About Modus
We built what we wished existed.
After decades working inside complex organisations, we kept running into the same problem: when institutions needed deep, specialist expertise, the options were poor. Junior-heavy consulting teams. Generalist advisers who knew everything about nothing. Or pure theory, disconnected from how things actually work. Modus is our answer: a curated network of practitioners who have spent careers mastering a specific domain, available to engage on a defined brief without the overhead of a traditional firm.
Founded by practitioners. Not career consultants.
Jim Roberts
Co-Founder
20+ years in technology risk, cyber security and enterprise risk across APAC and EMEA.
Standard Chartered, Prudential, NatWest and National Australia Bank.
Paul Scott
Co-Founder
20+ years in financial markets operations, GBS and shared services across global institutions.
Standard Chartered, Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs.
A different kind of consultancy.
Not a staffing firm.
Modus is a curated network of senior practitioners, people who have run the functions they advise on, available fractionally, on short contract, or for interim roles. No briefing decks. No juniors shadowing seniors. No conflict between utilisation rates and quality.
Geography
Built for Asia. Connected to the world.
We started in Kuala Lumpur because the opportunity here is real: markets maturing fast, regulatory complexity compounding, and organisations that need genuine expertise, not templated advice. We have partners from New York to New Zealand.