BOOLEAN & NORTH

Financial insight, operational precision — unlocked by bespoke AI.

15+
Years of Experience
2
Global Markets
F500
Institutional Rigour
AI‑First
Bespoke Tooling

Leadership background includes advising

The Diagnosis

Your revenue is growing. Your control is slipping.

For high-growth scale-ups and established family enterprises, reaching the next revenue tier is an incredible achievement. But behind the scenes, the operational foundation often begins to crack. The sheer hustle and manual workarounds that generated your initial success are the exact same things creating today's bottlenecks.

When your business accelerates past its original architecture, it triggers a structural strain. We partner with founders who are experiencing this in four distinct ways:

Untapped Truths

Your business generates a wealth of data every single day, yet you aren't fully harvesting it. Making critical decisions based on last month's manual spreadsheets leads to missed market opportunities and sub-optimal daily choices.

Unclear Profitability

Top-line revenue looks impressive, but calculating exact unit margins is a guessing game. Without a structural upgrade, true cash flow gets lost in fragmented systems, leaving you flying blind on actual profitability.

The Headcount Trap

To handle an increase in volume, you are forced to hire more people just to keep the lights on and manage manual tasks. This linearly drives up your overhead, shrinks your margins, and introduces the risk of human error.

The Founder's Trap

Instead of acting as a visionary, you spend your days putting out operational fires and managing team friction. This leaves leadership with zero time to actually focus on and refine the strategic direction of the business.

Logic + Direction

Bridging the gap between raw operational effort and intelligent, institutional-grade architecture.

We believe you shouldn't have to work harder to scale successfully. You just need a structural shift. We bridge the gap between where your operations are today and the intelligent systems you need for tomorrow. Our collaborative approach replaces manual friction with precision-built infrastructure that lets your business scale without scaling its problems.

Boolean [Logic]

The mathematical truth of your business. Rather than selling you a bloated, off-the-shelf software package, we build the bespoke, AI-driven data engines and automated workflows that perfectly fit your specific operational nuances. We eliminate the manual friction that forces you into the headcount trap.

North [Strategy]

The clear path forward. Data is only as valuable as the decisions it drives. We step in with fractional CFO and COO leadership to actively interpret your new operational clarity. Working alongside your executive team, we help you restructure capital, calibrate operations, and chart a sustainable, profitable course for the next tier of growth.

The Three Interventions

Architecting the structural upgrade your business needs, side-by-side with your team.

I. Financial Architecture

Moving from reactive accounting to real-time truth.

  • Exact Profitability: We pinpoint your real unit margins, eliminating the guesswork around cash flow.
  • Predictive Modelling: We build the financial setups required to stop looking backward and start accurately forecasting the future.
  • Fractional CFO Leadership: We provide collaborative, expert guidance to help you restructure capital and plan for the long term, without the cost of a full-time executive.

II. Quantitative Engines

Scaling output without linearly scaling headcount.

  • The AI Advantage: We seamlessly replace fragile manual spreadsheets with custom, AI-enhanced Python tools that do the heavy lifting.
  • Intelligent Automation: We build systems that gather your real-time data and execute complex daily workflows in seconds, not hours.
  • Cost-Effective Scale: We build the custom tech that empowers your current team to handle twice the volume without burning out.

III. Operational Calibration

Untangling the internal knots of rapid growth.

  • Workflow Optimisation: We restructure your internal processes and reporting lines so information flows seamlessly from the ground floor to leadership.
  • Change Management: We guide your team through the transition from legacy habits to modern, digital workflows without disrupting daily business.
  • Interim COO Guidance: We actively clear the operational noise and manage the transition, so you can get back to focusing on the big picture.

Universal Logic. Precise Execution.

A quantitative framework that transcends industries.

Retail & Q-Commerce

Curing razor-thin margins through real-time unit economic tracking, intelligent supply routing, and automated data reporting.

Manufacturing & F&B

Scaling physical production by upgrading legacy workflows, optimising inventory engines, and providing fractional financial oversight.

Boutique Finance

Managing high-stakes risk through algorithmic data automation, real-time reconciliation, and institutional-grade financial structuring.

Professional Services

Helping agencies, consultancies, and advisory firms break past the headcount trap — replacing manual delivery workflows with scalable, AI-driven operational architecture.

Real Estate & Asset Management

Bringing precision to capital-intensive portfolios through automated deal-flow reporting, fractional CFO oversight, and real-time asset performance tracking.

Technology & SaaS

Equipping high-growth digital businesses with the financial architecture and operational scaffolding to scale revenue without scaling chaos.

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Our Collaborative Roadmap

We do not hand you a report and leave. We integrate, architect, and execute.

01

Discover

A deep-dive listening session with your stakeholders to map your specific operational knots and financial blind spots.

02

Architect

Designing your custom structural blueprint, mapping out the exact data models and AI-driven workflows required.

03

Implement

A collaborative, phased rollout working alongside your existing team, ensuring zero disruption to your daily operations.

04

Calibrate

Continuous fine-tuning of the systems and ongoing financial advising to ensure maximum long-term momentum.

Leadership

Khushroo Dastur

Khushroo Dastur | Founding Partner

Institutional rigor. Agile execution.

With over 15 years of experience spanning the UK and Indian markets, Khushroo has advised both top-tier global institutions—including HSBC, Zurich, and Aviva—and dynamic, high-growth SMEs. His foundation as an actuary instilled a deep appreciation for mathematical truth and risk mitigation, principles he now applies to organisational architecture.

Operating exclusively at the intersection of executive financial strategy and deep, AI-driven systems architecture, Khushroo steps in as a fractional CFO and interim COO to act as a true collaborative partner to founders. He translates institutional-grade data engineering into agile, practical frameworks that allow scale-ups and established family enterprises to untangle operational knots, restructure capital, and confidently break past their growth limits.

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Common Questions

Everything you need to know before we begin.

What exactly is a fractional CFO or interim COO?

A fractional CFO or COO is a senior executive who works with your business on a part-time or project basis, giving you institutional-grade financial and operational leadership without the full-time cost. You get the expertise of a seasoned C-suite leader precisely when and where you need it — without a permanent headcount line.

Who is Boolean & North best suited for?

We work with high-growth scale-ups and established family enterprises that have outgrown their original operational architecture. If your business is scaling faster than your systems — if decisions are made from last month's spreadsheets, headcount is rising to cover manual volume, or true unit margins are unclear — we are built for you.

How is this different from hiring a full-time CFO or COO?

A full-time executive comes with significant fixed overhead — salary, benefits, equity, and months of recruiting and onboarding. We step in immediately, focus exclusively on the structural work that creates impact, and exit cleanly once the architecture is in place. You pay for outcomes, not a permanent headcount line.

What does your AI automation actually look like in practice?

We build bespoke, Python-based tools and automated workflows tailored to your specific business processes — not off-the-shelf software that forces you to adapt to it. Examples include real-time unit economics dashboards, automated daily reporting pipelines, AI-driven reconciliation engines, and custom forecasting models that replace fragile manual spreadsheets.

How long does a typical engagement last?

Most engagements run between three and nine months, depending on the complexity of the operational architecture required. Some clients retain us on an ongoing fractional basis after the initial implementation phase — for continuous financial oversight or to advise on the next tier of growth.

Can you work alongside our existing finance or operations team?

Absolutely — that is the norm. We embed alongside your existing team, transferring knowledge and building systems that your people can operate independently. We are not here to replace your team; we are here to upgrade the infrastructure around them and eliminate the manual friction holding them back.

Do you work on-site or remotely?

Both. Our model is designed to be flexible. For the discovery and implementation phases we typically combine remote collaboration with focused on-site sessions at your offices. We operate across Mumbai, London, and globally for the right engagement.

How do you structure your fees?

Engagements are structured as a fixed monthly retainer or a project-based fee, agreed upfront before work begins. There are no hourly billing surprises. The scope and investment are defined clearly at the outset of every engagement so you always know exactly what you are committing to.

What happens after the engagement ends?

We design for self-sufficiency. Every system and workflow we build is documented and handed over cleanly to your team. Many clients also retain us in a light fractional capacity for ongoing financial oversight or to advise on the next phase of growth — but that decision is always yours to make.

Ready to Untangle It?

Tell us where the pressure is. We'll show you what's possible.

Mumbai, India | London, UK | Global Engagements

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