About

A consultancy built for the sectors it serves.

Sami Gichki Consulting is an independent practice focused on culture and governance risk, the risks that shape outcomes, reputation and trust, but rarely appear on a standard risk register.

We work with boards, executives and senior teams in the NHS, charities, housing associations, SMEs and public bodies. Our clients typically operate in environments where scrutiny is high, the workforce is under pressure, and the gap between formal governance and lived experience matters.

The practice was founded on a simple premise: culture is measurable, governance is testable, and both are actionable. Our role is to make what is often felt and hinted at visible, evidenced and workable, without softening the findings or losing the humanity behind them.

Every engagement is founder led. We do not sub contract diagnostic work or hand it to unnamed associates. What you commission is what you receive.

The founder

Sami Gichki

Sami Gichki

Founder & Principal Consultant

Sami works with boards, executive teams and mission led organisations to identify hidden risks, strengthen decision making and translate complex strategic challenges into practical action. His experience spans charities, social enterprises, public bodies and cross sector partnerships, with a particular focus on organisations navigating growth, scrutiny, cultural change or stakeholder complexity. His practice is grounded in the belief that strong governance should be both rigorous and human: combining clear accountability, credible evidence and meaningful participation.

Alongside his consultancy work, Sami holds a portfolio of board, committee and advisory roles across health, youth, housing, research and civil society. His engagements have included the Mental Health Foundation, BBC Children in Need, the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration, the Institute of Directors and several education and social impact organisations. He is an Ambassador of the Institute of Directors and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He also brings direct experience of lived experience leadership, co production, organisational investigations and strategic risk, enabling him to work confidently across the boundaries of governance, culture and risk.

Independent expertise

Advisory Board

Our Advisory Board brings senior experience across youth engagement, organisational change, responsible AI, education, ethics and governance. Its members provide independent challenge, specialist insight and strategic perspective as Sami Gichki Ltd develops its work and impact.

Antonia Dixey, Advisory Board member

Antonia Dixey

Founder and CEO, Participation People

Antonia is the founder and CEO of Participation People, a leading UK youth engagement consultancy. With more than 20 years’ experience, she helps organisations remain relevant by bringing unfiltered youth insight into decision-making. She has worked with organisations including Vodafone, Nike, the National Lottery, Kenya Airways, Mobile World Congress and the European Parliament. In the past year, Antonia connected 1,250 young people with 8,000 professionals to build solutions with young people, not simply for them.

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Mehran Mokri, Advisory Board member

Mehran Mokri

Founder and Principal Consultant, OKR Consulting

Mehran combines a background in software engineering with executive leadership. He helps mission-driven organisations, charities and public bodies strengthen governance, navigate organisational change and adopt AI responsibly. Previously Chief Operating Officer at Youth Leads UK, he now chairs its Strategic Advisory Council and holds governance, trustee and advisory roles across the charity, education and social impact sectors.

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Pablo Lloyd OBE, Advisory Board member

Pablo Lloyd OBE

Board Adviser, Author and Education Innovator

Pablo is an education-sector innovator with more than 25 years’ experience. As a founder and CEO, he has built organisations that have helped four million people. He now advises boards on leadership, strategy and ethics and chairs Unloc’s Changemaker Alliance. He is the author of the Financial Times Guide to Business Ethics, published in 2026, and was awarded an OBE for services to education in 2019.

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What we value

Rigour without cold detachment. Honesty without harm.

Humanity

Warm, collaborative and grounded in the lived experience of the people we work with.

Integrity

Independent, evidence led and honest, especially where the findings are uncomfortable.

Innovation

Modern methods, fresh thinking and practical ideas that translate insight into action.

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