The Business Consulting team is a specialist service of Pitcher Partners Sydney focussed on providing a range of business performance improvement and strategic planning services to our clients.

Our services to small and medium enterprise (SME) businesses include:

• Strategy development and repositioning
• Business planning and business feasibility reviews
• Assisting with the implementation of business strategy
• Best practice business forecasting and budgeting
• Investor readiness reviews
• Business acquisition reviews and support
• Corporate governance reviews
• Business continuity and business disaster recovery plans
• Business succession reviews
• Best practice business and financial management reviews
• Market positioning analysis
• Strategic marketing reviews

Our Business Consulting team are also able to provide the following:

• Business development courses
• Business skills training programs
• Finance for business owners courses
• Accounting for non-accountants programs
• Formal business mentoring programs
• Support for the business owners or senior management teams

Our projects

• New technology businesses, including assisting Boards to formulate and deliver on growth strategies
• Business performance improvement, with detailed cause and effect analysis and a remedial program
• Developing effective board and management reporting models and implementing effective financial reporting and governance models
• Taking existing businesses to the next stage through assisting with sourcing private equity, IPO or franchise expansion

The benefits of our focused approach to your business include:

• Leading edge advice based upon direct experience gained from past assignments
• Strategic and hands on advice to fast growth and early stage businesses
• A full understanding of the commercial drivers of your business
• Maximising the chances of raising capital or debt in the future as we understand what future investors and lenders to your business will be looking for
• Easier access to reliable and useful contacts and advisors

“John Petty, Consultant Pitcher Partners, has been my business coach and personal mentor for the past 10 years. He has helped transform our business and has provided tremendous guidance regarding the generational change that occurs in a family business. John has a warm and personal approach and will force you to face the realities of business. John has provided great insights into the strategies and actions for operating a business.” Janelle Bulmer | Director - Dynaweld Industrial Supplies

“John Petty, Consultant Pitcher Partners, has helped me take my family business to the next level. Initially he reviewed the quality of my finance/accounting team and helped me make some hard decisions. John also developed our strategic positioning with his Visioning Tomorrow, Today (VTT) approach, which we have progressed to be a more dynamic business. Finally, he helped coach me in the development of a new strategic offering which will totally transform our business.” Gail Gajewski | Office Manager - Antoun Civil Engineering (Aust) P/L