Advisory Services
HighQuest Partners (“HighQuest”), a strategic advisory and management consulting firm, acquired Soyatech in January 2006 following a successful collaboration between both firms on a range of advisory engagements in the food, agribusiness and biofuels sectors. Consultants and seasoned industry executives from both organizations now collaborate to deliver a range of high-impact services to clients in the global food, agribusiness and biofuels sectors under the HighQuest name.
HighQuest advises its clients on how to frame issues regarding the challenges they are facing on a global basis so that they can make informed decisions about the choices and opportunities they face in their respective markets. Since 2000, HighQuest has completed more than 200 successful engagements with client leadership teams, helping them to develop and implement strategies that drive increased revenues, sustainable profits and superior operating results for their organizations.
Our Clients
HighQuest's clients include leading Global 500 corporations, middle market companies, emerging technology innovators, private equity investors and hedge funds sectors that operate and commit investment capital globally in the food, agribusiness and biofuels sectors. HighQuest works with leadership teams in these organizations to address unique business opportunities and risks, helping them to frame key issues in a thought-provoking and challenging way while bringing a rigorous strategic analysis to the discipline. Examples of challenges we have helped clients to address include:
- Identifying opportunities to enter new industries and expand into new geographic markets;
- Vetting proposed locations for Greenfield processing facilities;
- 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 and
- Achieving sustainable growth organically, through M&A, joint ventures and strategic alliances.
Sector Expertise
HighQuest’s expertise is focused on the following sectors:
- 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
- Biofuels
- Ethanol (food crops and biomass)
- Biodiesel (multiple feedstocks)
- Carbon from municipal solid waste (MSW)
- Clean technologies
Functional Expertise
HighQuest’s advisory teams are comprised of seasoned management consultants and former investment bankers and industry executives with line management responsibilities in global operations. These individuals offer deep industry expertise and practical experience 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 tchnologies (biotechnology, inputs and equipment)
For more information on our firm’s capabilities, please download our corporate brochure or visit our web site at www.highquestpartners.com .
Contact Information
To find out how HighQuest can assist your organization to succeed in today’s challenging and rapidly changing environment, please call Client Support at (978) 887-8800
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