About

Built by practitioners. Delivered by partners.

We ran separations from inside the institutions being separated, and in consulting roles alongside them. Glideslope is the advisory we wanted when we were on the client side of the table.

Why we started

The value lost between the data room and Day 1 is avoidable.

Transition advice tended to be expensive, slow to mobilise, or arrive after close with no context from diligence. By then the price was fixed, the TSAs were signed and the problems were locked in.

Glideslope closes that gap. We enter during diligence, design the transition before close and run Day 1. Where the deal creates a transformation opportunity, we stay to help deliver it.

We also work outside active deals. Private equity firms and corporates engage us on legacy modernisation, platform rationalisation and operating model redesign, with the same people and the same approach.

Why Glideslope

Two white, two amber: on slope.

A glideslope is the path an aircraft follows from entry to touchdown. Pilots confirm they are on it by reading four lights beside the runway: two white and two red means on slope. Our mark uses those four lights, with amber in place of red, as the visible sign of a transition that is on track.

Brand animation, 24 seconds, no sound. Four white approach lights; two turn amber, then the Glideslope wordmark appears.

Partners

The people you will work with.

David Richardson

Managing Partner

David specialises in M&A separation and integration: large, multi-jurisdictional transactions in regulated environments. He combines programme design with hands-on execution to hold timelines, control cost and manage risk, including leading the separation of regulated entities across Australia and other jurisdictions.

Selected prior roles

Separation of AMP Capital International Infrastructure to DigitalBridge
Carve-out of AMP Capital Domestic Private Markets to Dexus
End-to-end separation of AMP Advice and transition to Entireti and AZ NGA
Financial services transformation programmes at Citi, Commonwealth Bank and AMP Capital across Australia, the UK, Singapore and Japan

Philip Hyde

Founding Partner

Phil leads complex separations, carve-outs and operating model transformations. He has led technology and data separations across more than 270 applications, designed and negotiated transitional service agreements, and cut a technology run cost from $13 million to under $2 million.

Selected prior roles

Separation of AMP Life to Resolution Life
Carve-out of AMP Capital to multiple buyers
End-to-end technology transformation of AMP Advice and transition to Entireti
BPO readiness assessment for a major Australian financial services institution
Enterprise transformation design and business case, technology simplification and finance transformation

Transactions listed were led by our partners in prior roles. Client names are shown where the transaction is public.

How we work

We take a small number of engagements at a time, and a founding partner is directly involved in every one. We work alongside your people. We set the programme up, mobilise the governance and step back once it runs, rather than embedding for the duration.

AI in practice

Our partners design, build, test and govern AI tools for regulated M&A work. That gives us a grounded view of where AI adds value in a transition and where judgement has to stay with people.

ClarityIntel

An associated venture providing AI-assisted due diligence for M&A, hosted in Australia. We use it to read a data room faster.

clarityintel.ai

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