For founders, families, and stewards of capital -
when achievement outgrows adrenaline.
For founders, families, and stewards of capital -
when achievement outgrows adrenaline.
Tao Mantaras, BibliU.com, VC-backed, Private Series B - II
Searcy Morgan, Chair, Matterlab Group
- Preeti Sinha, Former Exec Sec, UN Capital Dev Fund
A six-month diagnostic engagement that maps the human architecture of your enterprise, it begins with deep listening and data synthesis across teams, distills the findings into The Glasshouse Report™, and culminates in a coherent, evidence-based design for what comes next.
Post-close. Post-investment. New venture. New constraints on your time.
A business multiplying. A family office maturing.
Meridian™ is built to equip leaders - new or experienced - for the inflection points that define enduring value — when leadership, legacy, and leverage converge.
When it’s your move — from CEO to Chair, Board, or investor seat — or when someone you’ve trusted is stepping up to lead, Guardian™ ensures the handover strengthens, rather than threatens, the value you’ve built.
Succession isn’t just a change of title. It’s the most delicate test of a founder’s legacy.
Elemental immersion, refined.
Restoration in the wild — discipline recovered, clarity sharpened, performance recalibrated.
Private leadership retreats available by private request for AO clients only.
- Dr. Danielle Duarte, President, Guardian™ client
Anna Oyelola is the Founder and Managing Partner of AO, an advisory firm to investors, boards, C-suites, and principal families — specializing in succession, CEO advisory, and leadership effectiveness.
A UK and a US citizen, Anna began her career on the founding team of Makuria, an award-winning European hedge fund, before moving into green energy and corporate law.
Raised in a family of world-class musicians, she moves fluidly between financial and cultural arenas. Her counsel has been sought in boardrooms and UN chambers, and she has served as a spiritual advisor to high-profile cultural figures navigating private transitions.
Her proprietary frameworks — Restorative Performance Management™ (RPM™) and DIO™ (Day-to-day work, Inner work, Outer work) — embed rigor and resilience in organizations and family systems at scale. She is also Co-Founder and Non-Executive Director of Issa, an AI emotional intelligence engine.
Grounded in Transactional Analysis, Restorative Practice, and her 2021 Culture Manifesto on circular economies and human-centered capitalism, Anna unites foresight with discipline, clarity with stability. She has trained internationally across the UK, USA, Ukraine, and Australia — speaking alongside philanthropists, philosophers, ministers, and a UK Secretary of State.
Known for her candor, clarity, and dry wit, Anna is regarded as a trusted partner to investors, founders, and policymakers seeking discretion, conviction, and durable results.
Charley has worked with Anna on numerous businesses and client projects over the years. Whether working on a client's financial reconciliation, or advising Anna on her own business, Charley always has a crucial financial perspective to offer.
With solid, timely information Charley helps business and organizational leaders make better decisions, position themselves for growth, secure appropriate capital, organize governance structures and consider mergers and acquisitions.
With more than 25 years of experience, Charley keeps Anna and her clients tax compliant and financially prepared to reach their goals.
Jai is a coach, programmatic curator and facilitator with more than 10 years of experience. Her deep insight and empathy leaves the individual feeling incredibly seen and heard, and she is a trained mental health first aider.
A deft mediator, Jai graduated from Anna's EQ Engineers cohort in 2020, then assisting Anna with restorative performance management at scaling EdTech BibliU and later at Education Training company Hatching Results. Based in the UK, Jai brings shrewd analysis with a sense of creativity to everything she touches.
Ruva holds a Master’s in Information Science and brings analytical discipline, systems thinking, and a people-centred approach to data synthesis. With experience at Dell and Visa, she blends enterprise-scale operational insight with qualitative pattern analysis to support interview synthesis, data organisation, and project coordination.
Since joining us in 2022, Anna Y has never failed to show up for her team. Her efficiency, proactivity, direct and timely communication, great judgement and just-get-it-done attitude are unmatched.
If we do it, Anna Y touches it, and it is better as a result. Whether keeping the trains running on time or organizing an event experience for clients, Anna Y is the glue that keeps us together.
An impressive writer with an exceptionally high EQ, a stint at PBS, and 15 years of management experience across hospitality, education, communications and consulting, if you hear from Anna Y, great things are about to happen....
Aaron's financial eyes on the prize keep us focussed, motivated and crucially, informed. His swift turnaround on all things bookkeeping aids the team in all that we do.
Aaron has an MBA from Texas State and is a proud veteran Intelligence Officer of the United States Marine Corps.
A six-month diagnostic engagement that maps the human architecture of your enterprise, it begins with deep listening and data synthesis across teams, distills the findings into The Glasshouse Report™, and culminates in a coherent, evidence-based design for what comes next.
Leaders — and families — emerge cohesive, steady, and ready to act with conviction.
“To diagnose a system or yourself while in the midst of action requires the ability to achieve some distance from those on-the-ground events. We use the metaphor of ‘getting on the balcony’ above the ‘dance floor’ to depict what it means to gain the distanced perspective you need to see what is really happening.”
— Ronald A. Heifetz, The Practice of Adaptive Leadership
Behind every metric is a human system — the soil beneath every design decision.
Your next chapter depends on the integrity of your roots and the clarity of your design.
Conservatory™ ensures your ecosystem doesn’t just adapt — it roots, strengthens, and endures.
Post-close. Post-investment. New venture. New constraints on your time.
A business multiplying. A family office maturing.
Meridian™ is built to equip leaders - new and experienced - for the inflection points that define enduring value — when leadership, legacy, and leverage converge.
Weekly counsel. Inner recalibration. Outer execution.
A structured space where clarity sharpens, leadership lightens, stewardship focuses, and performance compounds.
Research in Harvard Business Review shows that effective CEOs don’t outperform by working longer hours — but by focusing their time with clarity and leverage, creating stronger results across their teams.
Meridian™ ensures founders and principal families scale smarter — amplifying their impact with precision and lightness across board, team, and market.
When it’s your move — from CEO to Chair, Board, or investor seat — or when someone you’ve trusted is stepping up to lead, Guardian™ ensures the handover strengthens, rather than threatens, the value you’ve built.
Succession isn’t just a change of title. It’s the most delicate test of a founder’s legacy.
Guardian™ brings structure, clarity, and a calm force to the transition — preserving continuity, stabilizing teams, and protecting confidence across boardrooms and family systems alike.
Research shows nearly 70% of failed successions stem from poorly managed transitions (HBR).
Guardian™ exists so that yours won’t be one of them.
Elemental immersion, refined.
Cornwall’s Atlantic edge as your proving ground: surf breaks, cliff-top fire circles, cold and hot plunges, wild saunas, sensory spa gardens, bodywork, and quiet counsel by the tide.
Set at Carbis Bay Estate (host of the G7) or The Scarlet Hotel (an eco-luxury retreat near international surf hub Fistral Bay), Saltwater Baptism™ fuses raw nature with meticulous care.
Restoration in the wild — discipline recovered, clarity sharpened, performance recalibrated.
Studies in Nature show that immersion in blue and green spaces reduces stress biomarkers by up to 21%, directly improving resilience and decision quality.
Private leadership retreats available by private request for AO clients only.