IT Strategy & Transformation
Translate high-level ambition into operating models, governance, decision rights and transformation roadmaps that can actually be delivered.
Explore →Technology Transformation Advisory
Turning complexity into measurable results.
RSV Consult is an independent advisory firm helping organizations navigate complex technology transformation, strengthen governance and unlock the full value of technology investments.
Practice areas
Where strategy meets execution. And results follow.
Senior advisory across the full technology transformation agenda — from strategy and architecture to cloud, cybersecurity, cost and digital banking. Each engagement is partner-led, outcome-focused and scoped around the decisions that matter.
Cloud & ERP Transformation
Design integrated governance connecting architecture, FinOps, security and business sponsorship. Prevent cost overruns and architecture drift before they accumulate.
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Cybersecurity & Risk Management
From fragmented controls to integrated DORA/NIS2-aligned resilience — with tested recovery, third-party governance and forward-looking board reporting.
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Digital Banking & Open Banking
Convert API compliance investment into ecosystem revenue. Design API products, partner economics and the commercial model that sustains growth at scale.
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IT Cost Optimization & Value Capture
Build value-capture frameworks linking saving targets to technical levers, named owners, milestones and financial evidence reconciled to the general ledger.
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Strategic Alliances & Growth Plays
Design alliance operating models — commercial terms, joint governance, pipeline mechanics — that convert partnership announcements into measurable revenue.
Explore →How we work
Top-tier consulting quality. Without the unnecessary weight.
RSV Consult combines Big Four advisory depth with a leaner delivery model: direct partner involvement throughout, faster decisions, fewer layers and a stronger focus on execution and measurable outcomes.
Senior-led engagements
Partner-level advisory from kickoff to closeout — not only at the steering committee or sales pitch.
Faster decision making
Lean governance and focused teams. Escalations reach the right table with analysis already framed for a decision.
Practical execution focus
Every deliverable has an owner, a forum and a decision attached. Governance designed around action — not reporting.
Results over process
Engagements scoped around measurable outcomes: clarity, value realization, cost reduction, reduced transformation risk.
Geographic footprint
Where we operate.
Advisory mandates across regulated financial markets, industrial groups and public institutions — from Gulf sovereign entities to Italian multinationals to European banks.
GCC & Bahrain
Kingdom of Bahrain · UAE · Saudi Arabia
Headquarters in Manama. Engagements with regional banks, sovereign-linked entities and financial regulators across the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Italy
Milan · Rome · Turin
Deep network across Italian financial institutions, insurance groups, telecoms and large industrial multinationals — built over two decades of Big Four practice leadership.
European Union
DORA · NIS2 · PSD2 jurisdictions
Advisory on digital resilience, open banking and cloud transformation in regulatory environments across France, Germany, Spain and the broader EU market.
Client profile
Banks · Insurers · Multinationals
CIO and CFO-level mandates with financial institutions, insurance groups, telecoms operators, energy companies and public-sector organizations.
Insights
What actually works in complex transformations.
Perspectives from real programs. Pattern recognition from senior advisory work — not theory. View all →
Cost reduction fails when financial logic is disconnected from delivery reality.
Savings defined at CFO level without translation into technical levers remain aspirational. Governance is the bridge between the target and the P&L.
Read insight →Cloud programs fail at the intersection of architecture, cost and governance.
Cloud does not fail because of cloud technology. It fails when architecture, economics and governance are managed separately.
Read insight →Infrastructure modernization is an operating model problem.
Migration alone does not produce the economic outcomes the business case promised. The operating model must change alongside the technology.
Read insight →Open Banking is not just about APIs.
Compliance built the rails. Ecosystem strategy — API products, partner economics, commercial design — is what monetizes them.
Read insight →From compliance to digital resilience.
Resilience is not a reporting exercise. It requires integrated ownership across IT, security, risk, continuity and critical vendors.
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Leadership
Three decades. One focus: delivering transformation that works.
Former Partner at KPMG and EY. Raoul Savastano brings nearly 30 years of senior advisory experience leading complex technology and transformation programs across financial services, insurance, telecoms and large industrial groups in Italy, the EU and the GCC.
RSV Consult applies that experience through a deliberately focused advisory model: partner-led throughout, fast-moving and outcome-driven. No unnecessary layers. No large delivery teams. Senior expertise applied where it matters most — at the intersection of strategy, technology and execution.
Executive clarityTranslate strategy into decisions leadership can act on.
Governance that worksMake complex programs controllable and transparent.
Technology depthCloud, ERP, cybersecurity and digital transformation.
Lean deliveryFaster outcomes without the consulting overhead.
Contact
Let's discuss your technology agenda.
For advisory mandates on transformation governance, cloud, digital resilience, IT cost optimization or strategic alliance support.
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