





Conpas Rating
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Website
https://a-connect.comOverview
a-connect is a global management consultancy founded in 2002, headquartered in Zurich. We help clients Move Beyond Strategy by translating strategy into measurable impact through a world-class network of Independent Consultants.
Number of Employees
11-50
Services Provided
Consulting
Conpas Rating
-
Website
https://a-connect.comOverview
a-connect is a global management consultancy founded in 2002, headquartered in Zurich. We help clients Move Beyond Strategy by translating strategy into measurable impact through a world-class network of Independent Consultants.
Number of Employees
11-50
Services Provided
Consulting
Regions
Asia, Europe, Latam, North America,
Countries
Brazil, Germany, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States Of America,
Regions
Europe
Countries
Switzerland, Germany, Togo
Year of foundation
2002
Structure
Privately Held
Industry
Professional Services
Year of foundation
2002
Structure
Privately Held
Industry
Professional Services
Problems we solve
The Challenges We Were Built For
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Consulting Solutions By Industry
Agribusiness
Supporting both established and aspiring players in the global agribusiness industry to innovate and grow — whether pursuing organic or inorganic growth strategies, helping clients maximize their portfolio and operational value, enter new markets, or drive sustainability agendas. The firm is recognised as the world's leading Agribusiness consulting firm. With over 20 years of experience across agriculture, AgTech, crop protection, animal nutrition, and specialty chemicals, the team combines deep industry know-how with a global community of Independent Consultants who integrate seamlessly into client organisations. Capabilities span commercial excellence, operational transformation, and strategic implementation for leading agribusiness and chemical players worldwide.
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Food
Whether looking to deliver on strategy, evaluate new business opportunities in emerging spaces, accelerate growth and transformation initiatives, strengthen innovation capabilities, drive value creation through commercial excellence, or streamline operations — support is available across the full food, nutrition and ingredients value chain. The firm is one of the world's top food ingredients sector consulting firms. With over 20 years of deep industry know-how spanning ingredient categories from flavours and fragrances to probiotics, prebiotics, enzymes, colours, and nutritional supplements, the team maintains long-standing relationships with leading food, nutrition, and ingredient players across Europe, North America, and Asia — helping clients deliver better results from strategy to execution.
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Life Sciences
Transformative impact and results across the Life Sciences value chain — from strategic planning to R&D, commercial and technical operations — supporting clients in delivering effective solutions for their patients. Our Life Sciences clients choose to work with us repeatedly, with a proven ability to rapidly deliver critical, transformative projects. Our global team and community of Independent Consultants combine the right expertise and hands-on industry experience to support pharma and biotech organisations at every stage — from accelerating product launches and biosimilar strategies to executing complex divestments and global post-merger integrations with zero disruption.
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Private Equity
Private Equity consulting focused on portfolio development — supporting leading global Private Equity firms with value creation across their portfolio companies. From designing and implementing Value Creation Plans to driving commercial and operational excellence initiatives and leading complete transformations, the firm helps clients overcome challenges and achieve sustained growth. With a proven track record across relevant industries enabling substantial and rapid value creation, capabilities span 'buy-and-build' strategy implementation, post-merger integration, performance improvement in pricing and procurement, LEAN operations, and complete turnarounds — all delivered by Independent Consultants with direct PE-setting experience.
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Consulting Solutions By Capability
Commercial Excellence
Improving top-line performance through impactful marketing and sales strategies, pricing optimization, product positioning, omnichannel engagement, and performance management. Two decades of specialized experience in commercial excellence and marketing/sales improvement enable holistic approaches to revenue growth and competitive positioning. Proven through case study delivery: harmonized governance and tactical pricing optimization for a PE portfolio company that boosted pricing performance through systematic commercial discipline and data-driven decision-making.
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Operational Excellence
Improving operational performance across manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, and logistics using methodologies such as LEAN and Six Sigma to deliver cross-functional efficiency gains. Specialized expertise spans CMC and Life Sciences manufacturing, supply chain optimization, and network footprint rationalization with demonstrated impact on safety, efficiency, and cost performance. Case study evidence: addressed declining safety stocks and revamped operational efficiency for a global pharma manufacturer through systematic process improvement, enabling safer inventory management and reduced operational risk.
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Post Transaction Management
Supporting pre- and post-merger integration, divestitures, target operating model design, and legal entity optimization to maximize transaction value and ensure business continuity. Expertise spans integration planning, synergy realization, and organizational restructuring to rapidly establish unified business models following transactions. Demonstrated through two case studies: led 100-day post-merger integration for a PE bolt-on acquisition that realized $12M in synergies over 2.5 years, and facilitated integration of agri-biologicals units creating a unified business model that drove rapid revenue growth.
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Strategy Implementation
Translating strategic plans into measurable action by deploying expert consultants to execute critical initiatives and drive tangible business results. Move beyond strategy by bringing key capabilities and consultants to support business growth, with proven expertise in developing and executing inorganic roadmaps that become essential components of enterprise strategy. Consultants partner with leadership teams to operationalize strategic plans through disciplined execution frameworks, ensuring initiatives deliver tangible business results and sustain competitive advantage.
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Transformation Acceleration
Designing and delivering complex transformation programs that accelerate change and ensure organizations achieve rapid, lasting results. Leveraging extensive PMO and PMI experience, consultants manage business transformation initiatives and implementation support with disciplined program governance and delivery rigor. A four-month engagement transitioning a global pharma client from local to centralized sales force structure demonstrates capability to compress transformation timelines while maintaining organizational stability and realizing operational improvements.
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