depth understanding of the financial services industry, and good contacts at the right level – a high, decision-making level – within major companies. They have a very good understanding of who to speak to, and are extremely successful at securing meetings with these people
Adrian Colbrook, Group Sales Director, Detica
Micro Focus UK has been working with Calleva since August 2006. By working closely with the major account sales force we have been able to contact both new and existing customers at an executive level. The programme has delivered an excellent return on investment for our UK business.
David Stephenson - UK Country General Manager, Micro Focus UK
Having worked with Calleva since 2006 - Calleva's tenacity, persistence, charm and influence has delivered many really great meetings with the movers and shakers in Procter's core market. Our working relationship is very collaborative and Lucinda is good at grabbing opportunities based on our feedback and views on what's happening in the industry.
Jo Thomson - Managing Director, Procter Consultancy
The challenge with expanding into other territories is that finding high-quality new business sales executives with real local expertise is extremely difficult.
David Webber, CEO, AttentiV Systems
I have now worked with Calleva Sales Consulting for over 2 years on a mix of campaigns, aimed at establishing contact with Chief Executives and senior board members. Despite the difficulty of following through with such busy people, their enormous perseverance, tact and understanding of our value proposition has proved successful in us getting the results we need.
Sir Richard Heygate, CEO, Chairman of CACI and also Chairman of Mouse Smart Software

Our Clients

A selection of our clients

We believe it is not what you say about yourself it is what your clients say about you!

Rather than look on our relationship with Calleva as an opportunity to save money, for me this has been about saving time.

Calleva’s understanding of the financial services market combined with their contacts at senior levels within the industry has added significant value to our sales and marketing activities.

At each stage, the deliverables have been very clearly defined, so this has made the costs very easy to justify.

Calleva’s superb networking ability helped get our project off to a fast and effective start.

Micro Focus UK has been working with Calleva since August 2006. By working closely with the major account sales force we have been able to contact both new and existing customers at an executive level. The programme has delivered an excellent return on investment for our UK business.

The challenge with expanding into other territories is that finding high-quality new business sales executives with real local expertise is extremely difficult.