Umbrex is pleased to welcome Ian Gibson with Belsize Advisory. Ian is an experienced and versatile senior strategist, having spent five years at Boston Consulting Group, where he was a member of the Retail, Consumer and Financial Services Practice Areas. He has held in-house roles at Sainsburys, InterContinental Hotels Group and MoneySuperMarket Group and has […]
Wes Wheless shares a post designed to help people decide whether making the move from corporate to independent consulting is the right fit. **The question we overlook…** As a coach for solo consultants, I speak to several people every week who are considering moving from corporate to independent consulting. Each of them has unique expertise. […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Rodrigo Leyva. Rodrigo is an accomplished management and strategy consultant with extensive experience at EY-Parthenon and Bain & Company. At EY-Parthenon, he led growth strategy, market entry, and due diligence projects across various industries, including healthcare, consumer goods, and financial services in LATAM. During his time at Bain & Company, […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Akshay Cyril. Akshay is an experienced management consultant with 5 years in BCG. He was a core member of BCG’s Operations & Supply Chain function, leading 5+ large projects such as driving 15% fulfillment for a $5B agricultural firm. He also spent many years working with clients in the Tech […]
Peet van Biljon shares a few thoughts on how to overcome challenges to innovation and creativity. The creativity needed to come up with innovative new ideas relies on novel connections being made in our brains, and on people having the courage to share their ideas with others. Think of it as depending two types of […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Anders Nording with Nording & Partners. Anders started his career in Investment banking before joining Boston Consulting Group in Oslo, typically working on strategy projects within FMCG, retail and industrial goods. After working 7 years in BCG, he left the firm as Principal in the Private Equity and Industrial goods […]
If implementing AI technology for your business is top of mind, these key points of consideration from Ed Wiley may help the process. While artificial intelligence has reshaped industries for the past several, well, decades, generative AI (GenAI) is the next game-changer when it comes to business productivity. GenAI offers companies a unique opportunity to […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Konstantin Stoyanov, CFA with Tower Finance. Konstantin is a strategic CFO and a former BCG consultant, investor, and divisional CFO with a track record in creating finance teams, driving growth and profitability for startups and established businesses. Konstantin brings over two decades of experience in financial modeling, fundraising, strategic planning, […]
Take a trip into Manhattan’s Chinatown from the view of the barbershop and the words of Yang Xiong. I stumbled upon New China Beauty Salon back in 2016, when I was an undergraduate student at Columbia. Tired of overpaying for haircuts yet weary of barbershops inept at handling Asian hair, I came to Chinatown searching […]
Bart Vanderhaegen defines the difference between behavior and performance and why it matters. It’s the economy, stupid” was the famous phrase used by Bill Clinton in the presidential campaign of 1992, when he was running against president George H.W. Bush. He used to phrase to convince the public that it was the economy, not foreign […]
Eric Zanin shares a case study on a 3-year global growth strategic plan for American GDS Global. QUESTION A Global Distribution System (GDS) company was faced with technological disruptions, resulting in a decrease in transaction fees primarily attributed to disintermediation The client approached us to gain clarity on market evolutions and explore strategic alternatives to […]
Umbrex is pleased to welcome Victor Manuel Ornelas with Consultoria Directiva. Victor is a Senior Management Consultant Expert in Developing and Executing Customer, Marketing and Sales Strategies that works with Top Management in accelerating profitable sales growth of businesses. Victor is the founder and managing director of Consultoria Directiva serving customers in Mexico. Prior to […]