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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Partner operating in the Management Consulting space. If you think a Partner is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Nicolaus Henke
Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company
Nicolaus Henke is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company, where he advises leading companies on how to improve decision making and performance through advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and end-to-end data enabled transformations, and is the global leader of McKinsey Analytics, which has more than 2,000 dedicated analytics practitioners and translators, where he oversees partnerships between McKinsey and the wider artificial intelligence, data, and computing ecosystem. Nicolaus is the chairman of QuantumBlack (acquired by McKinsey in 2015), a company operating at the intersection of strategy, technology, and design, and a member of McKinsey’s global board, the Shareholder’s Council. He helped found and is a member of the Board of Innovative Healthcare Delivery at Duke Medicine and serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council at Harvard’s Kennedy School. Nicolaus frequently speaks on big data, analytics, and healthcare topics at global forums such as the World Economic Forum, the Milken Institute, and Forbes. He holds a master’s degree and PhD in business from the University of Münster, Germany, and a master’s in public administration from Harvard University, where he was a John J. McCloy Scholar.
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About Little Journey, McKinsey & Company: McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm and trusted advisor by businesses, governments, and institutions.
Charmaine Eggberry
Managing Director & Partner of McKinsey & Company
Appointed to the Board in January 2014. Charmaine is a Partner at BCG Digital Ventures (an arm of The Boston Consulting Group), a role which involves leading the creation of completely new ventures and businesses for the world’s biggest brands. Charmaine is also a Non-Executive Director of Avanti plc and software robot specialists, Blue Prism plc as well as Chairperson of Buzzmove. She is also the CEO of Plan B Consulting and undertakes advisory work for several early stage startups. Charmaine previously held international senior executive roles with Research in Motion (Managing Director and Chief Marketing Officer from 2002–2008) and Nokia (Global Senior Vice President from 2010–2012). Before joining RIM in 2002 as Marketing Director for Europe she worked for Lucent Technologies where she held several positions including the roles of Global Business Partner Marketing Director and Marketing Director, EMEA. Charmaine led Wayra UK, one of the world’s largest digital business accelerators and was a non-executive director of Wayra UnLtd, a joint venture between the UK Government and Telefónica. Charmaine is also a board member and trustee of The Marketing Academy. Charmaine holds an MBA and attended Wharton Business School to study Global Marketing
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About Blue Prism, McKinsey & Company, Plan B One‑Step: McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm and trusted advisor by businesses, governments, and institutions.
Chris Smith
Partner of McKinsey & Company
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Angela Spatharou
Partner of McKinsey & Company
Angela Spatharou currently works as the Partner for McKinsey & Company.
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About McKinsey & Company: McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm and trusted advisor by businesses, governments, and institutions.
Dominic Barton
Global Managing Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company
Dominic Barton is the global managing director of McKinsey. In his 24 years with the firm, Dominic has advised clients in a range of industries—including banking, consumer goods, high tech, and industrial—but his core area of work is in financial-sector development and reform. In his current role as managing director, Dominic continues to spend half of his time working with clients. Dominic was previously McKinsey’s chairman in Asia from 2004–2009, based in Shanghai, and he led McKinsey’s office in Korea from 2000–2004.
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About McKinsey & Company: McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm and trusted advisor by businesses, governments, and institutions.
Eric Kump
Managing Director and Partner of The Carlyle Group
Eric J. Kump is a Managing Director and Partner. He is Head of the Carlyle Sub Sahara Africa Fund and an advisor of the Carlyle European Partners investment committee. He is based in London. Eric Kump has more than 20 years of private equity experience spanning four continents and numerous sectors. Prior to joining Carlyle European Partners in 2010 , Mr. Kump was a Managing Director and Head of the European Private Equity team of Dubai International Capital (DIC). Prior to that, he was a Managing Director with Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity (MLGPE) where he was a member of the global investment committee. Mr. Kump is on the Board of Directors of MPS, TiAuto Investments and J&J. Mr. Kump received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and he received a B.A. in finance and accounting from Pace.
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Alex Wagenberg
Managing Director and Partner of The Carlyle Group
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Karim Tabet Jalbout
Partner – Global Private Equity / VC Tech of Egon Zehnder
Karim Jalbout, based in London, leads the Digital and eCommerce segments of Egon Zehnder’s Technology and Communications Practice in Europe. Karim also leads the firm’s Chief Marketing Officers Practice in the UK. He is a trusted advisor to private equity, family-owned businesses, and start-ups at the C-suite and board levels. Karim has served clients across hospitality, travel, publishing, financial services, telecommunications, pure play, and retail. He has deep experience in emerging markets, particularly India. Prior to joining Egon Zehnder, Karim was Global Head of Propositions & Sales at Sony Ericsson Mobile, where he drove early investment in the Android platform. Previously, Karim gained more than a decade of FMCG experience with Diageo. He started his career working in Brand Management for Guinness in Canada, then moved to London as Brand Controller Guinness and Malta Guinness for the Africa region. Karim subsequently led Baileys in the UK market and was Marketing Director for Guinness in Europe, including Ukraine and Russia. Karim earned a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University in Canada and completed the Executive Education program at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He has been a key speaker at the Digital Innovation Summit as well as for Endeavour (a global entrepreneur network) and LIFE (an international non-profit organization for Lebanese Executives in Finance).
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About Egon Zehnder, Lilium: Egon Zehnder is a true professional services firm, passionately devoted to your success, ethical in our actions
Axelle Sznajer
Partner, Head of FinTech Europe of Egon Zehnder
Axelle is a core member of Egon Zehnder’s Financial Services and Information Technology Officers Practices and leads the FinTech segment in Europe. She provides a full range of services from executive and board search to management appraisals and leadership consulting. Axelle has worked with a range of listed and privately owned companies focusing on the talent management needs relating to digital transformation and innovation and has also advised start-ups.
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About Egon Zehnder: Egon Zehnder is a true professional services firm, passionately devoted to your success, ethical in our actions
Jean-Paul Petranca
Principal, Managing Director & Partner of The Boston Consulting Group
Managing Director and Partner at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) London
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About The Boston Consulting Group: The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and an advisor on business strategy.
Antoon Schneider
Senior Partner and Managing Director of The Boston Consulting Group
Antoon is a Managing Director and Senior Partner in the Principal Investor and Private Equity practice at Boston Consulting Group. Antoon has advised most of the 50 largest private-equity firms globally on topics that include deal sourcing, due diligence and firm strategy, as well as working with their portfolio companies on 100-day plans and operational-improvement. He also has extensive experience in corporate M&A. Before joining BCG in 2011, Antoon spent nearly 14 years with McKinsey&Co, where he led the private-equity practice in the UK. Prior to that he worked in M&A at Hambros Bank and as a Chartered Accountant.
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About The Boston Consulting Group: The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and an advisor on business strategy.
Alex Klein
COO / Founding Partner of Efficio
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About Efficio: Efficio provides traditional procurement consulting services.
Ashley Steel
Partner of KPMG International Limited
Ashley Steel is a former Vice Chairman at KPMG and was Global Chair for its transport, leisure and logistics practice until her retirement from the firm in September 2014. Ashley Steel has significant international experience and has advised numerous FTSE and Fortune 500 boards. Her other sector experience includes professional services, technology, media, business services and healthcare. Ashley Steel is currently a Non-Executive Director of the Civil Aviation Authority and serves on the International Business Advisory Board at British Airways. She is also Special Adviser to a global aviation technology company owned by Warburg Pincus and an Independent Non-Executive Director to global law firm, Ince & Co. Ashley has a PhD in Management from Henley Business School.
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Joe Cassidy
Partner of KPMG International Limited
Joe Cassidy is the Partner at KPMG
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Murray Raisbeck
Partner of KPMG International Limited
Murray is a Partner within KPMG’s FS practice. He has extensive FS audit and advisory experience. An auditor by background, Murray joined KPMG in 1999 and became a partner in 2011. Murray works with global financial services clients in the insurance, asset management and wealth management industries. As a result of all of the change underway in the sector Murray has been involved in working with clients that are dealing with evolving financial regulation (Solvency II and RDR being examples), changing technology (move to cloud based solutions and telematics being examples), societal changes (demands of an ageing population being an example), and more recently the impact of political risk on firms within the sector (recent pension reforms being an example). One current area of focus for Murray is the UK Motor insurance market. Murray is the audit partner for three of the UK’s market leading motor insurers and leading ‘usage based insurance’ (UBI) businesses. He is also frequently involved in discussions with industry bodies and a variety of firms developing their UBI strategy. He frequently comments on UBI developments in the press. Murray’s advisory experience includes finance change and regulatory programmes, Sarbanes Oxley implementation projects, accounting advice on group reconstructions, Part VII transfers, and a variety of transactions. His transaction experience includes ‘buy-side’ deal evaluation, due diligence, transaction regulatory and accounting support, IPO readiness services and synergies work.
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About KPMG International Limited: KPMG is a network of independent member firms offering audit, tax and advisory services.
Joerg Esser
Partner of Roland Berger
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About Roland Berger: Roland Berger is the only global consultancy of German heritage and European origin.
Robin Boehringer
Founder and Partner of BBox Capital
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About BBox Capital: BBox Capital focuses on innovative and valuable real estate business models that specialize in investment management.
Angus Ward
Partner and CEO, Digital Platform Solutions of BearingPoint
Angus is the CEO of BearingPoint’s digital platform solutions arm, BearingPoint//Beyond, appointed in September 2017. Angus brings 30 years of consulting and solutions experience to his role, supporting organizations across multiple industries in shaping strategies and adopting platform-based business and operating models with differentiating partner ecosystems. Key clients have included BP, BT, Boeing, Ministry of Defence and Tata Communications as well as key ecosystem partners like Amazon Web Services. Angus’ work takes him right across BearingPoint//Beyond’s core markets of APAC, EMEA and Americas. Angus’s extensive experience and knowledge over a range of fields has established him as a thought leader, quoted often by newspapers and prominent industry publications, on the topics of business model reinvention, digital platform business models and the role of the ecosystem in the evolving digital economy. Working closely and collaborating with industry bodies such as TM Forum, analysts, research firms and academic organizations such as MIT and Wharton, he regularly presents on the key trends and issues affecting telecoms and technology.
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About BearingPoint: BearingPoint offers management and technology consulting services that transforms businesses by creating customized solutions.
Emile Naus
Partner of BearingPoint
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About BearingPoint: BearingPoint offers management and technology consulting services that transforms businesses by creating customized solutions.
Chris Stanford-Beale
Partner, Head of Transaction Support of Analysys Mason
Dr Chris Stanford-Beale has supported M&A and assisted in debt and equity financing on behalf of new entrant and incumbent telecoms operators in Western and Central Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. He has led many of Analysys Mason’s due diligence and valuation assignments in support of the debt and equity financing of telecoms ventures including mobile, fixed-line and full-service operators, as well as broadcasting, cable, satellite, co-location, AIP and ASP businesses. He has also undertaken numerous strategy and business planning assignments on behalf of major international telecoms operators, including market entry and repositioning support.
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About Analysys Mason: Analysys Mason is the leading management consultancy focused on telecoms, media and technology (TMT).
David Abecassis
Partner of Analysys Mason
David Abecassis, Partner at Analysys Mason, is a highly experienced consultant with extensive expertise in economic regulation, corporate strategy and due diligence. David has more than 10 years’ experience in telecoms and media, and joined Analysys Mason in 2004. He is based in our London office but works for clients worldwide. Prior to rejoining the London office, where he was based between 2004 and 2009, David contributed to the expansion of Analysys Mason’s Asia–Pacific business, based in Singapore. There, he managed many of Analysys Mason’s assignments for operators, regulators and investors, with a specific focus on policy development, regulatory strategy and spectrum valuation. David is a graduate from Telecom ParisTech (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Paris), the most prestigious telecoms engineering faculty in France, and obtained a Diploma in Management Studies from Imperial College London.
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About Analysys Mason: Analysys Mason is the leading management consultancy focused on telecoms, media and technology (TMT).
Tom Rebbeck
Partner in Research of Analysys Mason
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About Analysys Mason: Analysys Mason is the leading management consultancy focused on telecoms, media and technology (TMT).
Ian Streule
Partner of Analysys Mason
Ian Streule, Partner at Analysys Mason, is responsible for a significant proportion of the company’s work in the area of mobile sector regulation, fixed service costing, LRIC, regulatory economics, and strategic regulatory advice to operators and regulators around the world. Ian also leads all of our activities in the postal sector. He has provided advice to the UK postal services regulators (Postcomm and Ofcom) and ComReg in Ireland, on postal service cost modelling, cost transparency, quality of service compliance and accounting separation. Ian was also instrumental in guiding the company’s postal sector policy and liberalisation projects for the postal regulators in Kenya and Oman. For more than 18 years, Ian has assisted leading regulators including Ofcom (UK), the ACCC (Australia) and OPTA (the Netherlands). He has delivered regulatory support projects for Analysys Mason in Malta, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, Belgium, France and Greece. Ian has a wealth of experience to complement his support to regulators, gained through numerous projects for operators and industry groups, including in South Africa, South America, the Caribbean, French Polynesia, South Korea, Iceland, Eastern Europe, the UK and Scandinavia.
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About Analysys Mason: Analysys Mason is the leading management consultancy focused on telecoms, media and technology (TMT).
Charles Murray
Partner of Analysys Mason
Charles Murray joined Analysys Mason’s London office in October 2014, having previously worked in our Dubai office. He brings together deep technical and commercial knowledge with robust financial analysis to guide operators and investor through complex issues. Charles specialises in mobile network sharing, operator M&A, and infrastructure projects – including tower deals, procurement and network outsourcing. His recent projects include: network sharing strategy for two CIS operators; supporting a tower deal in the GCC; business cases for network consolidation in two M&A deals in the MENA region; and developing a towerco business plan for a network sharing joint venture in Western Europe.
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About Analysys Mason: Analysys Mason is the leading management consultancy focused on telecoms, media and technology (TMT).
Charles Murray
Partner of Analysys Mason
Charles Murray joined Analysys Mason’s London office in October 2014, having previously worked in our Dubai office. He brings together deep technical and commercial knowledge with robust financial analysis to guide operators and investor through complex issues. Charles specialises in mobile network sharing, operator M&A, and infrastructure projects – including tower deals, procurement and network outsourcing. His recent projects include: network sharing strategy for two CIS operators; supporting a tower deal in the GCC; business cases for network consolidation in two M&A deals in the MENA region; and developing a towerco business plan for a network sharing joint venture in Western Europe.
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About Analysys Mason: Analysys Mason is the leading management consultancy focused on telecoms, media and technology (TMT).
Andrew MCGEE
EcoSystem Venture Builder; Arrow ECS Partner of Vivolution
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About Innovation Centre Scotland Limited, Vivolution: Vivolution empowers the growth of emerging technology businesses with an emphasis on digital health, AI, ML and IoT solutions.
Alastair Cottrill
Partner of class35
Alastair is a partner at Class35, a specialist digital transformation firm. Al has spent his career helping companies navigate the challenge and uncertainty of new value creation, leading projects to launch new brands and propositions, establish innovation capabilities, redesign go-to-market strategies, reengineer business models, and most recently, digitally transform legacy businesses. His roles have spanned consulting, in-house, and startup positions, including Head of Strategy at Australia’s largest private health insurance business, Medibank, in the run-in to its £3bn IPO; establishing EY’s business design practice in its digital agency EY-Seren; and most recently building a new consulting model with Class35.
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About class35: class35 builds digital businesses and value creation for the digital age.
Mark Kukolus
Founder & Managing Partner of BICPM
Founder & Managing Partner
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About BICPM: Business Intelligence & Corporate Performance Management
Graham Beckett
Founding Partner of Windrush Advisors
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About Results International, Windrush Advisors: Windrush Advisors helps business owners create and maximize value in their companies.
Jay Dickieson
Managing Partner of The Summerhill Group
Jay Dickieson is a London-based entrepreneur. He is co-founder and Managing Partner of the Summerhill Group Ltd, a strategic consultancy focused on helping companies prepare to raise capital, launch new products and enter new markets. He has worked with a range of start-ups like Emma Lomax London and Mapsted Inc to FTSE-100 brands like Tesco and Sainsbury’s. He is also founder and CEO of Wetherby Art Management Ltd, an innovative art retail and e-commerce business. With a background in strategy consulting, Jay has built distribution networks, launched products and led turnarounds in the UK, USA, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and mainland China. He is a volunteer with the Princes Trust and mentors young entrepreneurs. He has a BAH in Political Studies from Queen’s (Artsci ’08) and an MSc in Management from Cass Business School in London (’09).
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Masha Cilliers
Partner of iBe TSE
Masha Cilliers is a Partner and her core focus is within online and mobile commerce and cross border. Since becoming a consultant in 2013, Masha has delivered strategy and product consultancy for several large international merchants, as well as fintech start-ups, banks and payment companies. She played key strategic management roles at DataCash, GlobalCollect and CyberSource where she established and grew new areas of the digital payments business. Before that, she spent five years at Microsoft where she oversaw the development of electronic and mobile payments for the company’s online sales platform in Europe and provided strategic direction and innovation for the region. Masha’s foundation in the payments industry was established over ten years at Visa International where she was driving business development in CEMEA region and subsequently product strategy and sales of smart card programs and online commerce. Masha is frequently a guest speaker at conferences and seminars and commentator on media outlets including the BBC. Masha also acts as a Non Executive Director at two fintech start-ups. She lives in London with her family.
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About iBe TSE: iBe is a consultancy organization in Europe for financial services.
Juba Tsuladze
Partner of Benefica
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About angioClast, Benefica: Benefica is a global consulting firm that provides multi-dimensional expertise to resolve short-term and strategic issues.
Hasham Ullah
Managing Partner & Founder of White Lion
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About GymCraft, White Lion: White Lion provides consultation services and solutions for the investment industry.
Joanne Thompson
Founding Partner of Spring Partners
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About Spring Partners: Spring is a management consulting firm that helps startups, scaleups, and disruptors address challenges and maximize their potential.
Andrew Bulloss
Partner, Head of Global Gaming Practice of Odgers Berndtson
Andrew is practice head within Odgers Berndtson, responsible for promoting the firm’s global capabilities within the gaming market. Based in London, he co-ordinates the Odgers Berndtson international network to deliver local and global searches whilst also leading on all searches within Europe. Prior to joining Odgers Berndtson, Andrew spend eight years running teams within a UK listed executive recruitment business, handling senior search and selection assignments in the technology/online, consumer goods and financial services industries in the UK and Europe.
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Paul McGowan
Senior Partner of Kantar Consulting
As a Senior Partner at Kantar Consulting, Paul manages some of the organisation’s most significant client relationships. His main focus is to lead the development of the consultancy’s growth agenda but he also steers the thought leadership programme for Europe. He works with leaders across the business identifying the need to develop inspiring and impactful new approaches to the important marketing challenges their clients are facing. In recent years this has led the re-invention of the company’s approach to Portfolio Strategy, Brand Positioning, Innovation, Cultural Strategy and Cultural Traction. Paul joined Added Value (now Kantar Consulting) in 1991 when it was a 20 consultant business in the UK. Over the years, Paul has helped to build many of their relationships with major global organisations including Unilever, Levi’s, IKEA, PepsiCo, Heineken and Pernod Ricard.
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About Kantar Consulting: Kantar Retail, Kantar Added Value, Kantar Vermeer and Kantar Futures have joined forces to create Kantar Consulting.
Steve Sharpe
Partner & MD, SLB Capital Management of SLB Capital Group
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About SLB Capital Group: SLB Capital Group is an advisory and management group that offers professional services and solutions to institutions and individuals.
James Baldwin
CEO, Founder & Partner of Unai
James Baldwin was the managing director at ERN.
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About Unai: Software Development and Data Science
Lidia Flueckiger
Associate Partner of Alysian
– 5 years of experience in the hedge fund industry – Was part of the Global Engagement Management Associate Program at Citi in New York and Dubai – Led strategic initiatives for Citi directly with the Citi CEO and Head of Strategy in MENA – MA in Quantita
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About Alysian, ProvidensAI: Alysian is a digital business transformation consulting organization with offices all over the world.
Luuk Jacobs
Partner of AlgoMe Consulting
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About AlgoMe Consulting: AlgoMe Consulting is a new type of consulting firm that focuses on helping Asset and Wealth Management firms.
Katherine Morgan
Managing Partner of Interel
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About Interel: Interel is a global public affairs and association management consultancy.
Scott Beckson
Partner of Argon International
Scott has worked in the recruitment and executive search industry for 20 years. Prior to Argon, he co-founded Investigo in 2003 and alongside the CEO, led an MBO in 2013; a deal backed by Investec, from which he exited in 2016. Under his leadership, Investigo grew to revenues in excess of $100m, winning numerous industry awards and gaining a reputation as one of the industry’s success stories. A serial entrepreneur, Scott acts as business-angel, advisor and investor to a portfolio of other consultancies focused on the human capital sector and continues to serve as a Non-Exec Director to Investigo. A dual US/British citizen, Scott is trusted advisor to a portfolio of private equity, consulting and corporate clients, leading executive search assignments across the US and UK.
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About Argon International: Argon International operates as a boutique executive search consultancy, dedicated to the FinTech market.
Roheel Ahmad
Managing Partner of Forsyth Barnes
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About Forsyth Barnes: Executive Search & Senior Interim Specialists within Fintech, Software & Etail industries.
Scott Parsons
Managing Partner of Forsyth Barnes
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About Forsyth Barnes: Executive Search & Senior Interim Specialists within Fintech, Software & Etail industries.
Brandon Bichler
Partner of Elixirr
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About Elixirr: Elixirr is a management consultancy firm.
Paul Taffinder
Founder & Managing Partner of Taffinder Consulting
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About Taffinder Consulting: Taffinder Consulting provides advisory consulting services in strategy, leadership, digital innovation, and organizational performance.
David Escoffier
Partner of Eighteen East Capital
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About Eighteen East Capital: Eighteen East Capital connects impact investing to the capital markets to unlock additional pools of capital.
Chris Barnes
Founding Partner of Ocean 14 Capital
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About BLUE Marine Foundation, Ocean 14 Capital: Ocean 14 Capital is a Management Consulting platform.
Terry Donovan
Partner of Exolta Capital Partners
An Influential and inspirational results orientated NED or Mentor with over twenty five years experience in leadership roles with a sustained record of achievement as a superb strategic, tactical and pragmatic leader. Experience includes dynamic fast growth companies with turnover up to £150m spanning the U.K., Europe, Middle/Far East and Australasia as well as start ups, six successful turnarounds and raising Venture Capital money. He has a proven ability to stabilise and increase sales, cut costs and improve margins thus creating cash generative businesses. An excellent communicator who both motivates and ensures the buy in of all key stakeholders. Defines and delivers on the vision and strategy through an empowering team ethos. A self confident, dynamic , dedicated and credible leader with a passion for achievement and looking to mentor/coach in a role as Executive Chairman, Non Executive Director or advisor.Terry is based in their Leeds Office.
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About Exolta Capital Partners: Exolta is a collective of senior executives and non-executive directors that specializes in providing unparalleled business growth guidance.
Ben Wildsmith
Partner of EY-Parthenon
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About EY-Parthenon: EY-Parthenon is one of the leading management advisory firms in the payments industry
Andreas Habersetzer
Partner – Financial Services of EY-Parthenon
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About EY-Parthenon: EY-Parthenon is one of the leading management advisory firms in the payments industry
Manish Shah
Partner of Phoenix Accountancy
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About Phoenix Accountancy: Phoenix Accountancy provides business advisory, accountancy, and tax services to SMEs.
Joe Kim
Managing Director/Partner of UPIN Fund Management
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About UPIN Fund Management, XnTree: UPIN is an investment and management consulting firm that helps to optimize its clients’ business solutions and meet its goals.
James Wardlaw
Partner of Federated Hermes
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About Federated Hermes: Federated Hermes is an Investment Management company.
Gregoire Naacke
Managing Partner of IEM-Finance
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About IEM-Finance: IEM-Finance provides consultation services and solutions on financial management of businesses.
Richard Shirreff
Co Managing Partner of Montt Strategia International
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About Montt Strategia International, Strategia Worldwide: MSI delivers an integrated one-stop-shop solution to de-risk the construction of desalination plants and pipelines from ocean to mine.
Julia Porter
Partner and Board Director of Data Protection Network Associates
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About Data Protection Network Associates, Origin Housing: Data Protection Network Associates is a data protection consultancy that provides no-nonsense advice to customers.
Lawrence Weber
Partner of Curve
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About Curve, MENA Digital Awards: Curve offers workshops, coaching, and facilitated programs to develop a personal vision and creative skills.
Duncan Campbell
Partner of Cognosis
Duncan’s been at Cognosis since 2008, and his experience covers our entire proposition, including business and portfolio strategy, leadership facilitation and innovation strategy development. He’s developed international growth strategies with some of the world’s most recognisable brands, such as Red Bull and SAB Miller, and he’s worked across almost every industry. His guiding principle is that for strategy to come to life, it needs to be simple, clear and exciting.But he wasn’t always a consultant. Duncan started out as a zoo keeper and safari guide in Botswana. His MA in Zoology at Edinburgh took him there, before he later started in the communications and high tech team at Accenture as a strategy consultant. After that, he worked with Landor Associates, where he built his expertise in brand and engagement strategy.
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About Cognosis: Cognosis is a strategy and leadership consultancy which puts leading change at the heart of every assignment.
