At OC&C Strategy Consultants, we have spent more than three decades unpicking the most complex business challenges for the world's most ambitious organisations — with fresh thinking, crisp analysis, and a refusal to reach for the generic answer. Founded in London in 1987, we are an international boutique strategy consulting firm with 800+ people across 15 offices in 11 countries, spanning Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. We help the top management of major multinational corporations, leading national companies, private equity firms, and governmental institutions develop winning strategies. Our expertise is focused on a few core specialisms — and we have deliberately kept it that way, because depth of expertise is what lets us deliver results that get noticed. We treat each problem as unique. There is no generic framework, no rulebook, no off-the-shelf answer. There is only the right answer for you. We are proud to be a Certified B Corporation™, reflecting our commitment to high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. Whether we are advising a multinational client or supporting a charity through pro bono work, we apply the same strategic rigour, curiosity, and ambition.

We are a diverse group of intellectually curious individuals who thrive working in teams to solve the complex issues our clients face. Our people are cut from different cloths but united by a relentless curiosity and a desire to solve problems — open, energetic, and entrepreneurial by nature. To us, each client challenge is unique, so boilerplate solutions don't cut it. We interrogate a problem until we find its root. Then we develop a powerful way to solve it. We don't duck the difficult answers — we give clients the strategies they need. Our people are our success, and we endeavour to celebrate and support them throughout their careers.

We are a pure-play strategy consulting firm. Our work spans corporate and business unit strategy, growth, mergers and acquisitions, private equity transaction support, advanced analytics and AI, and commercial excellence — across a focused set of industry sectors where we know we can outshine the competition. We work with private equity investors and corporates at every stage of the investment cycle, from identifying targets to post-acquisition value creation. Our sector depth spans Retail, Consumer Goods, Leisure & Hospitality, Technology, Media & Telecoms, B2B Services, and Digital. Projects are typically short, intensive, and collaborative — delivering powerful, actionable answers on the timelines our clients demand.

Our purpose is to work together with our clients and colleagues to build relationships that last — delivering strategies that make a real difference for businesses, communities, and the world. As a Certified B Corporation™, we recognise the interconnectedness of our actions with the well-being of the environment, society, and our stakeholders. Making an impact at OC&C goes beyond business success — it reflects our dedication to creating enduring positive change for the world around us.

We know what we're good at — we have built our business firmly on the sectors and specialisms where we know we can outshine the competition, and this guides us to pick the right battles for us and for our clients. We are relentless in our pursuit of the right answer — agile thinkers, intellectually curious and up for a challenge. We are not afraid to tell you what you need to hear. That means we come up with the brave answers that set us — and our clients — apart. We partner deeply and deliver decisively — we are individuals cut from different cloths, but all open, energetic, and entrepreneurial by nature. Quality is something we will never compromise on.

We are an international consulting firm, but we have never seen size as an end in itself. Our expertise is focused on a few core specialisms — which means every partner, every team member, every insight you receive comes from someone who truly knows your space. We apply uncommon sense™: fresh, crisp analysis combined with deep sector knowledge to deliver bespoke strategies, not off-the-shelf answers. Our projects are fast-paced and intensive, so you get clear answers quickly. We work directly alongside senior leadership — there is no layer of junior staff between you and our thinking. And because we are a pure-play strategy firm, we have no implementation arm to cross-sell, no conflict of interest, no incentive to reach for the comfortable answer. Only the right one.

Environmental sustainability stands as a cornerstone in our corporate strategy, deeply embedded in how we work every day. As a Certified B Corporation™, we champion ESG through three outlets: our internal operations, pro bono work for community partners, and our commercial work for clients. We have committed to setting ambitious emission reduction targets across our 13 globally integrated offices, with a goal of net-zero emissions in our value chain by no later than 2050, aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and the Business Ambition for 1.5°C. We have worked with carbon accountants Normative to build a detailed understanding of our footprint, and we publish annual progress in our OC&C ESG Report.

At OC&C, our commitment to community runs through everything we do. We support non-profit and charitable partners through pro bono strategic engagements — applying the same rigour and ambition we bring to our commercial work. We have partnered with organisations including the Youth Endowment Fund, New Settlement in the Bronx, the Dutch Food Bank, WRAP, Impetus–The Private Equity Foundation, Toleranzräume, and AlterActions, among many others. Virtually every member of our global team chooses to actively contribute — whether driving a non-profit's mission forward, amplifying the reach of our in-house diversity networks, or helping clients minimise their carbon footprint.

A people-oriented business like ours thrives on a diverse workforce, and this is only possible if inclusivity makes everyone feel welcome. We have programmes to embed this — including inclusivity training, reverse mentoring, and equitable recruitment practices — ensuring we start with the fairest recruitment possible. Our in-house diversity networks include an Ethnic, Cultural and Social Diversity network and a Disabilities Network, which works to create an environment that recognises and values the contributions of employees with disabilities. We have also introduced equalized parental leave, providing 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents, and flexible working arrangements for senior staff.