Management consulting

Hire a strategy consultant in Greece and Cyprus

The rigour of a top strategy firm applied to your question, by the person who actually does the work.

Strategy work in this market has usually meant a large firm and its leverage model: a partner sells the study, a team of juniors builds it. An independent strategy consultant inverts that. The person who takes your question frames it, does the analysis, and defends the answer, whether the subject is growth, market entry into or out of Greece and Cyprus, a portfolio decision, or a board that needs help reaching one.

Many of the strategy consultants on Hellenic Talent are alumni of top strategy houses; the rest come from Big 4 firms and senior industry roles. They work in this market rather than flying in for it, with family businesses, corporates, scale-ups, and PE funds and their portfolio companies across Greece and Cyprus.

What does a strategy consultant actually do?

Frame the strategic question before any analysis begins
Build growth strategies grounded in market evidence, not ambition
Assess market entry into or out of Greece and Cyprus, from sizing to route to market
Give boards and investors an independent view on portfolio and investment decisions
Pressure-test business plans before a board or buyer does
Design and facilitate board sessions that end in a decision

How to choose the right strategy consultant

What to test in the first conversation, whoever you end up hiring.

Top house or equivalent
Trained at a top strategy house, or built the same rigour elsewhere.
Your kind of question
Has worked on your type of question, whether growth, market entry, or a portfolio decision.
Challenges local assumptions
Knows the Greek and Cypriot market well enough to challenge your assumptions, not just record them.
Pushes back at board level
Comfortable disagreeing with a board, and precise about why.
No delegation to juniors
Does the analysis personally instead of handing it to someone junior.