A corporate physician for founders & CEOs

A doctor reads the chart before writing the prescription. We do the same.

Crotonville.AI is the corporate physician for founder-led businesses. A disciplined diagnostic, a written prescription, and a long-term operating relationship — built so the routine work runs on tools while the qualified physician focuses where judgement is required.

25 KPIs
Read on every chart
5 playbooks
One operating rhythm
15+ yrs
Minimum advisor experience
13 countries
Operating experience
The brief

Most owners don't have a cash problem. They have a priority problem.

The complaint is rarely the cause. A founder says "we need more revenue" — the chart shows receivables. A founder says "we're losing our best people" — the chart shows there's no career path. A founder says "margins are shrinking" — the chart shows one client is subsidising three.

A real physician doesn't open with the prescription. They take the vitals, read the chart, name the cause — and only then write the script. The corporate physician follows the same discipline. For every business.

"
There's a hundred things to fix. We're not short of problems — we're short of a way to choose between them.
— Every founder, at some point
The diagnostic instinct

What you say. What the chart shows.

Patients arrive with a complaint. Doctors look at the chart. The two are rarely the same problem — and confusing them is how good businesses die.

What the founder says · the symptom
What the chart shows · the cause
We need more revenue.
Receivables, not revenue
AR days have crept from 45 to 78. Cash is trapped in invoices, not missing from the market.
We're losing our best people.
No career path, not pay
Compensation benchmarks correctly. What's missing is a promotion track and managers who run 1:1s. Cheaper to fix than retention bonuses.
Margins are shrinking.
One client subsidising three
Three product lines are losing money. One is masking the bleed. The fix is a portfolio decision, not a price rise.
The team isn't executing.
No operating rhythm
Decisions get re-litigated every month. There's no cycle where variance is debated and the next quarter is set. People aren't slow — the system is missing.
We need to raise capital.
Not yet investable
The numbers tell a story investors won't fund. Six months of clean-up beats a discount valuation now. Governance, reporting, then capital.
How we think

How a doctor thinks. How we think.

A medical encounter follows a specific sequence. Symptoms first, vitals next, history third — diagnosis only when the chart is read. The corporate physician follows the same discipline in business.

01

Sequence is not optional.

You don't write the prescription before reading the chart. Every step sits in order for a reason. Skip one and the prescription is a guess.

02

The same chart for every patient.

25 KPIs. Five categories. Read in under sixty seconds. Same inputs for every business — because comparability is what makes the read meaningful.

03

The doctor doesn't sell the medicine.

A physician who profits from the drugs they prescribe is suspect. We don't sell the tax work, the M&A advisor, or the financing in the prescription. We diagnose; the specialist network fulfils.

Step by step

For every move a doctor makes, we have an equivalent.

The parallel isn't decorative. It's the structure that makes the engagement repeatable, defensible, and billable.

Step
In a medical practice
At Crotonville.AI
01
Intake
The patient describes the symptoms in their own words. "I feel tired. My chest hurts."
Discovery
The founder describes what feels wrong in their own words. "A hundred things to fix. We don't know which one matters most."
02
Vitals
Blood pressure, pulse, temperature, oxygen. Fast, cheap, standardised. The same numbers for every patient.
Health Score
25 KPIs across Liquidity, Profitability, Efficiency, Leverage, Growth. Read in under sixty seconds. The same chart for every business.
03
History
Past illness, medication, family history. Context that explains the present.
Context
Prior strategy, capital structure, ownership, market position. The story behind the numbers.
04
Diagnosis
Name the cause. Not a list of twenty things — the one or two that actually drive the symptoms.
Diagnosis Brief
Root cause named. Two or three issues. The prescription that follows treats these, not everything.
05
Prescription
Specific drug, specific dose, specific duration. Signed. Dated. Measurable.
Action Sheet
Signed prescription: target, action, measure, owner, date. Nothing happens without it.
06
Specialist referral
"I think you need a cardiologist." The GP knows when to hand off.
Specialist bridge
Tax, legal, M&A, financing — drawn from the vetted bench. We diagnose; the specialist fulfils.
07
Follow-up
"Come back in two weeks." Did the medication work? What changed?
Quarterly Close
Variance debated. Misses re-litigated. Learnings written down. Next quarter set. The chart is read again, fresh.
08
Annual physical
Even when nothing is wrong, the disciplined patient comes in once a year. The point is to catch the silent things early.
The five-playbook year
Growth, Operating, Resource, Governance, Performance — each playbook lands on a fixed date. The point is not to fight fires. The point is to prevent them.
The operating system

Five playbooks. One operating year.

Five disciplined cycles. Each lands on a fixed date. Each is owned by a specific person. Each produces a written output. Together they're the annual physical for a business — the rhythm that turns intent into results, year after year.

GPB
Growth Playbook
Where will revenue come from in three years? External landscape, market moves, the strategic roadmap.
Owner
CEO
Cycle
Annual · Q1
Output
3-year roadmap
OPB
Operating Playbook
Strategy translated into numbers and accountability. Targets, actions, measures. The year committed in writing.
Owner
CFO
Cycle
Annual · Q2
Output
Operating plan
RPB
Resource Playbook
Talent, succession, where capability sits. The single biggest determinant of execution.
Owner
CHRO / CEO
Cycle
Annual · Q3
Output
9-box & plan
GovP
Governance Playbook
Board, controls, risk, compliance. The discipline that makes a company investable, financeable, and saleable.
Owner
Chair / CEO
Cycle
Annual · Q4
Output
Board pack
PPB
Performance Playbook
Variance debated. Misses re-litigated. Learnings recorded. The cycle that repeats every quarter and compounds.
Owner
CFO / CEO
Cycle
Quarterly
Output
Quarter close
The annual physical for a business. Even healthy patients come in once a year — to catch the silent things early. The five playbooks exist for the same reason. Disciplined owners run the cycle even in good years, because that is what makes the good years compound.
The journey

Four phases. Twelve stages. One pathway every client walks.

Onboard, diagnose, treat, compound — the same arc as a long-term clinical relationship. Designed so the routine work is run by tools and junior associates, while the qualified physician focuses where judgement is required.

A
Onboard
the first appointment
First contact through engagement
B
Diagnose
vitals, chart, diagnosis
Read the chart, name the cause
C
Treat
prescription & referral
Advisor session, signed action, specialist
D
Compound
chronic-care relationship
The discipline that runs every year after
intake
01
Diagnostic Call
A paid first conversation. The physician reads what's on the table, asks the right questions, and tells you whether we're the right clinic.
case opened
02
Case File
A short written note: what you said, what we think, what to read next. Sent within 48 hours.
admission
03
Engagement
Scope, fee, term agreed. The associate or tool opens the file.
vitals taken
04
Data Onboard
Bank, accounting, AR/AP. Pulled in under sixty seconds. Same inputs for every business.
the chart
05
Health Score
25 KPIs across Liquidity, Profitability, Efficiency, Leverage, Growth. RAG-flagged. The same chart for every business.
diagnosis
06
Diagnosis Brief
Root cause named. Two or three issues. Not a list of twenty.
the consultation
07
Advisor Session
90 minutes with the qualified physician. Real disagreement, real decisions.
the prescription
08 Gate
Prescription
Signed action sheet: target, action, measure, owner, date. Nothing happens without it.
specialist referral
09
Specialist Bridge
Legal, tax, M&A, financing — where scope exceeds the physician. We don't sell the medicine; we make the referral.
follow-up
10
Quarterly Close
Variance debated. Learnings recorded. Next quarter set. The Performance Playbook in action.
annual physical
11
The Five-Playbook Year
Client joins the full cycle: GPB → OPB → RPB → GovP, plus PPB every quarter. The system that makes good years compound.
the long arc
12
Compounding Outcome
Multi-year value: each cycle smarter, faster, cheaper than the last. The relationship is the product.
Engagement

Clear fees. In writing. Before we start.

Three ways in. From a single diagnostic conversation to a full year on the operating system. We name the price up front, in writing. No retainer dressed up as a project; no project dressed up as a relationship.

Step 01
Diagnostic
RM 1,000
One-off · 60 minutes
A paid first conversation. We read what you brought, ask the right questions, and tell you whether we're the right clinic — or refer you to someone better suited.
  • 60-minute physician call
  • Pre-call intake review
  • Written case-file note within 48 hours
Step 02
Health Check
RM 5,000
Project · 2–3 weeks
The full diagnostic. Data plugged in, 25 KPIs scored, root cause named in a written brief. The chart your physician will refer back to for years.
  • Data onboarding
  • 25-KPI Health Score
  • Diagnosis Brief, written
  • 90-minute review session

The Operating System — for businesses ready for the full year

Five playbooks. Monthly cadence. Priced by company size — fair, transparent, scaled to scope.
Company size · annual revenue
Monthly fee
Up to RM 10M
RM 10,000 / month
RM 10M – 50M
RM 20,000 / month
RM 50M – 200M
RM 40,000 / month
RM 200M – 500M
RM 80,000 / month
RM 500M+
from RM 100,000 / month
Specialist work — tax, legal, M&A, financing — is referred to the vetted network and billed by the specialist directly. We don't sell the medicine in the prescription.
About

Forty years of operating discipline. Built for founders.

Crotonville.AI takes the operating discipline used by the best-run companies in the world — and rebuilds it for the founder-led businesses that need it most.

Why the name
Crotonville.ai

Crotonville is the name of a famous leadership institute — the place where finance, operations, and strategy fused into a single operating language. The five playbooks. The quarterly close. The discipline of variance against plan. That's where the method was forged.

We've taken that operating system, paired it with modern tooling, and built it for businesses that don't have a Crotonville of their own.

BasedKuala Lumpur
ReachAsia & ANZ
TrainedFortune 100 finance pipeline
SpeaksEN · MS · 中文
The founding physician
A CFO. A CEO. A board member. A builder.

The founding physician built a career at the intersection of strategy, leadership and execution — helping CEOs, founders, and boards navigate complexity, align teams, and deliver transformational growth.

Two decades inside a Fortune 100 industrial — through one of the world's most rigorous finance and audit pipelines — across the US, Canada, China, Europe, India, Japan, and Southeast Asia. The final role was CFO of a multinational operations business with 150+ finance professionals across 13 countries.

Then the operator's seat. Group COO of a Malaysian conglomerate. CFO of a global severe-service engineering business. Independent non-executive director of multiple public-listed companies on Bursa Malaysia. Founder of an independent advisory and investment firm — turnarounds, MBOs, M&A, IPO preparation — including a Nasdaq listing at ~USD 400M market cap.

Crotonville.AI is the productisation of that work — the same discipline, scaled to reach businesses that can't afford their own corporate physician.

The track record

Forty years of operating — in one career.

2026 —
Founder, Crotonville.AIProductising the corporate-physician operating system
The work of forty years, rebuilt for founder-led businesses.
2025 —
Chairman of the BoardVerdant Solar · KL (Independent Non-Executive)
Solar energy. 2,000+ projects, 3,000+ customers.
2024 —
Resident Mentor10XValley · Malaysia's IPO-Ready Transformation Platform
Mentoring entrepreneurs to formularize, corporatize, and globalize.
2022 —
Independent Non-Executive DirectorVestland Berhad · Bursa Malaysia ACE Market
Construction. MYR 1.5B+ orderbook. Listed Jan 2023.
2016 —
CEO, Treo CapitalIndependent strategic, financial & M&A advisory · KL & Singapore
Turnarounds, IPOs, MBOs, restructurings — including a Nasdaq IPO at ~USD 400M market cap.
2016 —
Group Executive DirectorHotel Sentral Group · Hospitality, Malaysia
Transformation of a hospitality group toward top-tier Malaysian hospitality brand — 10 hotels, ~1,300 keys.
2015 –
2017
Independent Non-Executive DirectorDenko Industrial Corporation Bhd · KLSE
Public-listed consumer & industrial products. ~MYR 100M+ revenue, ~500 employees.
2014 –
2016
Group Chief Operating OfficerHextar Group · agrochemicals, fertilizers, industrial & oilfield chemicals
~MYR 800M (~USD 200M) global revenue, 2,000 employees, 4 manufacturing facilities. Created the Hextar Growth Playbook for a MYR 2 Billion 2020 vision.
2012 –
2014
Chief Financial OfficerIMI Critical Engineering — CCI Asia · Singapore
Asia division of a global leader in severe-service applications in energy. ~GBP 100M+ revenue. 3 manufacturing sites (Korea, Japan, India), multiple sales offices across Asia.
2002 –
2012
Senior finance roles · Fortune 100 industrialCFO of multinational operations Asia · plus FP&A, commercial, and audit leadership across US, Canada, China, Europe, India, Japan, SEA
Twenty-year finance and audit pipeline. Final role led 150+ finance professionals across 13 countries. Where the operating system was first learned.
What we believe

First, do no harm. Three principles, held tightly.

01

Sequence over speed.

A faster diagnosis is worth less than a correct one. We will not write the prescription before reading the chart, even when asked.

02

We don't sell the medicine.

A physician who profits from the drugs they prescribe is suspect. The tax work, the M&A advisor, the financing — those go to the specialist network. We diagnose; specialists fulfil.

03

The relationship is the product.

A one-off consult is a transaction. A multi-year operating partnership compounds. We optimise for the second.

Start a conversation

A Diagnostic Call. Sixty minutes. Paid.

The first step is a paid Diagnostic Call. RM 1,000. The physician reads what you bring, asks the right questions, and tells you whether we're the right clinic — or refers you to someone better suited. No free lunch. No obligation after.

Direct contact

The conversation starts here.

Reach out directly — by email or LinkedIn — and we'll find a time. The Diagnostic Call is RM 1,000. Payment confirms the appointment. If we're not the right clinic for you, we refund the fee and refer you elsewhere.

What happens next

Four steps. Then we talk.
  1. You reach out. We read it personally. Same day.
  2. We propose a time and send the invoice for the Diagnostic Call.
  3. Sixty-minute Diagnostic Call. The physician reads what you bring.
  4. Written case-file note within 48 hours. Then a clear go / no-go.