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Experience
The work behind the words.
A representative selection of recent engagements. Anonymised by client where confidentiality applies. The detail is real, and the status of each is stated plainly.
Aviation · East Africa · 2025
OPERATIONAL
Civil aviation revenue management system
Revenue, billing, traffic and operational integration for a national civil aviation authority. Live across multiple revenue streams, supported around the clock.
Humanitarian · Middle East · 2023
DELIVERED
Digital payments programme
Payment, identity and reconciliation infrastructure delivered under sanctions with on-the-ground engineering support.
Government · South Asia · 2024
OPERATIONAL
Public sector systems modernisation
Multi-agency integration inside an existing procurement framework, without disrupting the programme.
Infrastructure · West Africa · 2025
DELIVERED · PARTNER
Infrastructure security project
Integrated surveillance, biometric access and command-and-control, delivered with a security operator under a co-delivery model.
Startups · UK & India · 2023–26
ONGOING
Software platforms for venture-backed companies
Production-grade platform development from first version to scale, with retained support after launch.
Insurance · MEA & South Asia · 2026
ACTIVE PROGRAMME
Risk intelligence programme
On-the-ground validation across a multi-asset portfolio, supporting underwriting, renewal pricing and a remediation roadmap.
Hospitality · Indian Ocean · 2026
PILOT
Hotel risk assessment pilot
Three-layer RIP assessment across luxury properties, identifying exposure across property, payments, surveillance and access.
Defence-adjacent · UK & Europe · 2024
TENDER / SOURCING
Surveillance and mobility technology
Technology positioning, sourcing and integration support for a prime contractor's tender, structured around export-control compliance.
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IN their words
“Our partnership with YAVA represents a strategic step toward achieving ELB&T’s long-term ambitions in clean energy and advanced mobility. Together, we are poised to lead innovation across industries and geographies.”
— Dr. John (Young Ill) Kim, Founder and Group Chairman of ELB&T and a former president of Hyundai and Kia Motors group,
“Together, we help clients demonstrate that risk is being managed, not simply transferred.”
— Mike O’H, Head of Risk Strategy, Compass Point Assist
“Clients are no longer looking for isolated security or technology solutions. They require integrated operational capability that combines intelligence, cyber resilience, logistics, infrastructure understanding, and execution in the field. Our partnership with YAVA creates exactly that capability and positions both organisations to support clients operating in some of the world’s most demanding environments.”
— Bruce Lyman, CEO of Salama Fikira Group
Carabia worked with YAVA’s technology team on product development and technical delivery, with an emphasis on speed, quality and transparent project management.
“The biggest benefit we’ve seen is essentially the speed and quality of work. The way in which it’s being managed is very clear and transparent, and Max and I can see almost at live speed what’s going on.”
— Charlie Lovett, Co-Founder of Carabia