“Our Vision is to build one of the widest and most admired international consulting networks, but we realize the limitations of doing it entirely on our own, hence the need to strategically link with the best regional consultants in the 5 continents” said CEO of MTI Consulting Hilmy Cader unveiling MTI’s new international strategic thrust that aims a network of Associates, Business Partners and Certified Consultants in 40 countries by 2009.

MTI sees the power and potential in the form of highly talented and successful regional consultants in different parts of the world who are confined to their own regions and unable to take on the big name legacy consultants due to the lack of a global network. “We wish to play the catalyst role of building the network by bringing together these consultancies from all parts of the world which could then rival the big name legacy consultancies” said Hilmy Cader

Marking the completion of 11 years since MTI started, the Chief Executive of MTI said “Since our humble beginnings in 1997 with a single person, single operation, we have grown into 8 of our own operations in Malaysia, Bahrain, Dubai, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Representative Office in the UK, through which we have carried out work in 33 countries”

MTI’s international expansion will be based on a two prong strategy of Rapid International Footprint through Business Partners and Associates and scaling up the MTI’s value delivery capabilities through MTI Certified Consultants, the first batch of whom will be in Sri Lankan Capital this week for Orientation and Training

MTI Associates will consist of leading local and regional consultants who will provide MTI Clients access to their respective countries, while MTI’s own operations will reciprocate. For instance, MTI have signed up with Turkey’s leading consultancy Arge, who can now help MTI Clients to understand and develop entry strategies to Turkey, while Arge’s Turkish clients will be able to access MTI’s network in South Asia and Middle East. MTI Business Partners will be organizations that will front-end MTI and act as the marketing arm of MTI in their respective countries and also help MTI with on-the-ground support to research and execute projects. “For instance, we have tied up Kenya based Apricot Consultants to cover East Africa, as these are challenging emerging markets and we need local familiarity to deliver our solutions” said Hilmy Cader

MTI also plans to experiment the concept of a Co-owned Subsidiary that will allow Private Equity to take a stake in a MTI subsidiary in a new country, whereby MTI will contribute to capital by way of providing a complete turn key start-up operation and on-going management support

MTI is currently in the final stages of negotiation with Business Partners and Associates in Australia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Swaziland to name a few

MTI plans to hold a Global Network Conference in 2009 as a Forum that will bring together the growing global network of consultants under one roof

“Together with our Business Partners and Associates, MTI’s Vision is to have a global network that will touch every single country in the world and to be able to take the big name legacy consultants head on” said the CEO of MTI

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MTI Consulting is a rapidly expanding business strategy consultancy with a strong focus on providing business strategy solutions on Strategic Planning, Re-Structuring, Marketing and Brand Management, Sales and Channel Management, Research and Service Quality. MTI has also launched six new Specialist consulting units namely Corporate Finance, Technology, Legal & Governance, Supply Chain, HRM and Branding on demand.