Interim leadership when control, cash or credibility is at risk.

The capital behind the appointments

The capital base came first. The CV reveals only part of it.

Every commercial mandate draws upon more than Steven's employment record. It draws upon a personal capital base that began accumulating long before his professional career.

His early education encouraged independent reading, curiosity and responsibility. His interests ranged from chess and electronics to amateur radio and farming. Both schools entrusted him with responsibilities, while his father found books when the library considered him too young for the subjects he wanted to explore.

At thirteen, alongside his paper round, he began buying and selling military surplus, encouraged by his school and parents on the understanding that his entrepreneurial interests must not interfere with his studies.

Those early habits of enquiry, experimentation and enterprise continued into a working life spanning military command, business, government, investment, judicial responsibility and institutional stewardship.

Across these environments, different forms of capital accumulated and reinforced one another. Each appointment provided opportunities to deploy that capital while developing it further.

Some of what accumulated is visible in conventional financial and professional records. Much remains off-book.