About Change Vanguard

About Change Vanguard

Change Vanguard is the only bespoke change and leadership consultancy designed to provide sponsors and change leaders with a performance ecosystem to drive complex, high-stakes change and protecting multi-million initiatives.

Each engagement sits at the intersection of change delivery, leadership capability, and culture and is designed to accelerate adoption, reduce programme risks, and safeguard return on investment.

We begin with a situational analysis of your culture, strategy, and initiatives through our proprietary diagnostic - the Sponsor Advantage Scorecard - designed to diagnose your initiative's readiness, buy-in, and alignment.

Typical impacts include:

Buy-in - Sponsors gain foresight, cut through complexity, and achieve momentum.
Leadership Alignment - Core leadership and change teams are mobilised under a unified direction.
Strategic foresight - The change is recognised as strategic, both technically and from the business.

The application of the Sponsor Advantage Method is recognised for both structure and effectiveness:

“The most structured and effective transformation to date” – Executive Team, UK Telecoms

“You have truly helped us build a brand that underpins our capability” – Interim CIO, Asahi Breweries.

Founder of Change Vanguard, Manuel Giudice grew up in Southern Italy during the 80s and 90s, where he supported his family’s brick-and-mortar businesses, navigating the challenges of business growth with limited resources and under the pressures of organised crime demands.

This early experience informed his interests in change, resilience, and leadership. After graduating in Organisational Psychology and traveling the world, he served as a consultant, facilitator, and advisor to large corporates and entrepreneurial ventures, working with project teams, entrepreneurs, and executive sponsors on large-scale transformations.

Change Vanguard was founded in 2017 (formerly Giudice Research International) after recognising that, irrespective of size, businesses face similar challenges - often struggling to realise value under pressure, weaving together people and mechanics.

His ambition is to create performance ecosystems where modern leaders can succeed.