Extensive sector expertise

Combining strategic capability with deep industry expertise

Our Sector Expertise

We combine deep knowledge of strategic approaches with extensive expertise across a range of sectors of the economy.

In addition to our in-house team, we leverage our broad network of experts to ensure that we bring specific relevant sector expertise according to the needs of each engagement.

You can find out more about our specific sector expertise and client examples below.

Private Equity

Private Equity

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Industrial sector

Industrial

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Retail sector

Retail

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Financial services sector

Financial Services

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Telecommunications sector

Telecommunications

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Technology sector

Technology

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Media & entertainment sector

Media & Entertainment

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Transportation sector

Transportation

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Resources

Resources

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Building materials sector

Building Materials

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Business services sector

Business Services

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General sector

General

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Industrial

We provide a range of support to clients operating in industrial sectors, as well as to companies providing broader services to this sector. With an increasingly open global economy, rising environmental regulation, and high labour costs, industrial sectors face a number of key strategic challenges. Our support for industrial clients ranges from strategy development and implementation support through to performance improvement transformations.

Example engagements include:

  • Strategic review and development of a medium-term plan for a leading chemical manufacturer
  • Strategy development and implementation support for a leading service provider to the industrial sector
  • Development of a business unit strategy for a leading steel manufacturer

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Retail

Retailers are facing a number of critical strategic challenges. Consistently subdued wage growth, high consumer debts and economic uncertainty make for a tough trading environment. At the same time, online and omnichannel commerce is becoming increasingly pervasive. Retailers also face increasing threats from the emergence of fulfillment and payment platforms that seek to disintermediate their direct relationship with the customer.

Example engagements include:

  • Development of a medium-term growth strategy for a leading national convenience retailer
  • Strategic turnaround support for a leading national ‘big box’ format retailer
  • Customer research and development of a customer strategy for a national discount retailer
  • Development of a direct retail strategy for a leading telco

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Financial Services

Financial services is going through a period of unprecedented disruption, with new Fintech entrants looking to disintermediate existing value chains across key areas of retail and commercial lending, superannuation and insurance services. At the same time, traditional financial institutions are seeking to reinvent themselves and develop more personalised propositions through significant digital investments and the creation of leaner, more nimble operating models.

Example engagements include:

  • Strategic review for a listed consumer and commercial financial services provider
  • Operational review and development of a transformation plan for a listed financial services provider
  • Strategic review for a life insurance provider
  • Strategic review and execution support for a leading digital payments provider
  • Commercial due diligence of a leading national payments platform
  • Performance improvement and cost reduction for a leading national retail bank

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Telecommunications

The telecommunications landscape faces significant challenges, with network providers subject to increasing Government intervention and regulation, and facing the ongoing need for signficant capital investments to fund the development of next generation mobile infrastructure. At the same time, customers are becoming ever more demanding, expecting a seamless (primarily digital) customer experience at every touchpoint.

Example engagements include:

  • Corporate strategy development for a leading national telecommunications operator
  • Customer acquisition strategy for a leading national mobile network operator, including modelling of customer lifetime value across various distribution channels
  • Commercial due diligence of a fixed wireless network provider
  • Customer strategy development for a leading national telecommunications operator
  • Financial modelling and commercial support for a merger between a leading pay TV network and telecommunications operator
  • Development of direct retail strategy for a leading national mobile network provider

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Technology

The convergence and mutual reinforcement of social, mobility, cloud and information patterns is driving singificant opportunities to disrupt established business models and value chains. At Zenith, we have worked with investors and start-ups looking to establish new SAAS-based platforms, as well as established businesses looking to assess their current IT capabilities.

Example engagements include:

  • Financial modelling of the outlook for a leading international online property portal
  • Development of a medium-term growth stratgey for an online property platform
  • Development of a medium term strategy and strategy execution support for a leading national payments platform
  • Independent review of the IT plan for a leading national industrial services provider, and support for development of an ERP implementation plan
  • Financial modelling of a SAAS operator in the payments and booking space, in support of a subsequent capital raising

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Media & Entertainment

We have worked with a number of established large national and international media and entertainment businesses, covering both traditional media as well as new digital opportunities. We have also provided a range of strategic and commercial support services to businesses and organisations in the entertainment and sports areas.

Example engagements include:

  • Development of an international growth strategy for a leading global gaming operator
  • Development of a commercial strategy for a national sporting association
  • Development of a growth strategy and execution support for a PE-backed directories business
  • Strategic review / commercial due diligence for a consumer-focused classified portal operator
  • Commercial due diligence of a broadcast services provider

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Transportation

We have extensive experience in supporting businesses and government organisations in the transport sector. Our experience ranges from commercial strategy and bid preparation support, through to policy and investment recommendations for public infrastructure investment.

Example engagements include:

  • Development of pricing strategy to optimise farebox revenue for a leading national rail transport provider, leveraging proprietary quantitative customer research, regression analysis and choice modelling
  • Commercial franchise bid support for a leading national rail operator
  • Development of a medium-term growth strategy for a regional airport operator
  • Development of public infrastructure investment framework and supporting recommendations for deployment of public infrastructure funding
  • Analysis of franchise structures in public transportation systems, and development of recommendations for a public transport authority

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Resources

We provide strategic and performance improvement support to both resource operators, as well as to businesses that provide support services to the industry.

Example engagements include:

  • Development of a commercial strategy for a leading international diamond mining entity, including analysis of the end-to-end value chain and potential for extension into additional value-add activities
  • Commercial due diligence of a leading national supplier of support services to the resources sector
  • Development of medium-term growth strategy for a leading provider of equipment to the resources sector

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Building Materials

We have signficant experience in strategy development and performance improvement across a broad range of industries supporting the construction sector.

Example engagements include:

  • Stratgic review of a national steel distribution business
  • Medium-term strategy development and interim management support for a leading national plumbers merchants
  • Commercial due diligence of a steel distribution business
  • Medium term strategy development for a leading provider of equipment hire services to the construction sector
  • Medium term strategy development for a leading national ready-mix concrete supplier

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Business Services

We support a range of sectors of the economy focused on providing business services, including outsourcing, temporary labour hire and transportation and logistics services.

Example engagements include:

  • Development of a low carbon medium term growth strategy for a leading international provider of outsources facilities and maintenance and catering services
  • Stratgic review of a country-subsidiary of an international freight and logistics operator
  • Commercial due diligence of a leading contract labour provider

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General Consulting Services

We have extensive experience in providing strategy and commercial due diligence services across many different sectors of the economy. Our fundamental data-driven approach to strategic analysis enables us to operate effectively even in very niche areas which are typically under-served by mainstream consulting firms.

We adopt a flexible approach to our projects, with an ability to tailor the project team size and composition to the specific needs of each engagement. We have a flexible approach to project staffing. Where necessary, we leverage our extensive network of outside experts to supplement our in-house capabilities to bring the appropriate mix of sector knowledge and strategy capability to each project engagement.

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