OC&C Strategy Consultants

OC&C Strategy Consultants is a management consulting firm that offers services in areas such as corporate strategy, divisional strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and performance improvement. The firm caters to financial, retail, consumer, media, FMCG, construction, engineering, and heavy industries. Much of its operations are located in Europe and MENA, but it has a growing footprint in the U.S. (New York and Boston).

OC&C was founded in London in 1987. While founded in Europe, OC&C has since expanded its influence in core strategic markets to enable it to serve clients globally, leveraging its European market position into the US, Asia, and further. The firm employs a team of consultants with over 30 years of experience at solving complex business issues with simple, uncommon sense. The expertise is primarily focused on a few core specialties, allowing the firm to deliver measurable value.The diverse team is comprised of agile thinkers with a relentless curiosity and drive to solve problems.

OC&C Strategy Consultants focus on strategic analysis, breaking the method of strategy consulting down to six key areas: business unit/divisional strategy, group strategy, product/market/channel strategy, strategy realization, transaction support, and organization and change. The firm tries actively practices thoroughly evaluating an exhaustive list of solutions to a problem before jumping into operational challenges. Thus ensuring its clients will benefit from custom-built solutions, rather than “one size fits all” methodologies.

The client base at OC&C is not publicized, but the company claims to work with both major corporations, as well as smaller companies needing strategic help in dynamic industries. The industries that the firm specializes in includes: business services, industrials, consumer goods, infrastructure, private equity, retail, leisure, luxury, media, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. The firm also consults renowned PE firms in such areas as vendor and buyer due diligence, potential investment scoping, and post-acquisition strategy and integration.

More on OC&C:

• An OC&C Partner was featured on the Strategy Simplified podcast to talk about the firm from an insider’s perspective – listen here
• OC&C demonstrated what the firm’s case interviews are like:
  • Case led by Partner Stephen Carolin (conversational case in the online dating space): watch here
  • Case led by Partner Carl Evander (PE firm buying gyms): watch here
• Curious what a summer internship at OC&C is like? Find out (podcast with Lexa and Justin)
• Delve into the work at OC&C through the lens of 2 Associate Consultants – listen now (podcast with Isobel and Akshaan)

Contact the OC&C U.S. recruiting team