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Borja Tornos Madrid, Spain BBA, U Pontificia Comillas Ernst & Young Grant Thornton
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Borja Tornos with Achieve Spain. Borja is an experienced management consultant with an extensive professional track record of more than 20 years helping top tier and medium sized organizations worldwide supporting their transformation programs across multiple industries and geographies, but mainly in Financial Services & Real Estate. Borja Built the […]

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If training sessions are falling short of expectations in the performance department, this article from Gary Preysner may provide a path towards better results. Risk Managers at Risk: 7 Things You Need To Do To Save Your Company…. And Your Job I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I […]

Emad Alshamy Dubai, UAE MSc, American University McKinsey & Co Kearney Elixir Mgmt Consultancy PEM Strategy
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Emad Alshamy with PEM Strategy. Emad is a management consultant with an entrepreneurial background. With 12+ years of extensive experience, he has contributed to various industries through strategic and operational management functions, with expertise in management consulting, entrepreneurship, and portfolio management. Emad has successfully delivered management consulting services for a […]

Andrea Eigel New York, NY MBA, Harvard Bain & Co Urnex Brands Independent Consultant
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Andrea Eigel. Andrea spent 15 years leading business operations for entrepreneurial, family operated global manufacturing and distribution companies. She has led businesses through private equity sale processes, followed by acquisition and merger integrations. She has broad business and supply chain operations experience, with a particular passion for helping entrepreneurs prepare […]

Silvio Bracone Geneva, Switzerland MBA, IMD Boston Consulting Group Deloitte Smiths Group Plc SB Advisory
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Silvio Bracone shares a post on this year’s M&A deals in the pharmaceutical industry. In the European pharmaceutical industry, there were 104 M&A deals announced in Q1 2024, worth a total value of $25bn, according to GlobalData’s Deals Database. The $11bn acquisition of Novo Holdings by Novo Nordisk was the industry’s largest disclosed deal”. “In […]

Raphael Bouzy Singapore MA, King's College London Bain & Co Control Risks Euromone Independent Consultant
Thought Leadership

In this interview, Raphaël Bouzy shares his journey from working at Bain to founding a company and working as a freelance consultant. “We spoke to Raphaël Bouzy, who started his career at Bain and later founded his own company. With Movemeon he talks about his career path and experience in being a founder and a […]

Michael Hirt Vienna, Austria MBA, INSEAD Boston Consulting Group HSBC Investment Bank ÖIAG State Privatization HIRT&FRIENDS
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Michael Hirt shares a post on five different strategies a holding company can use to create value for its subsidiaries. There are 5 different strategies for a holding company to create value for its subsidiaries. 1. Laisser-faire holding company This type of holding company concentrates on the development of its investment portfolio, primarily through acquisitions […]

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As AI forges through all sections of society, David Edelman questions whether some people will benefit or be left behind. Can AI really ignore this section of our community? This article is from my newsletter series called “Personalized! Prompts from the Frontlines.” You can sign up for my newsletters here: https://dedelman.substack.com/ Over the holiday weekend, […]

Ahmed Kerem Kapanci Istanbul, Turkey BS,Georgetown U Bain&Co Diamond Cluster Intl Turknet ISP Focus Global Project
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Ahmed Kerem Kapanci shares a post on security tokens in real estate. Unlike the first wave of digital asset financing mostly through unregulated Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), security tokens and their offering have relatively clear regulatory implications and application to the business community. The regulatory regime entails requirements related to licensing, risk monitoring and reporting […]

Matthew Egol Egol Matthew New York, NY MBA, Columbia Booz&Co Strategy& Arthur D. Little JourneySpark Consulting
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Matthew Egol shares an article that dives deeper into brand experience, the impact of a product, and how positive and negative emotions ultimately shape attitudes and behaviors. In this week’s blog in our Reimagining Insights series, Lou and I dive deeper into Experience Management Absolute #1: Narrow the “brand canyon,” focusing more on how customers […]

Robert Stulle Berlin, Germany McKinsey & Co IBM Meta Design Reflecting Systems
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Umbrex is pleased to welcome Robert Stulle with Reflecting Systems. Robert is a consultant, trainer and coach with over 28 years of professional experience. His background lies in design and agile digital product development. Robert was an Associate Partner at McKinsey Digital and before that Partner and co-owner of the international design agency Edenspiekermann. He […]

Ted Iverson Boise, ID BS, Weber State University McKinsey&Co Heinz Varian Associates Iverson Consulting Group
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Ted Iverson shares an article on talent utilization and what he learned from a well-seasoned associate. Several years ago I was on a site visit in the Midwestern United States. As a member of a team of examiners, over the course of nearly a week, we would meet with individuals at all levels of the […]