Purpose before process
Governance cannot compensate for shareholders who are unclear or misaligned about what the venture is expected to deliver. Clarity of purpose and intended value must come first.
About BridgePoint
Specialist advice, grounded in the realities of shared control.
BridgePoint was created for the situations in which an important joint venture or strategic partnership is not delivering as intended - and conventional answers do not reach the real problem.
experience · judgement · focus
Why BridgePoint exists
Joint ventures require a different kind of advice.
Shared ownership changes how value is created - and how problems must be solved.
A joint venture is not a conventional subsidiary. No single shareholder has complete freedom to act. Important decisions depend on parties with different priorities, governance rights, risk appetites and expectations of value.When those differences are not managed well, the visible problem may be weak performance, slow decisions or recurring tension. The underlying cause often sits at the points where shareholder intent, Board oversight, management accountability and partner relationships meet.BridgePoint exists to help owners and leaders understand those connections, address the real causes and restore the conditions needed for the venture to perform.
Our point of view
Governance should help a venture perform.
Effective governance is not an end in itself. It is how shared purpose is converted into sound decisions, clear accountability, constructive challenge and timely intervention.
The whole system matters
Shareholders, the Board and management operate as one connected system. Weakness at any interface affects decisions, relationships, risk and ultimately performance.
Influence must be intentional
In shared-control and non-operated ventures, formal rights alone are not enough. Owners need a clear posture, capable representatives and disciplined ways to influence outcomes.
Experience behind the firm
FounderTayeb Rostami
Founded by Tayeb Rostami
Founder & Managing Principal
Tayeb founded BridgePoint following a 26-year international career with bp spanning joint ventures, shareholder representation, Board roles, commercial leadership and strategic partnerships.
His experience includes serving as a director on five JV Boards and leading a portfolio of ten aviation ventures spanning airport fuel infrastructure, into-plane operations and related services. He has also taken a new partnership from commercial design to operation- aligning the partners, shaping its operating model and governance arrangements, and bringing the venture into service.
Most recently, Tayeb supported governance standards and practices across bp’s global portfolio of more than 350 non-operated JVs. Working through a community of 120 Asset Managers, he developed practical guidance on shareholder oversight, influencing and Director readiness.
Having worked from shareholder, Board, Asset Manager, portfolio and commercial perspectives, Tayeb understands that a difficult JV problem rarely belongs to one party or one process. That experience shapes BridgePoint’s approach: establish the facts, understand how the venture works as a whole and focus action where it can make the greatest difference.
26 years
International experience with bp
5
JV Board directorships
10 ventures
Aviation JV portfolio leadership
350+ JVs
Exposure through a global non-operated portfolio
Why that experience matters
Practical perspective translated into better client decisions.
Experience is only valuable when it helps the client see the problem more clearly and act with greater confidence.
- Shareholder perspective
- Helps distinguish what an owner can control, where it must influence and how rights can be converted into purposeful action.
- Board and management perspective
- Helps clarify where oversight should end and management should begin - reducing ambiguity and decisions that repeatedly circulate.
- Portfolio perspective
- Helps leaders compare ventures consistently, see when intervention is most needed and intervene before problems become entrenched.
- Commercial and partnership perspective
- Keeps governance connected to the venture’s strategic purpose, economic value and the realities of maintaining a productive partner relationship.
Does this sound like the challenge you are facing?
A focused initial conversation can help clarify where the real issue may sit - and whether BridgePoint is the right specialist to help.