About
Derrick Tate, MSc FRICS
Two decades advising boards, CFOs and corporate real estate leaders on facilities management strategy, operating models and the commercial decisions that determine performance for years afterwards. Altrion Advisory exists to give that judgement without the conflicts that usually come attached to it.
Background
Where the judgement comes from
Now
Founder, Altrion Advisory
An independent practice built for one purpose: strategic judgement on FM and operational infrastructure decisions that are expensive to reverse. No tender management, no implementation arm, no supplier relationships to protect.
Previously
Managing Director, PwC
Advising corporate and institutional clients on real estate and facilities strategy, operating models, and the commercial structures underpinning large outsourced contracts.
Previously
EMEA Head of Consulting, JLL
Leading a regional consulting practice across corporate occupiers and investors, on portfolio, operating model and service delivery decisions at scale.
Profession
FRICS, and author of the RICS Global Code of Practice for FM Procurement
MSc Facilities Management. Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and author of the global professional standard for how FM procurement should be conducted.
Philosophy
How I think about advice
Decisions, not deliverables
The value of advice is measured by the quality of the decision it produces, not the weight of the document that accompanies it.
Independence has to be structural
An adviser with a service to sell downstream cannot give a genuinely neutral answer to the question of whether to proceed. Removing that interest is the only reliable safeguard.
Judgement over headcount
Large teams produce volume. High-consequence decisions need a senior practitioner who has sat on both sides of the table and will say plainly what they think.
Say the unwelcome thing
If the plan is sound, you will hear that and the engagement ends. If it is not, you will hear that before the process builds momentum.
Because the quality of FM outcomes is determined by the quality of FM decisions.
Beyond the work
In 2026 I completed the 40th Marathon des Sables, 270km across the Sahara over six stages, self-sufficient. It is a useful reminder that endurance is mostly preparation, and that the decisions you make before you start determine what happens later.
Read the Insights →The practice
Altrion Advisory
Registered in England and Wales, company number 17106493. VAT registration number 517368476. Registered office: 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX. Every engagement runs under an NDA, with conflicts declared before work begins.
Next step
Talk it through with me directly
Without charge and without obligation, about the decision your organisation is facing. Thirty minutes will tell you whether independent challenge would change how you approach it.
I take on a limited number of engagements at any one time. If a decision is approaching, the best time to talk is before the process builds momentum.