STRATEGY AND CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT
The Bridge International is a leading, trusted boutique consultancy, advising CEO’s, Executives, and their Boards on business opportunities and issues.
The team draw on their own Board and C-suite experience to develop, co-design and facilitate strategies that can be executed and embedded by the organisation. We are the bridge between strategy and execution, and partner with our clients for the long term.
The Strategy and Corporate Development Practice is led by Stuart Blake and supported by Ben Coleman, Stuart Brown and Nick Le Fevre.
We co-create strategic options for our clients, not limited to M&A, but also exploring your long-term aspirations.
The Bridge have pitched for, and won, lead strategy and corporate development advisory roles against several of the world’s leading investment banks and global management consultants.
We have managed, and are in the process of leading multiple transformational projects for Board's and CEO's, leveraging our suite of six practices and CX advistory, delivering significant improvements in customer, culture and commercial outcomes. We call this 'The Bridge Triple Play'.
Our Strategy and Corporate Development services include:
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Board and executive advisory
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Market research and analysis
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360 Degree Review and Maturity Assessment
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Strategy development and facilitation
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Transformation programs and supporting business cases
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M&A, strategic partnering and white labelling
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Financial modelling and valuation
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Organisational design
Recent Transformational Projects
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Strategic partnership and 20+ year distribution agreement between number one state brand and leading global brand
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Market assessment, strategy, modelling, partnering options and white label business case for a national, multi-brand highstreet and online retailer in Australia
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In-depth market diagnostic across roadside assistance, Motor/Home insurance, Commercial lines and travel Insurance sectors
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End-to-end operational transformation for a leading Commercial lines insurer
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Contact centre transformation across customer, culture and commercial for a leading industry based health insurer
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360 Degree Review and Maturity Assessment for an International Insurer's Australian market strategy
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End-to-end Claims transformation for a leading mutual insurer, including supply chain partnering
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Brand Architecture strategy for a major national health insurance mutual, with multiple brand portfolio
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Greenfield loyalty strategy development for a national mutual bank, including transformation startegy for their existing loyalty program
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Five year horizon plan and transformation strategy for leading national mutual insurer
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Market segmentation and distribution strategy for a leading national financial services provider
Nick Le Fevre joins Corporate Development Team at The Bridge
We are delighted to announce that Nick Le Fevre has joined the Corporate Development team.
Nick is an accomplished leader with expertise in strategy, corporate development, M&A, strategic partnerships, finance and project management.
Nick has led many highly strategic transactions inclduing M&A, strategic partnerships and offshoring, both client side and as an advisor. This has enabled businesses to reshape for a more sustainable and profitable future.
Prior to joining The Bridge, Nick was an Executive Manager responsible for establishing new distribution partners, M&A, corporate development and strategy at Insurance Australia Group (IAG). Nick also has extensive advisory experience as an Associate Director at KPMG Transaction Services in Sydney and London.
To learn more or to have a chat about Strategic Advisory Services please contact our Practice Lead, Stuart Blake
The Bridge Triple Play and 360 Degree Review
The 360 Degree Review is designed to conduct a fast tracked diagnostic, benchmark and assessment of your organisation. We focus our review on The Bridge Triple Play philosophy - culture, customer and commercials.
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Build enterprise value by focusing on the P&L and key priorities
Create organisational culture by design through purpose and enhancing people experience to attract, develop and retain people
Drive growth through improved customer experiences by understanding the Moments that Matter
Our 360 Degree Review
Our approach includes both quantitative and qualitative diagnostics. This includes stakeholder interviews from senior leadership to frontline, 360 degree questionnaires, analysis of financial performance and review of business plans.
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Replay brief and scope, exec summary
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Interactive and a conversation
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Clarity on what was asked of us
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Insights
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Performance and key trends identified
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Cultural review word cloud
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Key staff feedback
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Snapshot on what your staff are saying
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SWOT Analysis and feedback
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Discussion on macro SWOT
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Workshop feedback from Leadership team
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Capability and self assessment vs. Bridge assessment
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Self assessment
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Bridge assessment including benchmarking assessment
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Case study
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Sharing our root cause
analysis
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Workshop potential next steps on problem statements
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Further engagement
support
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Bridge assessment on potential fast track key opportunities and problem statements
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Wrap up and
thanks
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Final opportunity to discuss outstanding thoughts
Output
The output of the review provides a snapshot and benchmark of performance across The Bridge Triple Play of culture, customer and commercial.
1. Benchmark your organisation against the competition
2. Key themes and word clouds from stakeholder interviews
3. Review of current performance and assessment of operational barriers to achieving strategic goals.