Business Advisory

See clearly. Decide confidently.

We start with your business challenge, the people doing the work and the systems they rely on. Together, we define the outcome, assess the options and prioritise a practical response. A focused improvement can be the right answer; not every need calls for a transformation programme.

When to engage

When an outside perspective helps

  • You're planning a digital or AI transformation and need to validate priorities before committing investment.

  • Your current roadmap is unclear, fragmented, or contested across stakeholders.

  • You need an external, senior, independent perspective before a board or investment committee decision.

Outcomes

What you get from an advisory engagement

  • Pinpoint value pools and prioritise initiatives with the highest ROI
  • Identify and validate AI use cases that drive measurable business impact
  • Establish a roadmap and governance model to accelerate delivery and control risk
  • Secure stakeholder alignment to speed adoption and maximise return on change

Engagement types

Four ways we help you decide

Digital maturity assessment

Structured diagnostic of your current operating model, technology stack, data foundations, and delivery capability, benchmarked against peers. Typical duration: 4 to 6 weeks. Deliverables: maturity scorecard, priority gaps, and an action shortlist.

AI readiness diagnostic

Evaluate data availability, governance maturity, and organisational readiness; identify and prioritise AI use cases with quantified business value. Typical duration: 3 to 6 weeks. Deliverables: use case portfolio, risk map, and a 12-month activation plan.

Transformation roadmap

Sequenced initiative plan with governance model, investment profile, risk mitigations, and KPIs, ready for board validation. Typical duration: 6 to 10 weeks. Deliverables: business case, roadmap, governance charter, and executive readout.

Operating model design

Target-state design for digital, data, and AI functions: roles, responsibilities, decision rights, and sourcing model (internal, nearshore, partner). Typical duration: 6 to 8 weeks. Deliverables: to-be operating model, RACI, and sourcing blueprint.

How we work

Three steps, one disciplined method

1. Listen and frame

We start with your business priorities, constraints, and stakeholders. No assumptions.

2. Diagnose and prioritise

We bring the analytical rigour of a strategy firm, combined with operational realism from our delivery practice.

3. Align and activate

We close each advisory engagement with decisions, owners and an actionable next step, whether you deliver internally or with TSG.

Proof points

Why clients choose us

  • 7+ years of transformation work across Swiss financial services, trading, and industrial clients

  • Board-level deliverables reviewed by TSG partners, every engagement, every time

  • Recommendations informed by the engineers and specialists who can deliver them

FAQ

Common questions

How do you connect business advice with technology delivery?

We start with your business problem, then test recommendations against your processes, systems and delivery constraints. Our engineers help assess what can be configured, integrated or built.

Do we need to commit to a technology project afterwards?

No. Business Advisory is a standalone engagement. You can use the documented deliverables with your own team, another provider or TSG.

Who leads advisory engagements?

Senior TSG advisors with 15+ years of experience in strategy, digital, or AI, always backed by a TSG partner.

What comes next

From strategy to execution

When you need implementation support, our software, integration and managed services teams can take the agreed scope forward. The next step remains your decision.