Commercial strategy consulting

The EY-Parthenon commercial strategy team adopts a customer-centric approach to help companies accelerate inorganic and organic growth through business model innovation. The team focuses on commercial and go-to-market strategy, customer experience, pricing strategy, revenue optimization, sales and marketing effectiveness as part of our clients’ M&A, turnaround and strategic growth priorities.


What the EY-Parthenon commercial strategy team can do for you

The EY-Parthenon commercial strategy team adopts a customer-centric approach to help companies accelerate inorganic and organic growth through business model innovation. The team works with Fortune 1000 and private equity firms to unlock commercial value through sustainable customer-centric capabilities powered by the right analytics, processes, roles, and culture throughout M&A, turnaround and strategic growth journeys.

Our team has deep analytics capabilities to support the improvement of commercial aspects across the marketing, sales, and customer continuum:

  • Margin decomposition to understand true profitability
  • Customer analysis to understand contribution, churn, and lifetime value by segment
  • Quantitative analysis to support product assortment and pricing decisions
  • Regression analysis to correlate marketing spend to revenue and growth for targeting
  • Geospatial demand profiling, demographics analysis, and geographic targeting
  • Cost to serve modelling by channel, outlet, or geography
  • Quantify synergies and growth opportunities to support pre-deal or cleanroom efforts
  • Sales representative and/or channel margin analysis to rank performance

EY-Parthenon commercial strategy team

Susan Lee

EY-Parthenon Americas Commercial Strategy Leader

Working mother. High-performing team builder. Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) advocate. Helps companies and people transform and grow.

Boston, USA

Amar Mehta

EY Americas Strategy and Transactions Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility Leader

Passionate about helping clients find new paths to growth. Loving husband with two young boys. Avid runner. Aspiring chef and wine connoisseur.

 

Ranu Carroll

EY Americas Strategy and Transactions Life Sciences Leader

Life sciences sector leader. Strategy and M&A advisor. Avid traveler. Opera enthusiast. Rugby fan. Proud mom of three small humans.

New York, USA

Andrea Mazzu

EY-Parthenon Principal, Strategy and Transactions, Ernst & Young LLP

Results-driven strategy advisor dedicated to helping clients transform. Champion for women in business. Enjoys travel, cooking and boating.

Chicago, USA

Michael Anders

Principal, Strategy and Transactions, EY-Parthenon, Ernst & Young LLP

Senior leader focused on customer analytics and pricing. Has led engagements with dozens of Fortune 500 companies and private equity firms.

San Francisco, USA

Andrew Harris

EY-Parthenon Principal, Commercial Strategy, Ernst & Young LLP

Passionate about helping clients reinvent their commercial models to win in evolving markets. Sports enthusiast. History buff. Proud father of two energetic kids.

Chicago, USA

Ashley Costa

Principal, EY-Parthenon, Ernst & Young LLP

Focused on establishing an inspirational vision of what tomorrow holds. Adept in building enterprise growth strategies, reinventing business models and galvanizing people to take bold action.

Philadelphia, USA

Jay Zhu

EY-Parthenon Principal, Strategy and Transactions, Ernst & Young LLP

Results-driven strategy advisor dedicated to helping clients achieve success. Loves playing tennis and attending tournaments. Enjoys cooking and the transformation of ingredients into delicious food.

Chicago, USA

Saumil Parikh

Managing Director, EY-Parthenon Commercial Strategy, Ernst & Young LLP

EY-Parthenon leader helping companies grow by launching digital and technology solutions. Experience in enabling subscription business models. Identifies growth opportunities using data and analytics.

Chicago, USA

Dietrich Chen

EY-Parthenon Managing Director, Commercial Strategy, Ernst & Young LLP

Compleat Stategyst. Insightful advisor. Intentional storyteller. Human being.

Philadelphia, USA

Laura Simion

EY-Parthenon Senior Director, Commercial Strategy, Ernst & Young LLP

Passionate about helping businesses win with their customers and achieve commercial success. Dedicated to developing high-performing, diverse teams. Avid traveler and outdoors enthusiast.

Los Angeles, USA

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