Some of Our Work

Large & Small Clients Across the Globe

Airline Turnaround From Loss to Profitability
  • Catalise worked with the national airline of Malta to effect a turnaround in its commercial position. The airline, critical to the economy of the island state, is a €220m business with over 1300 employees. Catalise led:

  • securing EU approval of a state aid package to support the airline's turnaround program
  • raising required capital
  • disposal of non - core assets
  • establishing the restructuring plan and program
  • establishing and operating the PMO
  • negotiation of restructuring agreements with the airline's unions
  • managing a headcount reduction of circa 500 staff
  • new organisation design
  • internal and external recruitment process
  • renegotiation of key supplier contracts
  • cultural transformation program
Deutsche Post World Net - Integration of 3 European Companies
Catalise were tasked with integrating the operations of 3 merged European logistics companies covering over a dozen countries Description of deliverables:
  • Programme Office
Supported the development of the OPS Programme Office capability to support integration planning and control, particularly with respect to the introduction of Risk, Quality and Transition Management Processes
  • Programme Visibility & Control
Design and implementation of a common planning environment between the region and the countries to enable visibility of integration progress across countries and inter-dependencies between central programmes and country integration projects.
  • Central Integration Masterplan
Development of a regional integration roadmap which was time phased and which demonstrated the value achievement as each waypoint is reached.
  • Country Roadmap Development Support
Supported the deployment of the integration strategy to the 14 country/clusters in the European Region and to coach countries in the creation of aligned country integration roadmaps & plans
Velrada IT Services - Performance Improvement Plan
  • We developed a comprehensive improvement plan for this IT services company that included:
  • Business Development / Growth Planning
  • Enhanced sales effectiveness and processes
  • Improved yield management
  • Performance Management System
DHL - Establishment of European IT Data Centre
  • We centralised IT operations form 23 European countries, creating one of the largest data centres in Europe.
  • multinatinal project team of over 160 people
  • 16 project teams across Europe, 7 of which were working concurrently
  • 50% of the project resources were from the client's own organisation
  • Implemented within 12 months
  • Less than 2 years from concept study to completion
Caribbean Airlines
  • Creation of a new national airline
  • Brought in by the new CEO and the Government to rescue the loss making national airline, Catalise developed the restructuring strategy and approach
  • Worked with airline staff to implement the airline turnaround strategy, which involved closing the old BWIA airline and launching the new airline – Caribbean Airlines Limited.
  • The old BWIA airline was a $270m business of over 2,000 employees.
7-Eleven Australia - M&A Planning & Delivery
Merger & Acquistion Implementation
  • Planning & implementation support for 7-Eleven's acquisition of Mobil Oil's retail operation
  • Integration planning & support for 7-Elevens’s acquisition of Starbucks Australia