Dean Hughes
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Dean Hughes

Head of Business Consulting

Dean is a seasoned risk professional and business leader with over 20 years' experience in the corporate and professional services world. He has built tech and consultancy businesses from the ground up and helped established international firms pivot into new phases of profitable, sustainable growth.

He has led, advised, and mobilised high-performing leadership, client-facing, and operational teams across complex global organisations-both as an in-house executive and as a trusted external advisor.

At MHA, Dean leads the Business Consulting practice, helping clients achieve operational excellence and resilience through strategic advisory and transformation delivery. He also supports the firm’s internal operational resilience strategy: helping to strengthen our frameworks for risk, crisis, and continuity management.