Testimonials
Olivier Wolf
Partner, Greenwich Consulting UK
MsC Enginering, Ecole Central Paris
MBA INSEAD, Fontainebleau
After many years in consulting, working with both a large firm and a smaller boutique, I have found in Greenwich Consulting the perfect combination! It has the focus, the passion and the entrepreneurial drive of the best boutiques. But it also has the international breadth and the depth of expertise of the larger firms. Best of all, it focuses on what I regard as the two most exciting sectors for the next century: media and telecoms.
Testimony of our increasing reputation and expertise is the fact we are working for great clients. In the last quarter, I have been involved with three distinct clients, all world leaders in their field.
A key reason for the success of Greenwich is its team culture. I am continually impressed by our ability to share knowledge and best practice across our international network of offices. I am delighted that we are pushing even more in that direction with the recent success of an exchange programme across out offices.
Moritz Wiese
Manager, Greenwich Germany
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
I’ve always been passionate about new media topics and products. Greenwich Consulting provides great experience in this respect!
Already during my studies of business administration I had had deep insights into media & telco companies and I knew that this sector would become the focus of my professional career. Right after my studies I worked for an internet startup that allowed me to experience entrepreneurship within a new media company. After two years of great experience I moved forward and joined Greenwich Consulting.
Since my first day at Greenwich Consulting there have rarely been days without experiencing cutting-edge topics within the new media sector. We’re usually starting at the strategy side of an issue and often move forward into the implementation phase – a great holistic approach that is highly appreciated by our clients.
The opportunity to be part of international projects is one of the most exciting things about Greenwich Consulting. One of my former projects was in cooperation with our Paris and US office. Working in Paris and New York was a nice alternative to some of our German locations ;-)
Magnus Rehle
Managing Partner, Greenwich Nordic
Uppsala Univetsity, Sweden
I started my carrier as a line manager in a large Mobile Operator where I spent my first 10 years working with strategy and marketing issues on the business side in charge of a +500 million € turnover. Since this I have started and build 3 management consulting firms focused on Telecom, Media and Internet. In 2007 I sold the company we started in 2002 to Greenwich and became the Nordic arm of Greenwich consulting. Scandinavia is one of the most dense area for Telecom with players like Ericsson, Nokia, Telenor, TeliaSonera and Tele2 as the major players and for Greenwich it was a important market to have a strong footprint in. Joining Greenwich was a perfect match both business wise and from a cultural perspective. I think Telecom is a communication tool that has an impact on everyones daily life rather than as a technology. This has been a driver for me to stay in the industry for more than 20 years and by joining hands with Greenwich I got the ability to this globally.
Being a challenger to the bigger more industrialized management firms is fun and the passion about our sector triggers me a lot. Management consulting does not need to be only stiff men in black suits but rather bringing ideas to life and helping companies to think out of the box in a pragmatic way. A strategy that is to difficult to implement is bad strategy- I always try to be pragmatic to add real value, and this is something I feel is part of the culture in Greenwich.
André Marques
Senior Manager, Greenwich Portugal
ISCTE (Portugal)
I was part of the Strategy department at Vodafone Portugal for two years when I started feeling too comfortable with my role and started looking for a new challenge when I discovered Greenwich Consulting, by then a small player in the Portuguese market. During the recruitment process I felt in love with the challenge offered and did not look back again.
Greenwich adventure has been more than I could imagine back then during the recruitment process. Looking back now when I am near to complete 5 years at Greenwich I can grasp how much I grew due to the contact with different cultures and perspectives, different topics and the increasing level of responsibility that I got for working in 4 region, more than 10 Clients already, countless number of countries and some of the most exciting topics in the industry. Despite all of the that what will definitely stick in my memory is the team spirit experienced with my Greenwich friends from all offices and nationalities both at project and, of course, during the international seminars.
Sam Evans
Manager, Greenwich UK
Oxford University
I joined Greenwich Consulting having previously worked in a TMT consultancy and within the Commercial Strategy team at Virgin Media.
Joining Greenwich has definitely been the right step in my career, allowing me to develop and broaden my professional skills. Within weeks of joining I was already a core part of a project team working out of Johannesburg to develop an African mobile payments strategy and since then I have worked on project teams for high profile clients across multiple continents focussing on the international television industry, evolution in the mobile communications industry and smart networks.
The welcoming Greenwich culture enabled me to immediately feel at home within the company, whilst providing a high level of challenge to push me to produce an excellent quality of work for our clients.
Sylvain Maquet
Partner, Greenwich Consulting North America
Msc Engineering (Ecole Centrale Paris)
After a few years at different consulting firms in Paris, I joined Greenwich Consulting in 2002, soon after its founding. Greenwich Consulting was, and remains, a unique company.
The first reason is its solid intellectual capital and expertise in the Telecom and Media industry, which allows us to address all the strategic questions raised by our clients. We cover the hot topics, and that is our passion. Second, Greenwich Consulting is a truly global company, not only by the number and the location of our offices, but also by the permanent cooperation and knowledge exchange that we encourage between our teams, all over the world.
I spent myself three years in France, and four in Germany, before joining our North American office. Our clients are as international as we are, and Greenwich Consulting is one of the rare firms to work in both developed and emerging markets. Finally, I am proud of our identity as entrepreneurs. The management, the consultants and the staff share this common mindset, making Greenwich Consulting a bigger and better company every day.
Tiago Rocha da Silva
Senior Consultant, Greenwich Portugal
ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon
After working for more than three years in management consulting in different sectors and finishing my MSc in Business Administration, I decided that I wanted to perform strategic consulting projects and become an expert in Telecom businesses. In Greenwich Consulting, since day one I’ve had the opportunity to develop strategic and structuring projects for highly prestigious telecom operators. I have worked in four different continents (Latin America, Asia, Africa and Europe) and with consultants from several other Greenwich offices.
At Greenwich we not only think strategically, but we also work closely with our clients and participate in the implementation of our thoughts, always with the aim of adding great value to them.
The values we share in Greenwich are for real, we are excellent in what we do, we have a great spirit and we love working in this company and in this business.
Michèle Genova
Director, Greenwich France
After I left school, I joined the Telecom and Media team of Arthur Andersen, where I worked for 3 years. In 2003, I decided to join Greenwich Consulting as the co-founders convinced me of the quality of their entrepreneurial project.
The first thing I wanted to develop was deep sector-based expertise, which is rarely possible in traditional consulting firms. I also realised I had joined a team of consultants that was very passionate about telecoms and media and was always available to brainstorm on and debate a topic. But beyond the variety and interest of the themes we address, I especially appreciate the friendly and challenging working environment within the office. Greenwich is a people centred firm which pays attention to the initiatives and personal aspirations of its consultants. Interactions remain simple and frequent
Greenwich succeeds in combining high standards and professionalism in client service with working within a dynamic and united team.
Hanna Paepke
Senior Consultant, Greenwich Nordic
Lund University, Sweden
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, USA
During my first year in university I decided to pursue a career as a management consultant in an international company: a job that I hoped would provide variation, interesting meetings with people from all over the world, the opportunity to work in a fascinating industry and a challenging environment that would allow me to grow.
When Greenwich visited Lund University in November 2008 it turned out to be love at first sight: a young entrepreneurial consulting firm specialized in the constantly changing industries of Telecom & Media, with proven track record of international projects with well-known clients. I joined as an intern in February 2009, was on my first project day 2 and since then the learning curve has been steep.
Greenwich Consulting has truly offered me what I had been hoping for: projects performed in Nordic and abroad (USA, Eurasia & South America) with variation in topics (mobile broadband, mobile money and FTTx just to name a few) and capabilities (strategy, marketing & sales). Most important though is the working environment with colleagues who encourage you to take responsibility for you to grow, but who are there to help you on your way forward.
Now, being part of the newly introduced Ambassador program, I am spending a year at the office in New York, something which I am really excited about!
Martina Arentzen
Senior Consultant, Greenwich Germany
MBA, Rotterdam School of Management
I came to Greenwich Consulting because I was looking for a position where I could apply both strategic thinking and practical experience. Before I joined, I had worked for some years in online marketing and had acquired an MBA from an international business school.
At Greenwich Consulting we work closely with our clients in order to really know our clients’ challenges and to deliver meaningful results. We regularly see our strategic concepts being implemented, which is very gratifying and motivates for the next assignments.
It is important for me that I can contribute to my company’s development beyond mere project work. All colleagues show this little extra commitment – this is team spirit in real terms.
