The Team

Blue Oak works with a small team of advisors with deep experience in capital allocation, pricing strategy, and commercial decision-making. Each engagement is handled by a principal with direct experience of the type of question being asked.

Kallum Ford

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Kallum leads Blue Oak Consulting with 17 years of experience across top-tier consulting and in-house leadership roles. Former Principal at Kearney, Director at Monitor Deloitte, and Transformation Director at Rolls-Royce. Specialises in strategy, corporate performance, and helping leadership teams bring clarity to difficult commercial situations with disciplined execution.

Expertise & Credentials

  • Strategy and Corporate Performance
  • Business Model Evolution and Transformation
  • Organizational Design and Effectiveness
  • Operational Improvement and Change Leadership
  • Executive Advisory and Decision-Making

Education

London Business School - MBA (Strategy, Leadership, Finance & Organizational Behaviour)

Kimberly Muller

Principal - Strategy, Pricing & Capital Allocation

Strategic advisor on pricing economics, portfolio contribution analysis, and capital allocation frameworks. Former Head of Pricing Strategy at Deloitte and senior manager at Kaplan with deep expertise in financial modelling and commercial decision-making. Certified Pricing Professional with CFA credentials.

Expertise & Credentials

  • Pricing Strategy and Commercial Analysis
  • Capital Allocation and Portfolio Economics
  • Financial Modelling and Due Diligence
  • Certified Pricing Professional (CPP)
  • CFA Level I Candidate

Education

University of Birmingham - MSc Financial Management & Strategic Management

Ravi Ostermeier

Senior Advisor - Commercial Analytics

Commercial analyst with 12 years of experience in acquisition due diligence, financial modelling, and portfolio economics. Built financial analysis teams at BCG and Morgan Stanley. Specialises in stress-testing acquisition assumptions and identifying hidden capital deployment risks in complex commercial decisions.

Expertise & Credentials

  • Acquisition Due Diligence and Integration
  • Portfolio Contribution Analysis
  • Financial Modelling and Scenario Testing
  • Commercial Data Analysis

Education

LSE - MSc Economics

Sophia Chen

Senior Advisor - Capital Allocation

Capital allocation specialist with 8 years at Schroders advising institutional investors on commercial decision frameworks. Deep background in corporate strategy and investor relations. Expert in testing growth assumptions and modelling downside scenarios for complex capital deployment decisions.

Expertise & Credentials

  • Capital Allocation Frameworks
  • Growth Economics and Scenario Modelling
  • Institutional Investor Relations
  • Strategic Planning and Decision Support

Education

University of Oxford - BA Philosophy, Politics & Economics

Work with the team

If you are working through a commercial decision with material financial consequences, reach out to discuss whether we can help.