Corporate strategy and development support and services

Corporate Strategy and Development

Bespoke support on wide range of activities, from strategic planning to improve operational efficiency, across Corporate Strategy and Development

Bespoke Support on Corporate Strategy and Development

As major digital and macroeconomic disruptions impact businesses, global banks are realigning their strategies and corporate development activities. This involves, for example, reassessing their portfolios, identifying digital strategies, recalibrating their regional footprints and redefining the competitive landscape.

Acuity Knowledge Partners collaborates with global banks to enable them to achieve this strategic realignment by leveraging our research and analysis services pertaining to market entry, due diligence, opportunity assessment, exit strategy, competition assessment, industry landscaping and market mapping.

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How we are different

DEEP ANALYSIS FUELLING BANKS’ STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OFFERINGS
DEEP ANALYSIS FUELLING BANKS’ STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OFFERINGS
We provide deep business analysis and enable banks to focus on a wider range of activities, including strategic planning and operational efficiency for their clients
HIGH INTEGRATION WITH CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS
HIGH INTEGRATION WITH CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT TEAMS
We are closely knit with onshore teams to provide support across services, including M&A, divestiture, business transformation, cost reduction and technology advancement among others
VALUE-ADDED RESEARCH
VALUE-ADDED RESEARCH
Leveraging our vast experience and expertise, we deliver outstanding market research and insights and actionable ideas, which help create high-business-value solutions
STRONG INTEGRATION AND HIGH BUSINESS VALUE
STRONG INTEGRATION AND HIGH BUSINESS VALUE
Strong analytical capabilities, coupled with top-notch industry expertise, enable us to bring high-business-value proposition for our clients

What we have done

Support for Consulting and Corporate Firms
Strategic research for a global commercial bank
What we are proud of

Bespoke solutions for strategy and group corporate development

Competitive intelligence and benchmarking for the banking sector

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Meet our experts

Anish Ailawadi

Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking

Anish has been with Acuity Knowledge Partners for over 13 years and presently heads the Investment Banking vertical. He is based out of our Gurgaon office and oversees delivery teams and client engagements for various bulge-bracket banks, mid-size banks, regional banks, advisory and boutique firms across M&A, Industry Coverage, Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets, Loan Syndications and Leveraged Finance. During his tenure, he also set up a shared services center for one of his clients in India. Anish is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has done his Bachelors in Commerce from Delhi University.

Anish Ailawadi
Marie Filotti

Director, APAC Business Development

Marie Filotti heads APAC Business Development at Acuity Knowledge Partners and is based in Hong Kong. She joined the firm in 2018 after 13 years in Investment Banking and Capital Markets, mainly at Nomura (previously Lehman Brothers), and also worked on the corporate side, having run Investor Relations at a China-based ASX-listed gas company. She uses her experience in the industry to advise our clients on best practices in implementation of engagements across all sectors. Marie holds a BA from Yale University and a Masters in Finance from Sciences-Po Paris.

Marie Filotti
Adrian Wright

Managing Director, Investment Banking, Private Equity and Consulting Business Development

Adrian leads Business Development across Investment Banking, Private Equity and Consulting clients in EMEA and APAC. He has 20 years’ experience working in the financial services industry, having spent 13 years working in Equity Capital Markets for Rothschild and RBS, before moving to Acuity Knowledge Partners in 2013. He has a deep knowledge of financial markets, having originated and executed over USD50bn of ECM transactions across a wide range of sectors, products and geographies. He has extensive experience working with and advising the majority of Investment Banking coverage and product groups, and leading global Private Equity firms. Adrian holds a MA (Hons Oxon) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.

Adrian Wright
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