Built for the Speed of
Transformation
Not a traditional consultancy. An operational partner — embedded, accountable, moving at the pace your business demands.
Over Two Decades.
Real Results.
Valexis was founded on a belief that operational transformation in fast growth businesses requires a fundamentally different approach to traditional consulting. Longer engagements, ivory tower recommendations, and slow delivery don't cut it when you have a value creation plan to execute.
With over 20 years of experience across companies spanning healthcare, technology, financial services, industrials, consumer goods and more, we have built a track record that speaks for itself.
Our clients include global names and founder-led businesses alike. The common thread: they trusted us with something hard — and we delivered.
"We work as an extension of your team — moving at the pace your hold period demands. We don't just advise. We deliver."
Our People
Steve Carr
Managing PartnerSteve is the founder of Valexis Consulting, where he leads engagements with mid-market private equity firms and their portfolio companies. He works directly with PE sponsors, investment committees, and portfolio executives to turn value creation plans into reality, driven by operational improvement, technology-enabled transformation and structural redesign.
His background combines deep operational insight with PE-native financial rigour. He has a strong track record of success in the most challenging environments: complex carve-outs, rapid post-acquisition integrations, and turnaround restructuring. With a relentless focus on execution, Steve cuts through inertia, aligns technology with investment intent, and drives measurable growth. The result is accelerated hold periods, maximised EBITDA performance, and businesses positioned to exit at peak value.
Toby Chisnall
Operating Partner — Digital and TechnologyToby has been part of the Valexis team for many years, delivering change and transformation outcomes for clients for even longer. A highly motivated and versatile programme manager, he brings a proven track record in business change and transformation across multiple sectors.
Toby translates business strategy into realistic, deliverable plans for change and transformation that produce tangible benefits, building strong and trusted relationships from third parties through to C-suite.
When he's not delivering change, you'll find Toby with his wife, kids and dog — or more likely out on some cycling crusade.
Tanya Gribble
Operating Partner — Sales and OperationsTanya is all about enabling organisations and their people to thrive. Whether at the identification, design or delivery stage, she is an expert in finding the key that unlocks the potential and power of an organisation.
Through challenge, support and delivery, she empowers leaders and enables teams to land impactful changes that make a real difference.
When she's not supporting clients, Tanya is immersed in family life — happiest active outdoors with her boys, and happier still if travel, adventure and sunshine are involved.
Anthony Bowdidge
Senior Consultant — ProcurementAnthony is a cost-saving specialist who thinks creatively to optimise spend, bringing a sharp commercial eye to every procurement challenge he takes on.
Matt Ladson
Senior Consultant — FinanceMatt is a dynamic, driven and financially literate Business Case and Benefits Management professional with more than 25 years' experience delivering information-led, outcome-focused approaches to investment programmes that underpin quantifiable and sustainable change.
He has a talent for leading the generation and approval of complex investment business cases, using evidence-led insights to support organisational decision-making for business transformation and benefits realisation. He is well versed in data-centric, systematic analysis of business functions and processes to identify risks and inefficiencies.
Steph Thomson
Executive AssistantSteph serves as the Executive Assistant at Valexis Consulting, where she is the operational linchpin and central coordination lead for the firm's corporate engagements. Positioned at the critical intersection of Valexis leadership, institutional private equity investors, and a high-caliber network of associates, she orchestrates the seamless execution of complex, high-stakes projects.
Steph brings a sophisticated background from the global executive search sector, where she spent years managing senior C-suite mandates and international board-level appointments. Highly autonomous and analytically minded, she directs the firm's internal operational infrastructure, deploying advanced CRM architectures and automated workflows to guarantee absolute precision and seamless stakeholder coordination.
Complementing her extensive hands-on experience, Steph holds advanced professional qualifications in Project Management, Management & Leadership, and Diversity & Inclusion.
We founded Valexis on a simple observation
Fragmentation is the silent killer of enterprise value.
When initiatives run independently, value compounds slowly — if at all.
When they align, everything accelerates. That is our belief. That is our purpose.