Management consultancy · Founded 2011

Fewer decks.
Better decisions.

A senior-only advisory firm. We take a small number of mandates a year and stay until the change actually sticks — not until the readout.

This yearLive
Mandates accepted11
Average engagement7 mo
Partner-led hours100%
Repeat clients4 in 5

Engagements

Selected, last 18 months
01
National grocery chainConsumer · 40k staff
Rebuilt the private-label margin model and re-tiered 900 SKUs.+6.2ptgross margin
02
Series-C logistics platformTechnology
Cut cost-to-serve and re-priced the enterprise tier ahead of raise.-31%cost to serve
03
Regional health systemPublic sector
Redesigned outpatient scheduling across nine sites in two quarters.14 dayswait, from 41
04
Family-owned manufacturerIndustrial
Led the succession and the carve-out of the non-core division.3.1×on divested unit
05
Challenger bankFinancial services
Stood up the SME lending desk from mandate to first drawdown.19 wksto market

We are hired to be useful, not to be around.

A

Two partners, or we pass.

The people you meet in the room are the people who do the work. No pyramids, no bench of juniors learning on your time.

B

A number, or it is an opinion.

Every recommendation carries the model behind it. If we cannot quantify the case, we will tell you it is a judgement call.

C

We stay for the build.

Strategy that nobody implements is theatre. We sit with your team through the first quarter of doing it.

D

Fixed scope, fixed fee.

We price the mandate, not the hours. You know the number before we begin and it does not move.

The Aldergrove studio

The practice

Twelve people, one floor, no offshore.

Aldergrove was built on a plain idea: that the person who sold the work should be the person who does it. We have kept the firm small on purpose, and we intend to keep it that way.

Between us we have run divisions, closed deals, and carried the P&L we now advise on. It is why we tend to argue with the brief before we accept it.

— Nadia Kessler, Managing Partner

Sectors we know cold

Year we first served it
Consumer & retail2011
Industrial & manufacturing2012
Financial services2013
Healthcare & life sciences2015
Technology & platforms2016
Energy & utilities2019

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