A-level quality, now accessible to mid-market companies. We offer strategy and M&A wisdom like the largest firms – but we don’t work like them. We keep everything practical, low-ego and SMEable.
Strategy team under pressure? Key member dropped out? Sweav-in the interim strategy freelancers you need to close the gap.
When your organization doesn’t need external proprietary data or a traditional brand name stamp, it frees you up to work with a different kind of strategy expert – one with the same skills but a different, more pragmatic ethos.
With Sweav, our people become your people. All once worked at an elite strategy firm, and many will have intimate knowledge of your sector and how to navigate corporate dynamics.
12 – 24 weeks, 2-4 days per week, €45-125k.
You’ve set the direction, but once you’ve won over the board and the stakeholders with a compelling strategic story, the real work begins.
It’s common for corporates to know the strategy but not the details of how to make it all happen – and that’s where a more pragmatic kind of strategy professional is needed. Sweavers are well practiced at translating broad strategies to action, and getting transformation programs off the ground.
With Sweav, our people become your people. All once worked at an elite strategy firm, and many will have intimate knowledge of your sector and how to navigate corporate dynamics.
12 – 24 weeks, 2-4 days per week, €45-125k.
It’s all too easy for an in-house M&A team to find they have too many smaller deals on the table. You might need support from interim M&A professionals who can manage entire deals – independently and from an internal perspective – to make everything happen within an otherwise impossible timeline.
Sweav’s interim M&A managers take you from end-to-end through the deal process. They have been investment managers or directors at PE firms, managers and VPs at investment banks, and consultants of the largest firms.
12 – 20 weeks, 1-3 days per week, €45-100k.
The deal is done, and now you need to create value fast.
Not every target or divestment needs a full team from the Big Four, but your company doesn’t have to absorb the workload and coordination alone.
Sweavers work together with your corporate management team and function leads (finance, HR, commerce, IT, etc. ) to make sure the value of your integration or divestment is realized.
Every Sweaver has worked at a Big 4 or elite strategy firm, and they know how to fully own the post-merger integration process. In this area, most have 10 to 15 years experience.
Depending on complexity: 16 – 24 weeks, 2-3 days per week, €50k –110k.
Tired of theoretical 100 page decks and unnecessarily complex excel models? So are we. Instead we get hands-on, designing pragmatic business plans you can pick up and run with immediately, supported by strategic narratives and initiatives you can act upon.
All Sweav’s freelance consultants have a background at an elite strategy firm. Many will have experience of your sector and a sensitivity to SME and founder-led business dynamics.
6-8 weeks, 3-4 days per week, €25 – 60k.
When you’re going beyond a familiar market, you often need fresh expertise. You’ll want to know what to watch out for, how value is perceived, and how to precisely balance price in a potentially delicate market. Sweav can support on research, planning and execution – and bring first-hand insight into the bargain.
All Sweav’s commercial strategy freelancers are former consultants of elite firms. Many bring experience of specific sectors and markets and they’ll have supported similar portfolio companies to act on their commercial ambition.
6-8 weeks, 2-4 days per week, €25 – 60k.
We don’t stop at creating a pricing strategy, value story and pricing frameworks. We’ll also help you adapt to the new strategy – training sales teams and guiding you through price increase coordination, setup of dashboards and commercial rhythms.
All Sweav’s pricing freelancers worked at a market-leading pricing consultancy or started at an elite strategy firm and progressed towards a business pricing role. They’ll know what you need, and make it happen.
6-16 weeks, 2-3 days per week, €22k – 100k
We work directly with your CFO and finance team to create transparency and consistency in reporting – across cashflow, P&L and balance sheet models – so you and your investors know exactly what you’re working with. Start looking ahead instead of looking back and get a clear view on your financial and operational KPIs.
Sweavers are all former consultants of elite firms. Many started in audits with the Big Four, others became consultants in financial due diligence or transaction advisory services, and a few became CFOs of SMEs and scale-ups.
8-14 weeks, 2-3 days per week, €20 – 60k
Every private equity investment will at some point reach the end of its holding period. Time to sell.
Prepping a company for exiting is a lot of work and requires in depth expertise of financial reporting and (managing) due diligence processes. If your company doesn’t have the capacity or expertise to manage, it’s time to call Sweav.
Many of our financial and M&A freelancers started in audit with the Big Four, others became consultants in transaction advisory services, and some became CFOs of SMEs and scale-ups.
Sweavers who help companies with exit readiness, did it before and make it happen.
12 – 24 weeks, 2-4 days per week, €45-125k.
Need support on e-commerce, a customer-focused digital proposition, or a large data and IT project with an outside vendor? Our people can become your people – ensuring you have the expertise you need and everything works long after they leave.
All Sweavers are former consultants at elite firms. Many have a background in digital or IT-focused consulting, often with hands-on implementation experience.
Depending on scope and complexity: 10 – 26 weeks, 2-3 days per week, €25-110k.
“Sweav successfully and quickly delivered several senior interim professionals with a strategy consulting background to speed up the required transformation. They worked side-by-side with senior management and drove execution to deliver real change.”
“For this type of work, I prefer working with Sweav over working with the usual consulting suspects. Mainly because it’s easier to bring in an interim expert in a very specific domain without the need of hiring a full team.”
“What sets Sweav apart from more traditional consultancies, is that it delivers top quality people who really become part of the team, stay for a longer period of time and create value.”
“Sweav made a great effort to thoroughly understand the problem I was facing, together with the context and culture of the company. That’s why I keep coming back when I need consulting trained people for longer term interim positions.”
“Sweav found us the right person with the required analytical, strategic and above all human skills for an SME context. Koen is not the average Zuidas consultant. He truly connected with our business and our people.”
“Sweav understood the specific talent we needed. The Sweaver’s people skills and pragmatic approach guided all stakeholders towards successful acquisitions and allowed us to keep the pace.”
Sweavers all worked for 4-16 years at the most renowned strategy and M&A firms. We know everyone in our community personally, curating it for pragmatism and making things happing.
We dive deeper into what you need. We discuss options, timelines and budgets. More info
Within 48 hours, you’ll get a curated shortlist of Sweavers. You decide whom to interview. More info
You meet your shortlisted Sweavers, and make the final decision. We take care of the rest More info
We’ll dive deeper into your challenges, in macro and specific terms. Together, we’ll sketch out a profile that meets your needs – including desired background, working experience, sector expertise, and cultural fit.
At this stage, we can give you info about individual Sweavers to use as examples and help convince other stakeholders.
Once you approve our recommendations, estimated timeline and budget, we’ll get to work.
We’ll share your project description and requirements with our exclusive community via our member-only app. We’ll also reach out proactively to Sweavers we believe could be a perfect fit.
We hand-pick the right Sweaver for your project, based on our experience, judgement and your criteria.
Within 48 hours, you’ll receive a shortlist of Sweavers, curated based on the criteria we discussed. For good measure, we’ll have another call to discuss your options and trade-offs.
Interview as many people on your shortlist as many times as you need, and decide who meets your criteria best. We’ll make sure they’re fully briefed before you talk.
Your chosen Sweaver will make a short proposal for you to review, including context and objectives, deliverables, timeline and total fee.
Once you’ve made a final decision, Sweav takes care of contracting and invoicing. If you’re a corporate client, we work with all brokers.
Work with the best professional at affordable pricing.
