Umbrex is pleased to welcome Anthony Barrett with Fletcher & Vine Pty Ltd. Tony began his career as a commercial lawyer, switching to management consulting with BCG after doing his MBA. He then spent 12 years in industry as a Strategy Manager, General Manager and CEO, and since 2018 he’s been an independent consultant and start-up advisor specialising in leadership, strategy and marketing (particularly digital marketing). His clients have included household names in the banking & finance, media, professional services,…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Jose Vivancos with Management Española.  Jose is a seasoned strategic consultant delivering for more than 30 years to Industrial/PE/VC Groups International Development/ GTM advisory services and CDD/Strategic Audits for the evaluation of Acquisitions/Investments. Outstanding technical, problem-solving and operational intelligence and track record added with broad and very diverse industry experiences. From June 1986, Managing Director, International Development Management Española (Madrid), Strategic Consulting firm specialized in International Development and Commercial Due diligence/Strategic Audits of Acquisitions/Investments for…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Nadav Shem Tov with NST Success Consulting.  Nadav has founded NST Success Consulting to help companies unlock growth through Customer Success. Nadav brings more than 15 years of professional experience. Starting his career in the elite Israeli intelligence unit 8200 and the Israeli startup ecosystem gave him a head start with leadership experiences in industry-defining and technologically innovative organizations. He has spent the last 9 years consulting tech executives on Customer Success, Customer Experience, and…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Benjamin Becker.  Ben spent two years at McKinsey based out of Taiwan serving clients across the Greater China Region. Afterwards, he stayed in Asia to help run procurement and supply chain strategy at Dell before moving back to California in 2016. He has since run strategy and operations teams in technology firms across product, sales, and corporate strategy functions. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and two kids and enjoys playing tennis and…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Susanne Michelle Gruda with SMG Ventures. Susie has spent the last several years in venture capital and family offices helping to scale portfolio companies and advise on ventures investment decisions. She has also led fundraising ($100M+) for an investment fund and 6 portfolio combines. She has a deep understanding in all things sales, marketing, go-to-market, strategy, fundraising and venture capital. Prior to that, she was Google’s Global Head of ROI, helping Google’s largest clients ($500M+)…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Jose Antonio Bachiller.  Jose spent five years at Booz & Co, working out of the Madrid and London offices for clients in Western Europe and the Americas. His experience at Booz & Co was mainly on the Telecommunications and Automotive industries, with a functional focus on customer analytics, product portfolio management, go-to-market, and PMO. Since leaving Booz & Co in 2016, Jose Antonio has worked as an independent consultant in Telecoms and Technology. His work has…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Gerardo Alvarez-Franyutti with Alfatti. Gerardo Alvarez-Franyutti started Alfatti in 2018, an advisory network focused on strategy, creativity and maximizing potential across international markets. Previous to this he was a VP at Orbia, an industrial multinational. Earlier in his career he worked at Egon Zehnder, Microsoft, McKinsey and Procter & Gamble in the US, Europe and Latin America….

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Asad Kamal with Pivot Point Strategy. Asad is a Strategy, M&A and Growth leader with 20+ years of experience in multiple industries and geographies. At McKinsey, Asad was an Engagement Manager and worked internationally with Industrial, Oil & Gas, Banking and Distribution clients on a wide range of topics including strategy, new business building, business transformation, organization design and operational effectiveness. After McKinsey, Asad has led strategy, corporate development, commercial effectiveness and product management teams…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Nuno Nogueira with Amane. Nuno Ibérico is an experienced Senior Consultant with a McKinsey background (2 years). He has considerable experience in Strategy, M&A and PMO, often working for Financial and Pharma sectors, but is a generalist that has worked in multiple other sectors and functions. Nuno also has helped launch and manage a diversity of other projects in Portugal, from a wine and tourism project to a children’s magazine….

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Matti A Karinen. Matti has worked 17 years in consulting, in strategy, operations, performance improvement and M&A, with Oliver Wyman, McKinsey, Partners in Performance and in independent practice. In 15 years in corporates and startups, Matti was co-founder of 2 startups with successful exits. Corporate executive roles include Sinar Mas Group and RGE Group in Asia, leadership in transformation, digital, turnaround teams, and as CEO of a 4,000 employee African company. Experienced in energy, including…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Thanh C Nguyen. Thanh was with BCG on topic of Greenfield strategy/ digital innovation and raised $30M series A serving as CoS of the $200M Fintech, and has been running independent practice on digital venture. He has a passion for launching tech businesses, successfully launched 2 start-ups since 2017. Prior to BCG, he worked as venture builder in a boutique VC. Of his 10 year experience, he has a keen interest in developing and launching…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Bill Hauschen. Bill has 15+ years of marketing and strategy experience, with a focus on how to use data to drive better marketing decision-making and performance. Bill started his career with McKinsey & Company, where he left as an Engagement Manager. He worked with clients in numerous industries, with a particular focus on retail and marketing engagements. After McKinsey, Bill spent 2.5 years at Target Corporation where he led a Marketing Business Intelligence team and…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Carlo Sanchez. Carlo is a former BCG and PwC consultant and business operator with 15+ years of experience managing strategic projects and P&Ls across various industries, with a track record of building high-performance teams, creating consensus, launching new projects and ventures, and improving business performance. He has MBA in Entrepreneurship and Analytic Finance from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business….

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Nathan Pamart with Expert Focus. Nathan Pamart is a former Vice President at Bain Capital Private Equity who previously worked for Boston Consulting Group as a Consultant. Nathan focuses on commercial due diligence and strategy work….

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Weiming Zhang. Weiming has a combined experience of McKinsey Partner and corporate top management. During his 8 years at McKinsey, he worked on projects of various topics and industries, ranging from strategy, operation to overall transformation, from low-carbon development to real estate. In 2018, he joined a leading industrial real estate developer in China as EVP of strategy, investment and operation. Starting from 2021, he switched focus to SMEs with director and advisor roles. Weiming…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Ted Perkins. Ted is a former banker and Associate Partner at McKinsey, where he served clients on corporate finance & strategy topics and due diligence. He left McKinsey in 2020 to found an interactive business learning platform called Skill Range. Ted works as an independent consultant and is looking to collaborate on strategy, due diligence and corporate training projects. Ted lives in Santa Monica, CA with his wife and one-year old son and enjoys hiking…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Hideaki Iwase with QoL Inc. Hideaki joined McKinsey Tokyo/Atlanta and enjoyed strategy, operations, and corp. relation design / M&A/PMM. He then worked as several executive management roles for global companies’ Japan operations and became independent in Y2000. Since then, he focuses on hands-on value delivery to clients. Please let me know if your client has any interest in Japan. He also enjoys academic life, venture management, social welfare corp. etc. Private life: active sports player;…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Tomás Adão da Fonseca with 2F Advisory Partners.  Tomas has extensive experience in leading projects and teams in strategy, business development and business change transformation. Over 10 years at BCG working in several offices and continents he has wide-ranged proficiency in evaluating local and global business environments to define corporate vision and actionable business plans for corporations and individual BU’s. Actively lead strategic business development initiatives in greenfield, JV/Partnerships and M&A. Passionate in leading cross-functional…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Luis Fonseca. Luis is an INSEAD MBA and former McKinsey Consultant / Partner in a boutique impact investing firm. Previously also a Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble. Currently pursuing a career as an independent consultant out of sunny Lisbon (Portugal). Luis is also a passionate Jazz drumset player and proud father of three….

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Jennifer Tietz with JTWE Consulting.  Jen is a freelance management consultant specializing in strategy, operations, project management and executive coaching. She started her career as a Nuclear Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy where she had many adventures over 13 years of active duty. She graduated from Tuck in 2015 and then spent three years with McKinsey and Company in their London and Washington DC offices where she focused on operations and organizational topics…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Marc Rahlves with Rahlves Management Consulting Group. Marc was a Manager at Bain & Co for almost a decade working in consumer goods, financial services, automotive, telecom, and private equity across the globe. As a Principal for The Bridgespan Group he advised foundations and nonprofit organizations. For the last two years, Marc has run his own consulting firm working with technology start-ups and growth companies on strategy and organizational effectiveness. He is also an angel…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Olga Belousova. Olga is independent consultant located in France and combining business consulting with her art project. Olga is focused on services to local and international small and medium enterprises. She spent 2 years in Booz and Roland Berger as a consultant, prior to moving into management consulting Olga gained over 20 years of industry experience and received her MBA from Fuqua school of business. Passionate about initiating and developing strong business relationships, Olga has particular…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Elena Bazina. Elena is a cross-functional leader with 15+ years of experience building and scaling complex systems that drive excellent customer outcomes and optimize/ digitize processes. She has in-depth expertise in Product Management, Business and Product Operations, Product Partnerships, and Strategy. Elena spent the last 8+ years in product management in fintech companies in Silicon Valley (Affirm, Intuit, pilot.com). Prior to that she was a consultant with McKinsey and worked in Operations at Payback, Europe’s…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Nisha Mendelsohn with Mendelsohn Strategy.  Nisha Mendelsohn has over 15 years of experience in management consulting and business operations, specializing in the CPG/food & beverage sector. Most recently, Nisha served as Chief Operating Officer and led food & beverage investment strategy at Sapling Capital, a Los Angeles based single family office. Prior to forming her consulting practice in 2015, Nisha oversaw the wine direct-to-consumer business for FIJI Water-owned brands, JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery and Landmark…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Paul Vatistas with Powning Ltd. With more than 30 years of experience, Paul has worked for such companies as McKinsey & Co., Morgan Stanley, News Corporation (parent of Fox, Star TV, and HarperCollins), Hays PLC, Quinstreet.com, and Haig Barrett Partners. He now lives in Sussex in the UK with his family, and provides consulting services with an emphasis on Strategy, and B2B Lead Gen projects Paul has founded several businesses, including BTC Logic, Blackrock APU LLC,…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome David Madukauwa-David.  David, previously a generalist at BCG, recently kicked off his own consulting firm focused on corporate strategy/M&A in healthcare. Prior to BCG, he was an engineer and researcher, working at Georgia Tech, IFSTTAR, CEA, and Airbus among others. David has deep expertise in new product development within medical devices/medtech but has led cross-functional engagements across a wide range of industries. He lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife and their two furry kids….

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Ashish Vatsal with Vatsal Consulting Group.  Ashish is an independent consultant interested in combining strategy, implementation, and data for values-driven organizations that recognize financial return is just one dimension of success. He most recently spent eight years as a Managing Consulting, Owner, and Account Leader at Point B and started his own consulting firm earlier this year. Prior to Point B, he was consultant with BCG Chicago. Prior to that, Ashish was an investment analyst…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Leila Gedsø-Kharazmi with Consulting 101. Leila has 10+ years of management consulting experience from Bain, BCG and QVARTZ in addition to two years’ work with M&A transactions in Carnegie Investment Banking.   Her areas of specialisation is strategy and organisational development within various industries. Furthermore, Leila has leadership experience from managing the Business Development unit in Telenor‘s consumer division. Leila holds a double MSc degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Copenhagen and…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Florian Heitzenberger.  Florian has a BCG background, worked as Manager Corporate Business Development/Strategy for a global industrial goods company and has been running his own consulting firm focused on strategy, business model innovation, post merger integration and start-ups since 2018. Florian lives in Vienna (Austria) and is happy to collaborate on projects in Europe….

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Lynn Compton Seay with Seay Associates. Lynn is a registered nurse with 5 years of clinical experience and a deep understanding of frontline care delivery.  As a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, she worked broadly across functions (operations, strategy and org) and developed depth in large-scale enterprise transformations. As a Vice President and General Manager at Kaplan North America, she led and grew a division that creates and delivers digital products for the institutional…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Hugo Teophilo Rufino. Hugo has worked for McKinsey in the practices of financial services, public sector mostly serving clients in strategy, org design, performance implementation and digital transformation Besides McK, he worked for PwC/Strategy&, Altran and as Executive Director for companies in the Tech and Insurance industries He lives in Brazil with his wife and baby daughter. Hugo is passionate to serve clients and collaborate in strategy and transformative projects….

Xavier Lederer provides key steps on prioritization and action. ‘The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.’– Michael Porter “I don’t have enough time in a day to work on the most important things!” I regularly hear CEOs complain. We all have a tendency to jump on the most urgent problems – because they are urgent and also because, let’s face it: we are addicted to fixing problems. Why priorities matter – pebbles vs. rocks The issue is:…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Anubhav Raina with Raikon. Anu helps MNCs & venture funded start-ups with strategy, financial modelling & capability development – especially with a view towards building new business lines/initiatives. Prior to starting his own firm, he was an engagement manager with McKinsey in London, UK. He started his career as part of the asset-backed finance team at Wells Fargo in Charlotte, US. As a tech entrepreneur himself, he is naturally passionate about digital transformation, future proofing…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Nidhi Chadda with Enzo Advisors. Nidhi is a generalist growth investor and advisor across public and private markets. She is currently the Founder and CEO of Enzo Advisors, a global sustainability consulting firm focused on helping companies build best-in-class sustainable business models within an ESG construct and works closely with institutional investors to integrate ESG policies and frameworks across their investment processes. Prior to launching Enzo Advisors, Nidhi was a portfolio manager at RBC Global…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Stepan Chrz.  Before joining a data consultancy boutique as a Chief Commercial Officer, Stepan worked at McKinsey’s Prague office with a focus on strategy, transformations and B2B sales. He worked on 5 continents with clients spanning from light and heavy industry to telecoms and banks to online classifieds. Stepan holds a doctoral degree in theoretical economics from Charles University and an MBA from Cambridge. Outside work, Stepan is an outdoor enthusiast and a backpacker. During…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Alexander Savchuk. Alexander Savchuk started his career in Bain and subsequently has been running his own Moscow based telecom&IT consulting firm. Alexander developed entry strategy to the CIS markets and/or assisted in business development for a couple of dozens of hightech firms, to name a few: MCI, AT&T, Motorola, Siemens, Telenor, Ericsson, Microsoft, Cisco. All major Russian telecom companies were among clients of Alexander’s firm for strategy development for years. In 2014 Alexander decided to…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Elias Schulze with The Africa Group.  Elias is an emerging markets entrepreneur and media strategist. Elias previously co-founded and managed Kana TV, Ethiopia’s leading television network, which was later acquired by Canal+. He formerly served as an MD for Kaymu, a Jumia Group company, operating across 17 African markets. He is also Managing Partner of The Africa Group, an early-stage VC and boutique advisory shop focused on specialized opportunities in Africa. A former Engagement Manager…

  Mark Hess shares an article from his company’s blog on the principles of strategy. In broad strokes, strategy is decision making—but not in the way one might think. The most important part of your strategy is deciding what you’re not going to do. What is Strategy? Strategy, simply stated, is how you get from Point A (where you are now) to Point B (where you want to be). You want your organization to grow from $100M to $500M. That…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Camila Fernandez with Alux Management.  Camila Fernandez spent 4 years at Bain & Company and is setting up her independent consulting practice based out of the Dominican Republic. Her academic background is mostly Economics and International Development (Harvard Kennedy School). She started her career in government, then transitioned to Bain & Company and later joined Mercado Libre (NASDAQ: MELI) to run their fintech division in Mexico. Camila is happy to collaborate in strategy, digital transformation…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Sanaz von Elsner with Von Elsner Coaching. Dr. Sanaz von Elsner is a certified systemic business coach and a certified career counselor. As a coach she conducts workshops for a broad range of companies and nonprofit organizations enabling them to improve teamwork, employee personal development of their employees and workplace atmosphere. She is specially focussed on all the leadership subjects and works with leaders on their struggles. Beside Companies. She also coaches individual clients in…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Maria Kinkina with One More Consulting. Maria spent four years as a strategy consultant at Bain London and has been running her own independent consulting firm – One More Consulting – since 2019. Prior to Bain, Maria was the Head of Impact Assessment and Strategy at Teach for Bulgaria. Maria’s areas of expertise include strategy, customer, commercial excellence and transformation management. She has been working primarily in the retail and consumer goods sector and with industrial…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Andrea Ziegler. Andrea spent five years as a Consultant with BCG and Bain, in Canada and South Africa. After leaving consulting, Andrea spent a couple of years doing in-house strategy work for Bell Canada. Since then she has been the President/CEO of three small to medium-sized digital media businesses, each of which she successfully sold. Andrea’s undergraduate degree in Systems Design Engineering combined with her MBA and extensive experience in strategy, operations and management enables…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Cecile Bernheim with S2E Partners. Cécile created S2E Partners consulting firm in 2014. She advises Boards, CEOs and executive teams of small and mid-cap companies on Strategy-to-Execution and Corporate Governance. Her action is guided by her conviction that “aligned strategy, disciplined execution and good governance lead to greater results” Cecile put her deep understanding of consumers, customers and market dynamics at the service of her clients and delivers valued insights and recommendations. Her professional experience…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Paul Browne with Lexington. Paul is combines a wealth of experience in international blue-chip companies with an intellectual drive, curiosity for data, and experience in helping high-performing complex executives get outstanding results. He has lived and worked extensively across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East. He lives with his author wife, (N.M. Browne) in Richmond-on-Thames, UK – useful for Heathrow. Paul is an Associate at the Møller Institute at the University of Cambridge and…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Oliver Speier with Proworks Consulting. Oliver is a senior transformation advisor with ~14 years of experience in Operations Management, Lean and strategy for large corporations within various industry sectors. I have been working in different roles (e.g. hands-on support to leadership & strategic coaching) and on multiple engagements predominantly in Europe and Asia. I was an Engagement Manager with McKinsey&Company’s Operations Practice in Singapore serving large banks and insurance companies specifically around challenges such as…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Derek Robinson with Renegade. Derek is a hands-on Strategy advisor with a track record of developing high-impact new business ventures. Derek trained at Bain, Coca-Cola and Cox Media Group before launching Renegade – a boutique collective of ace consultants, built to drive explosive growth for their clients. He lives in Atlanta with his husband, Eric, and can’t wait to travel again once the dust clears. Derek is always up for a collaboration, either in Atlanta…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Xavier Lederer with Ambrose Growth. Xavier was a strategy consultant with Bain & Company for 4 years in Europe (Brussels & Amsterdam office). He is now a business coach, helping CEOs of mid-market companies, who are frustrated by the way their company is growing, redefine their growth strategy/execution and their management approach, so they can get back on track to profitable growth. Prior to starting his own practice Xavier was the President of a chocolate manufacturer…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Maia Scher. Maia spent +7 years as Management Consultant at McKinsey and has been working as independent consultant and held executive corporate roles (SME companies and startups) since 2015. With broad and generalist background, she has developed particular expertise in general management & strategy, organizational issues, and company build/ biz.dev. She has undergrad degree in Economics and MSc. in Social Psychology. She is passionate about delivering impact with purpose in a broad set of topics,…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Paul Armstrong with Mcinco. Paul spent two years with Mercer Management Consulting based out of London and three years with Bain based out of Sydney. He has been running an independent consulting practice since 2009. Paul spent two years, from 2015 to 2017, working for George Weston Foods, a major food producer in Australia and New Zealand. Prior to consulting Paul was an engineer and project manager with Shell. Paul has worked across many industries…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Eduard Saez with Antifragile Solutions.  Eduard Sáez spent 3 years at Bain & Company, mainly focused in M&A and Private Equity practice. After those years, Eduard co-founded a fashion ecommerce startup. He exited the company after selling his equity to an industrial investor, and decided to travel the world for a while. He is currently living in Andorra, working as an independent consultant doing strategy & marketing projects mainly in the fintech space. He also…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Taoufik El Khazzani.  Tao spent 2 years within the Operations practice at McKinsey working within the telecom, hi-tech and automotive sectors. Following this first consulting experience, he joined Vivendi to lead trend forecast and strategy projects in the telecom and media space. He then decided to add another expertise focusing on the luxury and fashion industries : after a M.S. at Institut Français de la Mode (IFM), he has managed strategy and business development for…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Valerie Warland with VW Management.  Valerie is an independent non executive director based in Luxembourg, with a strong focus on alternative investment structures. She has more than 25 years of experience in the finance industry, where she enjoyed several strategic positions, like PMO director at Alter Domus, leading global alternative fund administrator, financial planning and analysis director at Paypal Europe, management information vice-president in the Dexia Banking Groupe. She started her career as a strategy…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Tomás Elewaut with Hopen – Management Consulting.  Tomás spent seven years at McKinsey & Co., leading projects in South America, and has been running his own consulting firm focused on strategy, organization and business development since 2012. Before starting his own consulting practice, he was founder and business development manager of and important agribusiness operation that raised capital from US institutional investors and the IFC (International Finance Corporation). Prior to McKinsey, he worked for the…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Heidi Beck with Kuglin Beck Advisory.  C-Suite people focused executive who brings a unique skillset to align multiple stakeholders to challenging, transformative, and often difficult decisions across leading influential organisations (public and private). Heidi has deep strategy, transformation, and organisational design experience and broad application of general management in both corporate functions and business roles (with P&L responsibility.) Deeply passionate about creating high performing, diverse, and truly inclusive teams, Heidi is committed to improving leading…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Nigel Dews with GNG Partners in Growth. Nigel has experience in technology, finance, media, telecommunications, energy, FMCG and venture capital. This experience has spanned executive, board and consulting roles in both public and private companies. Nigel began his career as an Economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia before joining McKinsey & Company and working in Sydney, New York and London offices. Nigel has held leadership roles in many growth companies including as CEO of…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Marco Piacentino with Soir Bleu. A blend of strategy, operations and M&A consulting activities are the characteristics of Soir Bleu srl, the firm that Marco founded in 2012. The aim is to provide clients with an advantage point through a comprehensive, generalist view of their business with a touch of specific industry knowledge. Before 2012 Marco has been Senior Partner in charge of the ICT and Business Services Practices at Cross Border s.r.l., an M&A…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Tanaka Chiimba with Impact Strategy Consulting.  Tanaka possesses 15 years of management consulting experience. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte and Touche, she cut her teeth in consulting at McKinsey and Company where she spent 7 years serving leaders of mining, energy, infrastructure and public sector (education and tax administration) institutions across a broad range of topics. Tanaka likes to be considered as more of a generalist. She is drawn to opportunities where…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Adam Anderson. Adam has led and participated in over a hundred consulting projects at McKinsey, Accenture, KPMG and on his own. He has also spent over 10 years as CFO, CEO, board member and chairman of the board. His industry experience is wide, with most time in financial services and manufacturing. His specialty is rapid and radical improvement of key metrics, for example revenue and income. A strategy expert, he has also worked in finance,…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Pontus Kristiansson with Altaverita. Pontus spent his early career with McKinsey & Co and Procter & Gamble. Then went on to spend 20+ years as serial entrepreneur and tech CEO before going back to management strategy consulting through his independent practice Altaverita, while also chairing his family office Realinvest.se. Believes in saving the world through climate impact investing and scaling technological climate solutions. Thrives on helping others succeed. Secret super power: Strong problem solver, with…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Peter Korponai with Hungarian Enterprise Development Institute.  Peter has been running his strategy consulting practice since 2011. Peter started his career in consulting at McKinsey, where he spent 4 years working mainly for banking and energy sector clients in Hungary and neighboring countries. After McKinsey, he worked in line management as CFO in the medical device manufacturing and interactive media sectors. In 2007, he returned to consulting and joined CEMI, a Central Eastern Europe focused…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Ulrich Riedel with Dr. Ulrich Riedel Consulting.  Ulrich is a trusted senior manager and management board member with 21 years of leadership experience in industrial companies, and as McKinsey project manager. For 2 years (and his entire professional life) he has been supporting industrial companies to increase their likelihood of successful and full-value execution (‘Gold Vein’ approach: https://www.drulrichriedelconsulting.ch/). Ulrich lives near Zurich, Switzerland, with his Sr. Logistics-IT Project Manager wife and two wonderful and strong…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Jakob Skovgaard. Jakob is an international senior executive with 20 years of P&L, strategy and leadership experience from McKinsey & Co, Arla Foods (dairy) and Danish Crown (meat). Most recently Managing Director Denmark in Danish Crown with 450 mio EUR full P&L responsibility and Global Cheese SVP in Arla with 2+ bn EUR category P&L responsibility. Since last year (2020) Jakob has worked as an independent advisor, consultant and board member. Jakob has particular expertise…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Nilesh Rajadhyax with Vyom Health.  Nilesh is a seasoned executive with 15+ years of experience in the Healthcare sector primary serving payers and providers. He was an Associate Partner at McKinsey and Company and advised clients on strategy, technology and acquisitions in healthcare. He served some large Health systems, a large national payer, a large healthcare technology company and many middle market private equity funds. He then joined TransUnion’s Healthcare division and successfully, built a…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Nicky Shah. Nicky graduated with a BA from the University of Oxford, after which she became a consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton (now Strategy&). She picked up experience across a range of industries and practices whilst at BAH. In 2008 Nicky moved into industry and focused her discipline on revenue growth and strategy work for a subscription based business. Here, she became a subject matter expert on CRM, Customer Retention and Loyalty. In 2017, she…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Willem Koelewijn. Willem is an independent healthcare services entrepreneur. After several years in management consulting (McKinsey) and telecoms, marketing 3G equipment to operators in Europe, Willem set a several Ambulatory Surgery Centres in the Netherland under the Alant Medical brand name. These clinics were merged with Bergman Clinics to become the largest chain of private clinics in the Netherlands. He served on the board as COO. He subsequently became an independent healthcare entrepreneur working in…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Jeffery Perry with Lead Mandates. Jeff is a dynamic thought leader and global strategic business advisor. After an impactful 30-year career in management consulting at notable firms Booz & Co., A.T. Kearney, and recently retiring from Ernst & Young (EY), as Founder & CEO, Lead Mandates LLC, he fulfills his passion as an independent advisor—to help organizations improve business and leadership performance. Businesses are facing unprecedented disruption and uncertainty. Based on his years of advising…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Emre Kara with Proludus. Emre is the founder of Proludus. He serves as a trainer and consultant. Emre graduated from Bilkent University with BS and MS degrees in Industrial Engineering. During his master, he also studied business and economics in Aarhus Business School in Denmark. He started his professional career as a finance specialist at Unilever. He worked in personal care and hair care categories for Turkey, North Africa, Middle East, and Russia. Then, Emre…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Andrew Lodge.  Andrew has been an independent consultant for a year working in financial services. He was an Associate Principal at McKinsey in London, a Head of Division in financial stability at the Bank of England and a senior policy adviser at HM Treasury in the United Kingdom. Andrew has led major transformation projects in financial services, particularly in banking, and also in public sector organisations.  He is moving – coronavirus permitting – to the…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Saad Sameer Abujubara with Impact Partners.  Saad was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey. Prior to McKinsey, he was a market planning manager  with Sunbulah group (FMCG sector). Currently is a Partner at Impact Partners local consulting firm in Riyadh. Saad has particular expertise in planning, strategy and initiatives delivery, and operation and organizational excellence ,and has lead major transformations projects with government sector. He lives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with his wife and two kids….

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Peter Kovacs.  Peter spent almost nine years in various Strategic, Finance, and Business Unit roles at MUFG Union Bank in California. Prior to that, he spent four years in the FIG practice at McKinsey out of Budapest, Hungary. Since 2016, Peter has been balancing his time with independent consulting both as an individual and leading teams in a variety of engagements primarily for FIG and PE clients, as well as owning and operating several unrelated…

  Eliette Krakora shares an article from her company’s website on how to help children become successful through positive parenting techniques.  All parents want their children to be successful and happy. And it goes without saying that we encourage our kids to always try their best, while doing everything we can to support them. But often, much like adults, children are stressed and worried that they aren’t ‘good enough.’ And these challenges are only compounded as we continue to navigate…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Jeremy Muench with Infinity Growth Partners.  Jeremy Muench has worked the last ~20 years in the B2B software space and most recently with Vista Equity Partners (leading private equity software investor) as a Managing Director and member of Vista’s internal operating team (Vista Consulting Group). Prior to Vista, he worked at a Vista portfolio company as COO and at McKesson Corporation and General Electric in several operating roles (Lean Six Sigma, post-merger integration, corporate development…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Shailendra Gupta with SG Consulting.  Dr. Shailendra Gupta is an alum of McKinsey & Company, and has 25 years of experience in executive roles at large as well as pre-IPO technology companies. He specializes in Strategy, Business Development and Operations where he has a significant track record of achievement. Shailendra has an MBA from Wharton and a PhD from the University of Maryland in Mechanical Engineering. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with…

  Using the rise and fall and rise again of the national public radio system as an example, Kaihan Krippendorff explains why a “betting on the past” strategy has caused the downfall of giants. In March of 2008, the United States’ national public radio system (NPR) seemed to have a fatal and too common choice: to bet on the past rather than the future. It’s the kind of decision that has initiated the fall of many once-great companies: Toys “R”…

  Daune Capuano shares a whitepaper on how to turn your technology and strategic goals into action.  Does your association struggle with data trapped in an outdated association management platform that does not interact with your current systems and restricts your organization’s ability to implement new software for  new products and services ? Are you concerned that your current Learning Management System (LMS) has become antiquated and cannot add new features such as webinars and classes using stream video technology…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Johannes Hoech with MarqetU. Johannes is a C-level Silicon Valley executive experienced in “Growth Architecting”, i.e. all aspects of state-of-the-art pipeline generation and revenue management. Expert analyst and motivational leader with strong skills in general management, strategy, product management, and customer success, as well. 25+ years of experience leading technology startups through early stage, high growth, and turnaround phases. Having managed organizations ranging in size from a 3-person start-up to a 400-person business, Johannes drives…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Kareem Hall with K Hall Consulting. Kareem is a management consultant and entrepreneur with 15 years of experience in market research, strategic planning, and workshop facilitation. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Morehouse College. Kareem runs K Hall Consulting, a strategy, qualitative analysis, and market research consulting firm. He also serves as the Program Lead for the Southside Atlanta and Eastlake / Kirkwood cohorts of Emory University’s Start:ME program,…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Anthony Howe.  Anthony has worked at three leading consultancies including McKinsey (strategy), AT Kearney (manufacturing/operations) and Accenture (Information Technology).  After leaving consulting, Anthony joined the financial services industry, initially launching a corporate development team for the CEO of a private payments company and then progressing to leadership roles at Wachovia, Wells Fargo and, most recently, USAA. In his most recent role as Head of Strategic Intelligence at USAA, Anthony managed three teams including corporate strategy,…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Agnes Allotey with Stratosphere. Agnes is a Strategy, Innovation, Product and Organizational Development expert and a Management Consultant with 19 years of experience at firms including McKinsey and Company, Bloomberg L.P., Dow Jones & Company and Milvik (BIMA).  She has exposure to multiple industries and functions including the development of Public-Private Sector Partnerships, Insurance, Mining, Banking, Sustainable Enterprises and Media.  She is currently the Founder and Executive Director of Stratosphere, a management consulting firm focused…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Melanie Espeland with Espeland Enterprises.  Melanie S. Espeland has over 13 years of professional experience across strategy and operations. She is the Founder of Espeland Enterprises, a boutique consulting firm.  Their services include executive voice coaching and business consulting. Melanie has consulted for businesses for 5 exciting years, utilizing her MBA and toolkit from top tier management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. For her Executive Voice Coaching clients, she offers a unique mix of voice…

  Stephen Redwood’s clients have been asking questions about how operating models will change post pandemic and how to accelerate time to market. He collaborated with Colin Taylor, to identify six priorities to focus on when rethinking your go-to-market (GTM) model.   Cross-functional synchronization and alignment around a unified go-to-market approach is uncommon but has great value. Transforming your go-to-market approach can increase brand value, optimize growth investments, empower sales teams and accelerate time-to-revenue. This article discusses six tips to realizing…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Christian Hager with Christian Hager Consulting. Christian Hager was a management advisor at McKinsey & Company from 2000 to 2010. In 2010 he started his own consulting practice. Christian focuses on growth topics, incl. strategy, business model development, sales initiatives, M&A, PMI, etc. and selectively supports restructuring and cost reduction projects. He serves clients in a broad range of industries, recently focusing on travel, logistics, insurance, and eCommerce. He lives in Zurich, Switzerland…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Shona Especkerman with Invictus Consulting.  Shona is an accomplished management consultant and senior adviser with 20+ years of experience in Top Tier consulting firms (Booz & Company, Schlumberger, Accenture) on complex strategic engagements for companies, governments and investors. She has been running her own firm since 2016. She has extensive experience designing innovative solutions for strategy, business development, organisation, business operations and digital challenges. She is passionate about collaborating with senior executives, investors and government…

  With COVID-19 still plaguing the globe and the threat of a second wave looming, Kaihan Krippendorff has customized a strategy to address, prepare for, and build a strategy for the future. We are dealing with unprecedented change invoked by the COVID-19 pandemic. What we need more than ever is a sense of hope. So, we’ve taken The Outthinker Process – a strategic process that helps business leaders step outside of conventional thinking to redesign their business models and strategies…

Umbrex is pleased to welcome Rijul Takkar. Rijul Takkar is a Strategy and Operations Consultant specialising in the