Raphael Gilson
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Corporate engagement

Consulting

Hands-on support for private equity firms and corporations on their hardest strategic, financial, and transformation challenges.

Types of engagements

What the work looks like

Whether you need diligence support on a live deal, a financial model you can trust, or a clear path to automate work with AI. The work is practical, senior, and built to move decisions.

Customer due diligence

Independent commercial diligence to pressure-test demand, retention, pricing power, and growth assumptions before you commit capital.

Financial modeling

Build and stress-test financial models that leadership and investment committees can use to decide with clarity.

AI use-case identification

Map where AI creates real leverage in your operating model, not a slide deck of possibilities, a prioritized set of use cases.

AI workflow automation

Design and implement AI-enabled workflows that remove friction, raise throughput, and free teams for higher-value work.

Organization & re-org design

Define structures, roles, and decision rights so the organization can execute strategy without constant escalation.

M&A support

Support buy-side and integration planning with the same standard used in top-tier consulting and private equity rooms.

Synergies assessment

Quantify and sequence cost and revenue synergies so integration plans are grounded in numbers, not optimism.

Business transformation

Lead transformation agendas from diagnosis to execution cadence: priorities, owners, and measurable progress.

Strategy & management consulting

Classic strategy and management consulting for C-suite and PE sponsors: problem framing, options, and a decision-ready recommendation.

Who it is for

  • Private equity firms and portfolio companies needing senior bandwidth on live deals or value-creation work
  • Corporations navigating AI, transformation, or organizational redesign
  • Leadership teams that want consulting-grade clarity without a full-firm engagement

What you walk away with

  • A sharp problem definition and decision frame your stakeholders can align on
  • Prioritized moves across strategy, diligence, finance, AI, or transformation
  • An execution cadence that turns insight into owned next steps

Why this standard

Engagements are shaped by BCG’s private equity practice, board-level exposure, and recent work alongside firms such as Platinum Equity, Advent International, and an Apollo-backed multi-billion-dollar merger.

Discovery Session

Take the first step

Book a discovery session. We will map where you are, where you want to be, and the precise work required to close the gap.

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