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Zenith Strategy Associates

Transformational Value Creation, Delivered

What defines us

  • 01Senior commercial experts lead every engagement
  • 02Private equity & mid-market specialists
  • 03Pragmatic and results focused
  • 04Proprietary frontier AI agents accelerate delivery
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Overview

A senior strategy team with deep commercial experience.

Four things that hold true of every engagement, in how it is staffed, scoped and measured.

Senior commercial experts lead every engagement

The people who present the work are the people who do it, in management meetings, in the data room and at the board table. There is no delivery pyramid beneath us.

Specialists in private equity and the mid-market

We focus on mid-market private companies, often under private equity ownership. The opportunities, the sponsors, boards and value levers are familiar ground. We are used to working to tight deal timeframes.

Pragmatic and results focused

We measure ourselves against the change in performance, not the length of the report. We bring a commercially pragmatic approach and a proven playbook of strategies to accelerate value creation.

Proprietary agentic-enabled delivery

We deploy proprietary in-house agents optimised for key strategy workflows. The judgement stays with us, whilst enabling 2x delivery speed and 60% reduction in costs vs alternative brands.

Our services

Strategy, transactions, performance and execution.

Fifteen core service offerings. Select a category to learn more.

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Where to play, what to change, and the case that carries a board

We start from the commercial facts (customers, competitors, unit economics) and work through to a position the executive can defend and the board can fund.

Publications

Our writing on strategy and value creation.

Thought leadership on strategy and performance improvement, written from engagements rather than from theory. Available to download.

All publications
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The team

Senior principals with PE and operating experience.

Our leadership team have extensive commercial experience. They have previously held senior positions with leading tier 1 strategy firms and PE funds, and are active investors in a range of VC-backed start-ups. They also have direct operational experience through previous interim CEO positions in PE-backed businesses.

Tier 1 StrategyPE FundsVC InvestorsInterim CEO roles
Andrew Hone
Andrew Hone
Dan Dempsey
Dan Dempsey

Starting a conversation

Schedule a call.

Most of our work begins with a short conversation with a principal about the decision in front of you. If we are not the right firm for it, we will say so.