Technology due diligence & fractional CTO leadership.
15+ years as a CTO and executive board member in UK businesses of £15–120m turnover. Technology due diligence and integration across eight completed transactions, most recently the £48m sale of National Milk Records to AB Agri, part of Associated British Foods plc.
Services
Technology due diligence
Written for the people commissioning it.
Buy-side technology and cyber diligence, and pre-exit readiness for sellers. A clear read of the estate, the risks, and the cost to put things right, in the language a board and an investor can act on.
Read more ›Technology reviews
The usual place to start, for upside as well as risk.
The Technology Return Review is a three-week, fixed-fee engagement for owner-managed businesses: what your technology spend returns, and where AI would genuinely improve it. One page your board can read in 90 seconds. ERP rescue, programme reset and board reporting sit alongside it.
See the Return Review ›Fractional CTO leadership
Senior technology ownership, part-time.
Ongoing technology leadership for businesses that need the judgement without a full-time hire: strategy, governance, team and structure, and pragmatic AI adoption where it earns its place.
Read more ›About Mike
Mike Fraser has spent 15 years in technology leadership across listed and mid-market UK businesses, from Reed Business Information at RELX to executive board roles at Wilmington Plc, Oxford Royale Academy, and National Milk Records. He started as a software engineer and worked his way up to the board: he knows the technology from the code up and the business from the top down, and eight completed transactions make M&A and technology diligence familiar territory rather than an occasional brief.
Read more about Mike ›Insights
Practical writing on technology due diligence, IT governance, and getting a return on technology spend.
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Contact
Get in touch
Send a couple of lines on the transaction, the estate, or whatever you're weighing up. I'll reply within one working day and tell you whether it's something I can help with. If not, I'll point you in the right direction.
Based near the M4 corridor, working UK-wide on a remote-first basis with in-person time for key milestones.