The Organisation Architect

I've spent 20+ years building the infrastructure that purpose-led organisations need to perform.

€50M+ in projects designed, funded or delivered across Ireland and the EU.

Fiona Descoteaux
Fiona Descoteaux
Founder, Unravel Complexity Ltd
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What I deliver

Not advice. Not a report that sits on a shelf. Built infrastructure. The documents, models and systems your organisation needs to perform.

Strategy

The strategic plan and investment case that create direction and unlock funding.

Strategic investment plans · Financial modelling · Scenario planning · Stress-tested cashflows · EU proposals · Consortium building

Systems

The structures, processes and governance that make strategy work.

KPI frameworks · Governance design · Board reporting · Performance dashboards · Production systems

Scale

The commercial model that moves you towards financial resilience.

Business plans · Pricing strategy · Commercial models · Go-to-market strategy · Programme design · Financial modelling

Who this is for

Unravel works with organisations that are ready to turn ambition into architecture.

You have a strategy but no investment case behind it.
You've been funded but have no structures or governance to deliver.
You're grant-dependent and need a path to commercial resilience.
You need a business plan or financial model that can survive due diligence.
Why this exists
The sector wasn't short on ambition.
It was short on architecture.

I kept seeing the same pattern. Organisations with powerful missions and genuine impact, running on financial systems that couldn't support growth. Boards committed to purpose but unequipped to govern at scale. Strategic plans that read well on paper but had no delivery infrastructure behind them.

In 2023 I founded Unravel to close that gap.

Not to advise on infrastructure — to build it.

The approach

This wasn't built from theory.
It was built from doing.

As CEO of Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership, I managed multi-million euro programmes with a team of 23 staff and 70 volunteers. I then founded Innovate Communities, Ireland's first self-sustaining social innovation hub, designing the governance, commercial model and operational infrastructure from scratch. 80+ enterprises supported across social enterprise, community development and innovation.

Who trusts this work
"A true leader who starts and leads organisations. Integrity, innovative drive and human compassion."
Dr Ken Germaine, CEO, Funding Master Projects
"Professional, strategic. Focused on delivering results that yield true positive societal change."
Wayne Howe, ex LinkedIn
Local Government & Public Sector Social Enterprise & Social Economy Foundations & Philanthropy Arts, Culture & Heritage Cross-Border & EU Partnerships Early-Stage Ventures & Incubators
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In the media
Irish Tech News · 2026
Scaling Social Enterprise: The Commercial Capability Gap
Business Post · 2022
This Working Life: Fiona Descoteaux
Business & Finance · 2022
People Are Our Power: CEO Q&A
RSD Symposium · 2023
From Urban to Human Regeneration
Silicon Republic · 2020
Fiona Descoteaux: Innovate Communities
Open Government Partnership
Ireland's Open Government Action Plan

From concept to capital, from strategy to operations,
from funded to commercially viable —
that's the work.

If you're building something that matters, start with a conversation. No pitch deck, no RFP. Just tell me where you are and what you're trying to build.

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