Advisory Services
After successfully collaborating on a number of engagements during 2005, strategic advisory firm HighQuest Partners acquired Soyatech in January 2006 and proceeded to provide Soyatech with expanded professional resources and infrastructure to enable the combined firm to support greater depth and breadth of advisory engagements. Consultants and seasoned industry experts from both organizations now collaborate to deliver a range of high-impact services.
HighQuest helps its clients, which range from established Global 1000 companies to emerging ventures achieve success in global markets. While the firm has expertise in a number of industrial sectors, it has developed a particular focus on the dynamic food, agribusiness and biofuels sectors. Since 2000, HighQuest has executed more than 140 successful engagements with client leadership teams and has helped numerous companies to develop and execute winning strategies that drive increased revenues, sustainable profits and superior operating results.
HighQuest focuses in three industry practice areas:
- Global food, agribusiness and biofuels
- Industrial holding companies and conglomerates
- Financial Services
Our Clients
HighQuest's clients include some of the world's most successful organizations ranging from leading agribusinesses and seed genetics firms to diversified conglomerates and holding companies that operate throughout the world. Whether a client is a Fortune 500 company, a middle market corporation or an emerging technology innovator, HighQuest provides the service and support to deliver improved solutions.
HighQuest works with the leadership teams of its client organizations, including CEOs, presidents and their top managers to help them achieve their strategic objectives, to drive revenues and improved profits and to ensure an enhanced competitive position. HighQuest assists its global clientele to address unique business challenges, including:
- Identifying opportunities to enter new industries and expand into new geographic markets
- Launching innovating products, services and technologies
- Understanding and adopting the best of breed business models and operating methods
- Discerning key market trends and competitive information
- Transforming poorly performing business units
- Achieving sustainable growth organically or through M&A, joint ventures or strategic alliances and
- Operating effectively and in accordance with regulatory and ethics standards
Industry Expertise
While HighQuest has a particular focus on the dynamic and growing food, agribusiness and biofuels sectors, our expertise spans a wide range of industries, including:- Food
- Production (commodity crops, organic production)
- Processing (functional and specialty ingredients)
- Distribution and logistics
- Marketing and branding
- Retail food and consumer packaged goods
- Agribusiness
- Oilseed and grain industries
- Biotechnology
- Crop chemicals and fertilizers
- Equipment and precision agriculture
- Animal feed, pet food and industrial products derived from agricultural production
- Bio Fuels
- Ethanol (food crops and biomass)
- Biodiesel (multiple feedstocks)
- Carbon from municipal solid waste (MSW)
- Clean technologies
- Other Industries
- Automotive
- Manufacturing
- Steel products, raw materials and metals
- Insurance and financial services
- Healthcare
- Technology and security
Functional Expertise
HighQuest uses teams comprised of seasoned management consultants, investment bankers and industry executives with line management responsibilities in global operations to work with its clients. These individuals offer expertise in the following functional areas:- Corporate/organizational strategy development
- Financial strategy
- Market research and competitive intelligence
- Negotiation of mergers merger and acquisitions (due diligence), joint ventures and strategic alliances
- Advise on raising capital for emerging companies
- Regional and global product supply and demand
- Trade and regulatory outlooks
- Sales, marketing and brand development
- Distribution and logistics analysis
- Technical and operations management
- Assessment of new technologies (biotechnology, inputs and equipment)
Contact Information
To find out how Soyatech and HighQuest can assist your organization to succeed in today’s challenging and rapidly changing environment, please contact Client Support at HighQuest's Boston office:HighQuest Partners LLC – (978) 887-8800, ask for Client Support, or email us at info@highquestpartners.com
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