CII Advisory Board M&A | The Culture Intelligence Institute

CII Advisory Board

The Culture Intelligence Institute's Advisory Board comprises a select group of industry leaders and M&A veterans. With deep expertise across global private equity, corporate development, and organisational transformation. They ensure our proprietary frameworks remain at the cutting edge of quantifying cultural risk and accelerating value creation in complex transactions.

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Meet the Advisory Board

Each member of our Advisory Board is a recognised authority with a proven track record in global business and M&A strategy. Their collective experience champions the integration of human capital intelligence at every deal stage, empowering our clients to achieve superior returns and build resilient, high-performing organisations.

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Martin Ward

CEO
Silicon Square Limited

As a leader in the venture world, Martin understands that scalability is now a highly complex collaborative effort between people and technology. He advises CII on diagnosing the specific cultural blockages that stall growth post-investment. Martin ensures our frameworks help CEOs build the leadership capacity required to execute aggressive growth strategies and deliver on the investment case

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Clara Boucher

Managing Partner

Soluna Capital

Clara brings extensive experience working with boards, executive teams, and corporates through complex transactions. She works closely with leadership teams and capital providers globally, shaping how companies present their value, articulate their strategy, and build investor conviction—particularly in the context of investment and M&A.

At CII, Clara focuses on bridging culture and capital. She translates organisational culture into measurable insights that strengthen investment narratives, support valuation outcomes, and surface execution risks often missed in traditional diligence—addressing the cultural misalignment that often undermines deals and erodes value.

Nick Massey

CEO and

Executive Chairman

After a corporate career with Coca-Cola and with over 20 years in leadership roles in Private Equity portfolio companies as a CEO and Executive Chairman [leading multi-billion dollar organisations], Nick knows financial engineering alone cannot deliver the investment case. He advises CII on aligning cultural diagnostics with Investment Committee demands, ensuring human capital is treated as a hard asset that drives EBITDA to maximize exit multiples.

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Dharmendra Singh

CEO

MergerWare

A veteran of multi-billion dollar transactions, Dharmendra leads the digital transformation of the M&A industry. He integrates CII’s data-driven philosophy into operational workflows, ensuring cultural diligence happens at the speed of the deal to accelerate integration timelines and prevent value destruction.

Victoria Nicholl

Head of Incubation Services
Imperial College

With extensive experience advancing global coaching networks and advising hundreds of founders, Victoria knows that sustainable growth requires psychological infrastructure, not just capital. She advises CII on integrating leadership mentoring with cultural data, ensuring executive behaviors are tangibly aligned with organisational strategy to build high-performance, resilient enterprises.