ADVISORY PRACTICES

Advice for pivotal moments

Advisory capability built for high-stakes inflection points.

Alder & Co. operates across four disciplined practices. We advise boards, chief executives, and institutional investors on strategy, turnaround, leadership architecture, and capital allocation.

01 Strategy

02 Operations

03 Organisation

04 Value Creation

Consultants discussing business priorities in a modern office.

Alder & Co. executive advisory studio · Holborn, London

Executives reviewing a capital allocation plan.

£2.4B+ Capital reallocated across client mandates

PRACTICE 01

Corporate Strategy & Capital Allocation

We advise boards and leadership teams through strategy shifts, operational turnarounds, leadership change, and high-stakes capital decisions.

Corporate Strategy & Capital Allocation

We advise boards and leadership teams through strategy shifts, operational turnarounds, leadership change, and high-stakes capital decisions.

Explore Solis

Capital Reallocation

Balance reinvestment, transition priorities, debt constraints, and long-term resilience across complex portfolios.

Capital Reallocation

Balance reinvestment, transition priorities, debt constraints, and long-term resilience across complex portfolios.

Portfolio Stress-Testing

Model long-term scenarios to test portfolios against regulatory shifts, supply disruption, and changing market conditions.

Portfolio Stress-Testing

Model long-term scenarios to test portfolios against regulatory shifts, supply disruption, and changing market conditions.

M&A Carve-Outs

Align operating models, governance, and commercial priorities while protecting continuity for frontline teams.

M&A Carve-Outs

Align operating models, governance, and commercial priorities while protecting continuity for frontline teams.

PRACTICE 02

Operational Transformation & Turnaround

We deploy senior operator teams to streamline cost bases, restore operational predictability, and upgrade execution cadence across mission-critical asset networks.

Operational Transformation & Turnaround

We deploy senior operator teams to streamline cost bases, restore operational predictability, and upgrade execution cadence across mission-critical asset networks.

Explore Nordic Freight

Logistics leaders discussing distribution operations.

18.5% Average structural margin improvement

Operational Diagnosis

Identify immediate cost and cash opportunities through focused reviews of operations, assets, and working capital.

Operational Diagnosis

Identify immediate cost and cash opportunities through focused reviews of operations, assets, and working capital.

Supply Chain Resilience

Strengthen critical supply routes, reduce fragile dependencies, and prepare sourcing plans for trade and demand shocks.

Supply Chain Resilience

Strengthen critical supply routes, reduce fragile dependencies, and prepare sourcing plans for trade and demand shocks.

Industrial Modernization

Connect asset data with predictive maintenance to reduce downtime and support more reliable industrial operations.

Industrial Modernization

Connect asset data with predictive maintenance to reduce downtime and support more reliable industrial operations.

Leadership team aligning on organizational change.

100% Partner-embedded executive advisory

PRACTICE 03

Leadership Alignment & Governance

We partner with chairpersons, private equity sponsors, and chief executives to align executive incentives, delayer reporting lines, and install high-accountability operating governance.

Leadership Alignment & Governance

We partner with chairpersons, private equity sponsors, and chief executives to align executive incentives, delayer reporting lines, and install high-accountability operating governance.

Explore Leadership

Executive Alignment

Clarify leadership ownership, align board and executive mandates, and steady teams through complex transitions.

Executive Alignment

Clarify leadership ownership, align board and executive mandates, and steady teams through complex transitions.

Operating Model Design

Remove unnecessary management layers so decisions move faster and frontline leaders have clearer accountability.

Operating Model Design

Remove unnecessary management layers so decisions move faster and frontline leaders have clearer accountability.

Incentive Alignment

Align incentives with long-term value, operating performance, and disciplined capital returns.

Incentive Alignment

Align incentives with long-term value, operating performance, and disciplined capital returns.

PRACTICE 04

Commercial Acceleration & Scale

We help market-leading organizations unlock hidden revenue potential through dynamic pricing discipline, commercial salesforce restructuring, and targeted geographic expansion.

Explore Manufacturing

Manufacturing leaders reviewing production performance.

3.2x Average EBITDA acceleration on PE mandates

Pricing Strategy

Improve pricing discipline, close revenue leakage, and strengthen key customer agreements across priority markets.

Pricing Strategy

Improve pricing discipline, close revenue leakage, and strengthen key customer agreements across priority markets.

Go-to-Market Strategy

Align direct and partner channels with customer demand, sales capacity, and long-term account value.

Go-to-Market Strategy

Align direct and partner channels with customer demand, sales capacity, and long-term account value.

Working Capital

Free cash tied up in receivables, inventory, and supplier terms to improve liquidity and operating flexibility.

Working Capital

Free cash tied up in receivables, inventory, and supplier terms to improve liquidity and operating flexibility.

ENGAGEMENT CADENCE

Senior ownership only

Three disciplined phases. Direct partner immersion.

We do not sell theoretical advisory decks. Our partners remain embedded from initial diagnostic candour through joint execution and capability handover.

Phase 01 · Weeks 1-3

Diagnostic Candour

We bypass generic templates to conduct an exhaustive diagnostic into your operating reality, capital allocation, and frontline bottlenecks.

Phase 01 · Weeks 1-3

Diagnostic Candour

We bypass generic templates to conduct an exhaustive diagnostic into your operating reality, capital allocation, and frontline bottlenecks.

Phase 02 · Months 1-6

Joint Execution

Our partners embed directly alongside executive leadership on frontline delivery, maintaining rigorous weekly review cadences and steering committees.

Phase 02 · Months 1-6

Joint Execution

Our partners embed directly alongside executive leadership on frontline delivery, maintaining rigorous weekly review cadences and steering committees.

Phase 03 · Months 6-9

Capability Handover

We build institutional muscle in your internal teams so progress sustains independently long after our mandate concludes.

Phase 03 · Months 6-9

Capability Handover

We build institutional muscle in your internal teams so progress sustains independently long after our mandate concludes.

ADVISORY FAQ

Frequently addressed questions.

Clear answers on how we work, shape a mandate, measure progress, and help your team sustain the results.

How do Alder & Co. partners engage compared to traditional consulting firms?

Traditional firms staff mandates with junior analysts supervised by occasional partner check-ins. At Alder & Co., the senior partners who shape your mandate are the practitioners who execute it alongside you from day one.

Can practices be combined into a cross-functional mandate?

Yes. Most decisive enterprise inflection points require overlapping capabilities, such as uniting corporate strategy with operational turnaround or executive team architecture.

What is the typical duration and scope of an engagement?

Mandates typically span 3 to 9 months, structured around clear milestone gates and measurable outcome metrics rather than open-ended billing.

How do you measure success and transfer capability?

Our ultimate benchmark is self-sufficiency. We succeed when your executive team no longer requires our presence to maintain strategic momentum and operating cadence.

What kinds of challenges are best suited to an Alder engagement?

We are most useful when a consequential decision, performance challenge, or transition calls for focused senior attention. We agree a clear mandate, outcomes, and working rhythm with leadership at the outset.

Who from Alder will work directly with our team?

Senior partners stay closely involved throughout, working with your board and executive team and, where useful, alongside operational leaders. The team is shaped around the mandate so continuity carries from diagnosis through delivery.