Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Harriet Marsden with TruWater Advisory. Hattie has 15+ years experience in M&A advisory, both from a transactions and a consulting advisory perspective. She’s spent time working at BCG (Private Equity and Principal investor team) […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Neha Mathurvaishya. Neha spent two years as a management consultant at Bain and Company and has led high-impact projects across private equity due diligence, go-to-market strategy, customer retention, and operational excellence. Prior to Bain, […]
Djavan De Clercq shares news from the agricultural industry in a weekly newsletter. This week explores deforestation, financial distress in Ghana, and the price of cocoa. 🇪🇺 EU publishes deforestation risk ratings, designating only four countries as “high risk” and delaying compliance deadlines to late 2025, a relief for West African producers. (Dominican Today, Efeagro) […]
Mike Dowhan shares the essential sales metrics to track for success. Understanding and tracking the right sales performance metrics can make or break a business. For sales teams, business leaders, and CEOs, staying on top of these key sales metrics is crucial to driving revenue, improving customer relationships, and gaining a competitive edge in the […]
Olivier Dallemagne offers a summary on the effects of U.S. tariffs and steps towards a value creation plan. US tariffs of up to 37% are hammering European exports. Machinery, chemicals, and industrials are taking the hit. But the impact doesn’t stop at exporters. Cost shocks are flooding supply chains. Procurement is under pressure. And liquidity […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Charles Mohrmann. A summary of Charles’ experience follows. “Leadership roles with three successful startups, two of the top management consulting firms in the world, and three of the top 5 automation/AI companies. Charles Mohrmann […]
Jarek Dmowski shares a funding guide and case studies on climate infrastructure scaleups. Executive Summary: Climate infrastructure scaleups require a different funding approach than software-based scaleups, which usually rely on a few rounds of venture capital (VC) funding and an Initial Public Offering (IPO). High capital investments are required after the prototype phase, and a […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Natalia Lepasch with Telos. A summary of Natalia’s experience follows. “I’m a strategy and brand consultant with 15 years of experience across the beauty, consumer, and tech sectors. I began my career in the […]
Philip Crandall shares a short post and a link to a product creativity accelerator. I made a Product creativity accelerator. Today I was thinking about the relationship between assumptions and creativity. The more constrained your solution space by assumptions, the less creative you can be with solutions. Every Product Manager has (or should have) objectives, […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Djavan De Clercq with cuberoots.ai. A summary of Djavan’s experience follows. “I build practical solutions at the intersection of agriculture and AI—tackling strategic decisions with billion-dollar stakes (like guiding national food-security plans or agricultural infrastructure […]
Umbrex, a global community of independent management consultants with prior experience at top-tier firms, is pleased to welcome our newest member, Rodrigo Barbosa. Rodrigo is a revenue growth management (RGM) and pricing strategy expert with deep experience in the Consumer Goods industry. As a Project Leader at BCG, he led and executed high-impact projects across […]
Alper Yurder shares a short post and link to a 34-page playbook on how to run a GTM strategy audit and increase revenue in 4-6 months. 👉 Just updated my 34-page playbook on how to audit your GTM and build a strategy that gets you to more leads and revenue in 4-6 months. This is […]