TRUSTED BY LEADERS ACROSS INDUSTRIES
WHY BLACKWOOD ADVISORY
AI Advice that Starts with Business Reality
Most businesses do not need more AI noise. They need clear priorities, a realistic roadmap, and practical support that improves workflows, reporting, and decision-making. Blackwood Advisory helps businesses identify the right AI opportunities, implement them properly and adopt them with clear governance from day one.
Where We Create Value
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Reduce admin-heavy work and workflow friction
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Improve reporting, visibility, and decision speed
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Build confident, practical AI adoption across leadership and teams
AI Readiness Audit
Understand where AI can create value, what to prioritise, and what to avoid.
Enablement
Design, build, and implement AI assistants, automations, and workflows.
AI Executive Coaching
Help leaders build practical AI habits, improve decision-making, and guide adoption with more confidence.
AI Readiness Audit
A practical plan for where to start, what to build, and how to govern AI safely.
AI Roadmapping
A clearer path to AI adoption
Our Services
Practical AI advisory, automation, and transformation support for businesses ready to improve how they work
AI Readiness Assessment
Discover Where AI Can Create Value
Start with an assessment to identify AI opportunities, highlight risks, and clarify your next steps.
WHAT GUIDES US
Our Core Pillars
A practical framework for helping businesses adopt AI safely, commercially, and with confidence.
Clarity
Understand where AI can create value, what to prioritise, and what to avoid.
Value
Focus investment on measurable improvements in productivity, decision-making, and workflows.
Trust
Adopt AI with the right governance, data protection, and risk control built in.
Growth
Turn AI from experimentation into a repeatable advantage across the business.
Commercial Results
VALUE CREATED
Examples of value created through senior-led AI roadmaps and secure implementation models.
2x
Faster Decison Cycles
Leadership teams gained quicker access to clearer information, helping decisions move faster.
40%
Faster Response Times
AI assisted workflows helped teams reduce delays and respond to customers and internal requests more quickly.
60 Day
Roadmap to Implementation
Supported a medical business in turning AI ambition into a defined roadmap and live implementation plan.
A seasoned technology executive with over 20 years’ experience as CEO, he has led and scaled large IT businesses with strong commercial, operational, and industry discipline.
He brings deep knowledge of enterprise technology, leadership, delivery, and business performance.
Strategic Advisor
Hunter McFadden
FOUNDER & LEad Advisor
Conor J Hynes
Conor brings broad experience across AI, cybersecurity, operations, and business transformation, combining strategic judgement with practical delivery.
As Founder and Lead Advisor, he helps leaders identify high-value opportunities, reduce complexity, and adopt technology with confidence, trust, and commercial focus.
A seasoned technology executive with over 20 years’ experience as CEO, he has led and scaled large IT businesses with strong commercial, operational, and industry discipline.
He brings deep knowledge of enterprise technology, leadership, delivery, and business performance.
Led by experienced advisors, supported by a wider network of specialists across AI, cybersecurity, operations, and business transformation.
Meet the Team
Who we are
Precision Advisory, Built Around You
Blackwood Advisory brings together a dynamic group of senior advisors with experience across multiple industries, specialist skillsets, and geographies.
This flexible advisory model allows us to match the right expertise to each client’s needs, combining strategic judgement, practical delivery, and sector-specific insight to support meaningful business transformation.
"Blackwood Advisory helped us cut through the noise and identify where AI could create real value in the business. Their advice was practical, commercial, and immediately useful"
Hunter Jones
CEO of BlueSquare
"We needed a partner who could make AI clear for senior leadership and translate it into action. Conor and the team brought credibility, structure, and momentum from day one"
Brandon Tunes
Managing Director, Regional Business Group
“Blackwood Advisory gave us a clear roadmap for AI adoption across operations. They combined strategic thinking with real world execution in a way that delivered confidence across the leadership team.”
Lauren Case
Head of Operations, Multi Site SME
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Ireland | UK | Boston