The Difference
Classical Management Consulting
- Background: Strategy and process consulting
- Focus: Analysis, structure, methodologies
- Objective: Efficiency gains and cost optimization
- Approach: Top-down, project-driven
- Execution: Delegated to project teams
- Role: Advisory role, often at arm’s length
- PE perspective: Limited – focus on traditional companies
Pure Digital Consulting
- Background: Technology- and tool-focused advisory
- Focus: Systems, tools, and data
- Objective: Technological modernization
- Approach: Tech-first, often isolated from the operational context
- Execution: Technically strong, often without organizational embedding
- Role: System implementation partner
- PE perspective: Limited – focus on tools and use cases
Senior Advisory
- Background: CEO with hands-on private equity experience and deep mid-market exposure
- Focus: Executing digital transformation with clear leadership and tangible impact
- Objective: Growth, scalability, and exit readiness
- Approach: Integrated – aligned with leadership, culture, and operational reality
- Execution: Structured, in close collaboration with the executive team
- Role: Peer-level sparring partner
- PE perspective: High – first-hand CEO experience in a PE-backed company