LAURENDEAU & ASSOCIATES

I N N O V A T I V E A D V I S O R Y

Our Services

Agile Institution Building

Technology is moving at a breakneck speed. Building resilient and sustainable institutions delivering impact quickly requires a novel approach: Agile.

Sustainable Public Private Partnership

Forming partnerships between the private and public sector can be like navigating through tailwinds and headwinds. It requires strategic connections, empathy, foresight and trailblazing tactics to tie the knot between partners.

Policy Setting

Unleashing the creativity and innovation of entrepreneurs, investors and ecosystem builders requires visionary policies and a clear route for speedy implementation.

Intercultural
Business Development

Culture clash is not a good ingredient for successful deal making. Intercultural Management techniques compounded with a consultative approach for business development is the right recipe for deals to go through.

Strategy Formulation & Roadmapping

Countless reports, analyses, studies are generated. In order to reach their intended goals, they need to be dusted off, formulated into strategies and set up for implementation through effective roadmapping.

Post Merger
Integration Excellence

Trade deals, market liberalization, and privatization lead to an inflation in mergers, acquisitions and overall corporate restructuring. To realize synergies, an effective and tailored integration approach is instrumental.

T A I L O R E D A D V I S O R Y

L&A

Laurendeau & Associates is a Management Consultancy whose purpose is to advance the power of digital to create lasting socio-economic impact in emerging markets with a bias towards Africa.
L&A provides strategic tailored advisory to decision makers in the private sector, governmental and international development institutions.

O U R T E A M

Senior Management

Bernard Laurendeau
Managing Partner

More than 15 years of Management Consulting experience advising Fortune 500's in Strategy and Operations. Former Vice President for Location Strategy (Offshoring/Outsourcing) at BNP Paribas in San Francisco.

Feven Dagnachew
Senior Manager

Former CEO of the National Ethiopian ICT Park. Served in different managerial positions at the Ethiopian Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST). Board member of Dire Dawa university, Member of the advisory council for the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MoSHE).

Advisory Board

Joel H. Cowan
Senior Advisor

Member of the Board of Councillors of The Carter Center, Board of Advisors of the George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations, and a former director of the EastWest Institute (New York). Formerly a director of World Air Holdings, Inc.; Continental Airlines (NYSE); Interstate General Company (ASE) and IRT Property Company (NYSE).

Grimt Habtemariam
Senior Advisor

Chief Strategist of Cisco’s Global Enterprise Segment East Area. Held consulting, practice development, and sales roles at HPE, Booz Allen Hamilton and Meraki (acquired by Cisco).

Tsegaye Laurendeau
Senior Advisor

Partner at Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes. Previously he was Counsel in Shearman & Sterling’s International Arbitration practice.
His experience includes international arbitrations in the oil & gas, power, construction, telecoms and pharmaceuticals sectors, with a focus on post-M&A, private equity, international financing and joint venture disputes.