Board-level reverse-PE advisory
Most owners can't leave. We are the boardroom around the owner — so the asset you've built is yours to sell, transfer, step back from, or keep.
Where to begin
Real ownership compounds. The programs aren't one-and-done — they're a continuum, designed to build sustainable momentum across years, not weeks. Four altitudes. One methodology. One boardroom. Each AG45 program engages owner-led businesses at a different altitude — built on the same True Ownership™ methodology, applied where the work fits. Each is a complete engagement on its own. Together, they form the path from operator-run to leader-run — and many owners graduate from one to the next as their business evolves.
Find the program that fits where you are.
Recommended path
As a solopreneur, you are the entire operation. Leverage comes from systems and structure — but only the right ones. Built without clarity, they cost you time. Built with clarity, they compound. The Ownership Blueprint™ takes you through the True Ownership™ methodology in a self-directed format. Forty-five days. Phase 1 (Own It) builds your Map of Me™ — your Soulful Strategic Operating Document. Phase 2 (Build It) builds the systems, structure, and operating discipline that fit. The on-ramp into the firm.
Recommended path
Your business has staff but it doesn't yet have leadership — you're doing both jobs. At this stage, two AG45 programs fit. The Ownership Blueprint™ is self-directed — yourself first, your business second, applied through the True Ownership™ methodology. The Owner's Circle™ is a peer Board that holds you accountable. Either one is a real path forward. Some owners do one, some do the other, and some sequence them. Your call.
Recommended path
You have one or two people stepping up — the transition from owner-led to leader-run is in motion, but it's not complete. At this stage, two AG45 programs fit. Strategic Cadence™ gives you a 1:1 strategist on a monthly cadence with Board-level advisors behind the scene. The Owner's Circle™ gives you a peer Board of four non-competing owners. Either one is a real path forward. Some owners do one, some do the other. Your call.
Recommended path
You have four or more leaders running departments — the leadership team is in place, but the transition from owner-led to leader-run is the actual work. This is where governance, exit-readiness, and transferable enterprise value become the question. Leader Run™ is AG45's flagship — a multi-year engagement, typically 3 to 5 years, of board-level work with a Board of Advisors (the Strategic Council) assembled around you. The work prepares the owner to break free of the business — whether that's succession, sale, or going passive while retaining ownership.
The Firm
AG45 is a pure strategic advisory firm. We don't take equity. We don't execute. We assemble a Strategic Council around the owner, run the True Ownership™ methodology across four programs at four altitudes, and hold the work to a board-level standard.
Selected engagements
Leadership
25+ years across entrepreneurship, operating, advising, and coaching — lived in 4 countries (U.S., U.K., Singapore, Australia), worked across 12+. Architect of the True Ownership™ methodology that powers every AG45 engagement. Discernment through chaos and change — and the right people at the table to do something about it.
Read full biography →The firm and the framework
AG45 is a board-level reverse-PE advisory firm. The work is to build the asset PE firms would buy — leader-run businesses where the owner has real choices. Every engagement runs on True Ownership™, a proprietary methodology developed over 25+ years of building, scaling, and rebuilding businesses.
Board-level reverse-PE advisory. Four programs at four altitudes — from the self-directed Blueprint to the multi-year Leader Run™ engagement.
See the programs →A proprietary framework built on the 5As — All In It, Align With It, Advocate For It, Act On It, Accountable To It. Powers every AG45 engagement.
Download the 5A Framework →"The hard path is the one I've walked. That's why this works."
Begin
Take the True Owner's Audit™ to see where you are across the 5A Framework and which AG45 program fits where you are right now. It's the entry point for The Owner's Circle™, Strategic Cadence™, and the path toward Leader Run™.