Agents
Surface market signals, connect intelligence and prepare context.
People
Build relationships early, shape the opportunity and decide what to pursue.
Build governed human-agent systemsTransform commercial
Transform commercial
performance across
the deal lifecycle.
Turn AI investment into commercial excellence. Build a system, not another tool.
Experience gained at bp, RWE and Bouygues.
The emerging challenge
The deadline moves closer. The uncertainty stays.
From origination to financial close, teams lose time reconciling assumptions, filtering tender packages and chasing inputs. Critical commercial decisions get squeezed.
Instead of adding another standalone AI tool, build one seamless human-agent system around the way your team works.
Human-led, AI-augmented business development
Give your people room to lead, challenge and decide.
AI agents detect signals, build commercial intelligence, coordinate data and prepare drafts. Your people use that head start to build relationships, shape opportunities, challenge assumptions and approve commitments.
Originate and qualifyAgents build intelligence.
People shape relationships and opportunities.
People shape relationships and opportunities.
Bid and tenderAgents coordinate and compare.
People challenge and steer strategy.
People challenge and steer strategy.
Commit and closeAgents track and transfer.
People approve and lead the handover.
People approve and lead the handover.
Agents
Coordinate inputs, structure tender packages and surface variances.
People
Lead negotiations, challenge price and risk, and steer commercial strategy.
Agents
Check compliance, track approvals and carry structured knowledge forward.
People
Approve commitments, reach financial close and hand over to delivery.
Governed bid delivery framework
Know what you can trust and why.
Every workflow needs a clear purpose, reliable information and someone accountable for the result.
Governed AI-augmented bid workflow
Define success
Agree what a useful result looks like.
Use trusted information
Work from your documents, evidence and policies.
Give tools clear tasks
Set boundaries and flag exceptions.
Execute and evaluateCorrect and refine
Check the result
Test accuracy, completeness and usefulness.
Keep people accountable
Make approvals and decision rights explicit.
Learn from use
Measure what improves and what needs changing.
Bid governanceApproved sourcesAccess rightsEvidence traceabilityCompliance controlsApproval record
Outcome
Reliable, governed bid decisions and outputs.
Who I work with
Discuss your needs →Transforming business development and procurement functions.
How I help
Transform your commercial function with governed human-agent systems.
Commercial Diagnostics
Find the friction holding performance back.
Pinpoint friction across the deal lifecycle, from origination to close. Uncover bottlenecks and prioritise the highest-value opportunities for AI.
Start with a diagnostic →Operating Model and GovernanceDesign how people and agents work together.
Design future-state commercial processes, clear decision rights and governed human-in-the-loop workflows aligned with your risk profile.
Design the operating model →Human-Agent SystemsBuild one connected commercial system.
Prototype, build and deploy practical AI solutions within your business development and tendering workflows. One connected system, not another standalone tool.
Build your system →Change Leadership and AI AdoptionMake new ways of working stick.
Coach commercial leaders and teams to build AI literacy, critical judgement and the working habits required for lasting adoption.
Build lasting adoption →About Yorik
Commercial leadership first. AI applied with judgement.
I bring more than 15 years of operational and commercial leadership across energy and infrastructure, including bp, RWE and Bouygues.
Having progressed from project engineer to Bid Director on complex international projects, I understand how buyer requirements become bidder assumptions, prices and risks, and why commercial teams stall under pressure.
Through Ignis Leadership, I bring together commercial strategy, governed human-agent systems and change leadership to help teams adopt new ways of working across the full deal lifecycle.
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Technology should serve your bid strategy, your people and the decisions that matter.
15+ years across both sides of complex bids and tenders, from project engineer to Senior Bid Manager and Bid Director.
MBA-qualified. Built teams and bid practices, entered markets and reshaped how organisations pursue growth.
Turn bid work into practical AI use cases, governed workflows and pilots with clear human controls.
ICF-credentialled coach helping leaders build judgement, confidence and adoption.
Frequently asked questions
What would you like to know first?
What does Ignis Leadership do?
I help organisations improve how they bid for complex contracts and how they tender to award them. That includes processes, decisions, team capability and practical AI workflows.
What does discovery involve?
We examine the problem, how work happens today and what gets in the way. You leave with clear priorities and a proportionate next step.
Do you build solutions as well as advise?
Yes. I design and build focused AI agents and workflows, working with your technical team or providing hands-on development where needed.
Will AI replace our team?
AI can take on parts of the preparation and coordination. Your people remain responsible for relationships, judgement, commercial decisions and approvals.
How do you help teams adopt AI?
Through practical training using their own material. People learn how to use the workflow, check its outputs and recognise when to intervene.
Which sectors do you work in?
Energy, infrastructure and industrial markets, particularly where contracts involve significant commercial risk and coordination.
Is there a standard package?
The scope follows the problem. You receive a clear proposal and price before substantive work begins.
Do you work outside Manchester?
Yes. I work across the UK and internationally, combining remote and in-person support.
Still deciding where to start? Tell me what is changing and we can identify the right first step.
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Where is the pressure in your process?
Tell me what is happening and what needs to improve, so you can take the right first step.
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AI will expose your slowest bid decision.
Faster production will make slow approvals and unclear ownership harder to hide.
The proposal is becoming the easy part
AI can produce more bid work. The advantage is moving to the decisions before and after it.
Why does every bid feel like starting again?
Your team already knows more than it can find. That is where time, confidence and bidding capacity disappear.