About
Senior thinking. Hands-on partnership. Lasting impact.
YellowRock Consulting is an independent strategy and transformation advisory, founded in London in 2015.
Our approach connects strategy with the realities of delivery.
We work with executive teams to address complex business challenges, from growth and innovation to organisational redesign, change and leadership development.
We help clients decide what matters, design how the business should work, mobilise the people who will make it happen and establish the governance and capabilities needed to sustain progress.
We work through focused teams that combine senior leadership with relevant specialist expertise. Rather than relying on a fixed methodology, we adapt the work to the organisation, its context and the decisions that need to be made.
What makes us different
Four commitments our clients can hold us to.
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Strategy and execution together
We connect commercial choices with organisational design, governance, performance and adoption.
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Senior-led, collaborative delivery
Clients work closely with experienced advisers, not a large rotating delivery pyramid.
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Comfort with complexity
Our experience spans multinational organisations, regulated industries, matrix structures and multi-country programmes.
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Capabilities that stay
We build practical tools, ways of working and leadership confidence rather than leaving behind recommendations alone.
Founder
Ayse Sarikaya
Founder & Managing Director
Ayse Sarikaya is the founder and Managing Director of YellowRock Consulting. She brings more than 20 years of experience, combining executive advisory work with hands-on delivery across global organisations. Her work spans healthcare, MedTech, pharmaceuticals, financial services, payments, consumer businesses and advanced materials.
Before founding YellowRock, Ayse worked at McKinsey & Company and at Visa Europe.
YellowRock Consulting works directly with leadership teams and brings together experts where projects require broader capabilities. Its approach is analytical, collaborative and grounded in implementation.
Sector experience
MedTech & healthcare
Pharmaceuticals & life sciences
Advanced materials & industrials
Financial services & payments
Consumer businesses
Energy
Education