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↓About Maxica
Built to make complex change deliver measurable value.
Maxica is a programme transformation and data consultancy helping organisations simplify complexity, strengthen delivery and turn strategic ambition into lasting business outcomes.
2013
EstablishedMore than a decade focused on complex business change.
10+
Years in Higher EducationSupporting institutions since 2016.
ISO 9001
Quality certifiedAchieved with no non-conformities or observations.
End to End
Strategy through deliveryAdvisory, architecture, data and programme capability.
Why Maxica exists
Senior expertise, practical delivery and accountability that stays close to the outcome.
Derron Taplin and Ope Ayileye founded Maxica after working together for seven years to develop an advanced global project portfolio function within a FTSE 100 environment. They created the consultancy around a simple belief: complex change works better when strategic intent, delivery control and experienced people remain connected.
That principle still shapes Maxica today. We bring together the right senior expertise for each challenge, maintain clear accountability throughout delivery and measure progress by the value created, not simply the activity completed.
Our evolution
Capability built around the realities of transformation.
Maxica has expanded in response to what clients need to move from strategic intent to sustainable operational change.
Integrated transformation teams
Architects, business analysts, PMO analysts, change managers and testers extended support across the complete change lifecycle.
↓Managed programme delivery
Programme and Project Management as a Service added flexible leadership, mobilisation, control and recovery capability.
↓Portfolio foundations
Prioritising investment, establishing governance and connecting delivery activity to strategic objectives and measurable outcomes.
◆Our journey
A track record built through long-term relationships and complex delivery.
Selected milestones show how Maxica's sector experience, partnerships and formal assurance have developed since the business was founded.
A stronger platform for growth
GOETEC membership and ISO 9001 certification reinforce the quality and governance supporting Maxica's expanding consultancy services.
Broader institutional impact
New relationships with Queen's University Belfast, the University of Brighton, L&Q Housing Trust and The Donkey Sanctuary broaden Maxica's impact.
Strategic partnerships accelerate growth
Maxica achieves Microsoft Gold Partner status, supports Ulster University and begins working with Associated British Foods which included partnering on the Primark separation programme in 2026.
Experience broadens across sectors
Engagements with BEIS, Cats Protection and Norgine extend Maxica's delivery experience across government, the third sector and pharmaceuticals.
Transformation relationships deepen
Maxica becomes a UCISA corporate member and supports the University of East Anglia's £27 million digital transformation programme.
Capability and assurance expand
Maxica begins working with Meggitt, joins the G-Cloud marketplace and achieves Cyber Essentials, maintained annually alongside continuous ICO registration.
Higher Education journey starts
Work with Coventry University begins a Higher Education track record that now spans ten years and several UK institutions.
Enterprise delivery begins
Early engagements with Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rio Tinto establish Maxica's foundations in complex multinational environments.
Maxica is founded
Derron Taplin and Ope Ayileye establish Maxica, building the business on portfolio discipline, senior accountability and successful delivery.
Founding partners
Experienced leadership that remains close to clients and delivery.
Derron Taplin and Ope Ayileye established Maxica after working together to build and advance a global project portfolio function. Their combined experience continues to inform the standards, judgement and ambition of the wider consultancy.
Derron Taplin
Co-founder & Executive PartnerDerron brings 30 years of experience across portfolio management, programme transformation and strategic advisory. He helps organisations connect ambition to controlled delivery, particularly where complex business and technology change must create measurable value.
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Ope Ayileye
Co-founder & Executive PartnerOpe is a commercially focused senior leader and strategist with 30 years of experience. He helps complex organisations improve performance, strengthen investment decisions and deliver significant savings and efficiencies through effective portfolio, programme and transformation leadership.
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Capability shaped around the client challengeOur engagements bring together experienced programme leaders, architects, business analysts, PMO specialists, change professionals, testers and data experts—without exposing a public employee directory.
Our values
The principles clients experience in every Maxica engagement.
Our values are not abstract statements. They guide how we communicate, make decisions, manage delivery and take responsibility for outcomes.
Trust
We work openly, communicate honestly and build relationships designed to last beyond an individual assignment.
Simplicity
We make complex challenges understandable, actionable and easier for organisations to govern and deliver.
Excellence
We bring experienced people, disciplined delivery and high professional standards to work that matters.
Accountability
We take ownership of outcomes, decisions and the commitments we make—to our clients and to one another.
Bring clarity, control and momentum to your next challenge.
Talk to Maxica about the business outcome you need, the barriers in the way and a practical route from strategy to measurable delivery.
