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Anthony Penwright.

C-Suite advisor codifying 20+ years of global smart-city and digital-infrastructure delivery into frameworks that work.

Anthony Penwright
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Active ventures
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02 · Executive Summary2

The short version.

Twenty years. $1.3BN+ delivered. Four frameworks, seven ventures, one operator — shipping outcomes, not decks.

I'm drawn to the hard problems at the edge of technology and human institutions — the places where ambitious ideas meet the messy reality of how governments, communities and industries actually operate. For two decades, that's been my work: sitting between the boardroom and the delivery room, translating intent into systems that hold.

What I do is make complexity legible. I listen first, map the terrain — politics, technology, money, people — and shape interventions that can actually move through all of them. When things work, it's rarely because of one brilliant idea; it's because every layer below the decision was designed to carry it.

Lately I've been codifying what I've learned into four practitioner frameworks so the next generation of leaders don't have to repeat the same expensive mistakes. I build ventures inside my own studio to keep the craft sharp. If you're standing at the start of something ambitious and need a partner who can see the whole board and stay in it with you — that's what I'm here for.

$1.3BN+
delivered
40+
major programmes
4
proprietary frameworks
7
active ventures
13
sectors
20+
years
03 · Signature Work3

$1.3BN+
shipped.

Seven programmes that shaped the playbook. Defence, diplomacy, giga-project, venture studio — delivered, not decks.

Programme of record
$1.3BN+
150,000 workstations · 2,000 sites

MoD

Overseas Programme Director — DII(F)

300,000 users across the MoD global footprint.

Best performer
$120M
Nov 2024 – Present

NEOM

Director of Innovation

Best Performing Employee, across a 600+ sector.

$290M
2023 – 2024

NEOM

Director of Tech & Digital

90+ team. Digital master plan. 99.9% uptime delivered.

$18M → $90M
400% growth

Quantela

Director — Growth & Delivery

$300M pipeline built. Digital Alpha $2BN fund partnership.

$315M
5 years

Cisco

Smart City Global Advisory Lead

Established Cisco's Smart City consulting practice from zero.

$975M
242 sites · 150+ countries

FCO

Director — Strategic Operations

450+ reports. 99.8% SLA across global estate.

Active
7 ventures
2022 – Present

Verax Venture Studio

Founder & Principal

AI-native studio: 44+ agent skills, master-agent orchestration, shared CRM / KYC / brand / ops stack across the portfolio.

04 · Capabilities4

Full-stack operator.

Executive leadership, platform engineering, agent orchestration and venture building — one operator, one stack.

01 / 08

Strategy & Leadership

C-Suite AdvisoryBusiness TransformationStrategic PlanningInnovation StrategyP&L ManagementBoard-Level CommunicationEconomic DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsM&AStart-Up GrowthInvestor RelationsPublic-Private Partnership
02 / 08

Technology & Architecture

Smart CitiesIoT / IIoTEnterprise ArchitectureAI / MLVision AIBlockchainWeb3Big Data & AnalyticsAzure IoTCloud (PaaS / BaaS / DaaS)Edge Compute5G / NB-IoTSCADA / OPCOT / IT ConvergenceUrban Digital TwinV2XCybersecurity
03 / 08

Delivery & Governance

Full Lifecycle DeliveryPRINCE2 PractitionerMSP CertifiedAPMAgileITIL v3Risk ManagementChange ManagementGDPRISO 27001Commercial & Contract ManagementStakeholder EngagementProcurement & RFP DesignTarget Operating ModelKPI & Performance Governance
04 / 08

Sectors Delivered

Giga-ProjectsSmart Cities (Greenfield)Smart Cities (Brownfield)Airports & AviationPorts & MaritimeMining & Industrial OTCampus & EducationMalls & RetailLifestyle DevelopmentsUrban OperationsCentral GovernmentDefenceDiplomatic & Foreign Affairs
05 / 08

AI & Agent Orchestration

Multi-Agent SystemsClaude Code / Claude FlowMCP (Model Context Protocol)ReasoningBank LearningSwarm Coordination (Hierarchical / Mesh)Agent Skill Authoring (44+ agents)Hooks & AutomationNeural Pattern TrainingPrompt EngineeringRAG / Vector Search (HNSW)AgentDB Memory SystemsLLM Routing (Haiku / Sonnet / Opus)n8n Workflow AutomationVoice & Vision AI Pipelines
06 / 08

Venture Studio & Building

Founder & Principal — Verax Venture StudioActive Portfolio: 23MD · VELA · Ha(ai)ven · Vairitas · TR4NSFORM · Singularis · Diamond DollsVenture Scoring & DiligencePre-Incorporation StrategyGTM & Commercial Model DesignInvestor Pipeline & Deal SourcingBrand Identity Systems (v2.0)Founder CoachingPortfolio OperationsCap Table & Equity Structuring
07 / 08

Full-Stack Build & Deploy

Next.js / React / TypeScriptTailwind CSS / shadcn/uiSupabase (Postgres / Auth / RLS)Vercel (Deploy / Domains / Analytics)GitHub Actions / Branch ProtectionMicrosoft Graph APIAzure Management APIAttio CRM / Linear / DocumensoSumsub KYC / AMLStoryblok / WordPress CMSv0 Component GenerationKnowledge Base EngineeringCost Monitoring (Azure Cost Mgmt)
08 / 08

Frameworks & Standards

Smart Services Advisory (Author)Innovation Ecosystem Advisory (Author)Operations Advisory (Author)Value Realisation Office (Author)ISO 37120:2018ISO 37122:2019BSI PAS 181:2014ITU-T L.1600 / FG-SSCIEC 62443TOGAF ADM
05 · Proprietary Frameworks5

Four frameworks.

Authored, deployed, measured. The codified backbone of $1.3BN+ of programme value.

01

Smart Services Advisory

The HOW — designing citizen & tenant services that deliver.

  • 3-Layer model: Sense → Analyse → Act
  • 6-stage pathway: Discovery → Execute
  • 7-domain taxonomy across the city stack
  • 21-measure Impact-vs-Feasibility scoring
Deployment

150+ smart services mapped and 40+ smart-city initiatives delivered end-to-end — DMCC Uptown Dubai, NEOM, Red Sea Global.

02

Innovation Ecosystem Advisory

The WHAT — a pipeline from idea to procurement-ready demand.

  • 8-Pillar ecosystem model
  • 7-stage Innovation Funnel: idea → ROI
  • Dual demand & supply scoring
  • 85% implementation · 14-mo payback
Deployment

8 Living Labs delivered, 85+ pilots landed — Strive Services Group KSA demand pipeline mirrors NEOM's board.

03

Smart City Operations Advisory

The RUN — the engine that keeps services live at giga-scale.

  • TOM, NOC/SOC & 24/7 ops design
  • 60+ SOP library (ITIL v3 aligned)
  • AI-augmented ops — 40% manual reduction
  • Northbound apps: CCC, citizen, dashboards
Deployment

NEOM: 99.9% uptime. FCO: 99.8% SLA across 242 sites, 150+ countries.

04

Value Realisation Office (VRO)

The KEEP DELIVERING — outcomes governance, not delivery governance.

  • VRO ≠ PMO — governs outcomes, not delivery
  • 3 Operating Modes · 3 Workstreams · 5 Outputs
  • Buyer-owned, anchored to the Command Centre
  • Closes the Phase-2 ROI gap permanently
Deployment

NEOM innovation board, Quantela commercial model, Cisco global practice.

06 · Career Timeline6

Twenty years.

Ministries, giga-projects, platforms. Each row a programme; each column a proof point.

01$100M
NEOM
Director — Innovation
Nov 24 – Present
02$290M
NEOM
Director — Tech & Digital
Apr 23 – Nov 24
03$100M
Wipro
Director — Smart Cities & IoT
Apr 22 – Apr 23
04$125M
Quantela
Growth & Delivery Consultant
Sept 21 – Apr 22
05$315M
Cisco
Smart City Global Consultant
Nov 15 – Apr 21
06$23M pa
Cabinet Office
Program Director
Mar 13 – Nov 15
07$48M
Environment Agency
Program Director
Dec 11 – Mar 13
08$910M
FCO
Director — Strategic Operations
Aug 08 – Dec 11
09$9M
Ministry of Justice (YJB)
Program Director
Feb 08 – Aug 08
10$5BN
Ministry of Defence
Overseas Delivery Director
Nov 05 – Feb 08
11$24M
Corus Steel
Transformation Lead
Aug 04 – Nov 05
12$5M
DWP
Implementation Lead
Mar 04 – Aug 05
13$8M
HM Prison Service
Deployment Lead
Jan 03 – Mar 04
07 · Credentials7

Credentials.

01
Standards
  • ISO 37120:2018
  • ISO 37122:2019
  • BSI PAS 181:2014
  • ITU-T L.1600 / FG-SSC
  • IEC 62443
02
Certifications
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner
  • MSP Certified
  • ITIL v3
  • CompTIA Security+
  • BTA Blockchain Professional
  • BTA Solution Architect
  • Microsoft Azure / M365
03
Education
  • MBA Entrepreneurial Action — Anglia Ruskin (2025)
  • MBA Artificial Intelligence — Cumbria (in progress, 2026)
04
Clearance
  • UK SC / DV eligible (FCO & MoD history)
08 · Contact8

Let’s
build.

Email
ap@credible.uk.com
Direct
+966 533 15 8265
Based
Riyadh, KSA · Premium Resident