Catalant was born at Harvard Business School in 2013 with a simple but powerful conviction: the traditional consulting model was broken. Built on high overhead, rigid pyramid staffing, and cookie-cutter frameworks, Big Consulting was struggling to deliver the speed, flexibility, and cost efficiency that modern businesses need. We set out to change that — and we did, with Consulting 2.0. Today, we provide on-demand access to a curated community of over 100,000 elite independent consultants and thousands of boutique firms. These are former Fortune 500 operators, ex-McKinsey and BCG partners, and seasoned executives with an average of more than 20 years of experience — professionals who have seen and solved your exact business challenges before. More than 30% of the Fortune 500, top private equity firms, and hundreds of other leading companies trust Catalant to find the right people at the right time. We are headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and serve clients around the world. Whether you need a single expert or a fit-for-purpose team assembled in days, Catalant delivers targeted expertise the moment you need it — at a fraction of the cost of legacy consulting firms.

We are a team of builders, operators, and innovators who believe the future of consulting belongs to the people who've actually done the work. At Catalant, we don't believe in bloated staffing models or junior analyst pyramids. We believe in seasoned professionals — former C-suite executives, Big 3 alumni, and Fortune 500 operators — who roll up their sleeves and get to work. Our internal team is as passionate about disrupting consulting as our Expert network is about delivering results. We are relentless in our commitment to quality, speed, and value — for every client, on every engagement.

We curate and connect experienced professionals with backgrounds in leading consulting firms and as seasoned operators in major corporations. On average, Catalant consultants have more than twenty years of experience and represent a broad range of business competencies — from Operations and Digital & AI to Strategy & Finance, M&A, Sales & Marketing, Transformation & Value Creation, and Organization & People. Clients can select an individual expert, compose a custom team, or engage a boutique firm — all through our technology-enabled platform. Work begins in days, not months. Engagements are scoped to purpose, scaled to need, and priced for value.

We act as a strategic catalyst for businesses of all sizes, providing the brilliant independent expertise they need to solve their toughest problems and move faster. Catalant is more than just a name — it is our mission. We are here to make Consulting 2.0 the standard: purpose-fit, fast, flexible, and a fair value for every enterprise that chooses to work with us.

Fit-to-purpose over cookie-cutter. Speed over bureaucracy. Value over overhead. We believe every engagement should be built around the client's actual need — not a pre-packaged framework. We hold our Expert community to the highest standards of quality and integrity, and we bring that same standard to how we run our own business.

Unlike traditional consulting firms built on high overhead and rigid staffing models, Catalant gives you direct access to the right expertise at the right time — without the bloat. Our Experts have an average of 20+ years of experience, including backgrounds at the world's top consulting firms and Fortune 500 companies. You work with consultants who have been in your seat before. You get highly experienced consultants in days, not months. You choose the consultants — not us. And you pay for outcomes, not overhead. At 30%–60% of the cost of Big Consulting, Catalant delivers measurably better value with unmatched flexibility and speed.