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Amquant works with financial service companies that want better results from their strategies.Some of our projects include:• Defined value proposition for a leading insurance wholesaler, mapped markets and strategic projects • Defined strategic priorities for a development bank• Transformed the model and technology for ProService, the leading HRO/PEO provider in Hawaii• Defined support services model for a leading North American investment company• Defined the strategy for the digital channel of Canadian insurance leader Sun Life• Defined product plan for a NY-based bank• Defined a client coverage model for a NY-based bank• Defined strategy for branches & offices for a NY-based bank• Defined the strategy and the strategic projects to support it for a NY-based bank• Defined a strategy for the Canadian business unit of an insurance company• Defined a segmentation plan and channel model for an insurance company• Reviewed underwriting of a leading North American insurance company, preparing it for growth • Prepared a course correction plan for an area of a leading North American insurance company• Advised the Business Officer of a large North American insurance company to define its strategy• Defined the strategy and set up operations in Latin America for a U.S. asset investment firm• Prioritized opportunities in India and guided a leading North American commodities trading company• Prioritized acquisitions for a North American company with a portfolio of technology companies• Advised a private equity company to create and market its approach to value creation• Conducted the valuation and M&A negotiation for a telecommunications equipment company

* Helped the Practice increase client activity in corporate sectors over 3 times and supported the directors establish Risk as McKinsey’s 8th functional practice* Incorporating uncertainty in strategic decisions and creating a state-of-the-art enterprise risk management function for an emerging markets conglomerate of mining/financial services companies* Implementing an unique strategic planning approach for a leading basic materials / mining company, negotiating with shareholders goals dependent on the company’s major exposures* Leading the definition of how to apply risk management best practices for a high tech industrial goods manufacturer* Reducing by 10-20% impact of major international risks to a mining company by re-designing how it dealt with and managed its investments in emerging markets* Optimizing sourcing and supply chain for an industrial products company, reducing cost of risks by more than 10% and improving the company’s competitive advantage* Creating a competitive and risk-limiting long term pricing strategy for a company in the petroleum sector* Designing a risk management organization for a large Asian conglomerate with interests in mining* Developing a strategic program for a leading not-for-profit organization

* Made IMLA the leading provider of SMS interconnectivity in Latin America and Iberia, with clients such as Telefonica/Portugal Telecom, TelCel/Americas Telecom and TIM* Negotiated and acquired exclusive rights to the technology of InphoMatch Inc., the interoperability provider for AT&T and Voicestream* Secured an angel investment from Brazilian telecommunications tycoon, Gilceu Turra* Secured a technology and commercial partnership with EDS Brazil

* Helped mining company Inco define a project portfolio management optimization methodology and tools* Helped Bank of Montreal optimize shift management and people management processes for new Data Centre* Helped Morris Communicatios optimize capacity planning and flexible staffing and designed processes for a new Data Centre

Led projects in strategy and business building for major financial services and telecommunications companies, including:* Led a 3-consultant team and 10 senior client executives of a telecom incumbent in creating its long distance unit* Led a 2-consultant team and senior European management of one of Brazil’s largest banks turn its European unit into an investment bank* Led senior management of a major bank to create a financial portal gathering leading independent Latin American banks into a single multi-country platform* Assisted a client in creating a network outsourcing business with focus on the banking sector* Assisted an industry association in identifying 15 clusters to create US$2.95 billion per year in additional revenues and 61,000 jobs

* Led the valuation and the structuring of acquisition finance for the privatizations of Cachoeira Dourada, Cerj, Coelba and Cosern, valued at US$ 4.4 billion* Led the valuation for the advisory of pension fund Previ in respect to their investment strategy for the steel sector* Conducted the valuation for the sale of 35% of Acesita to French steel company Usinor for US$ 630 million, elected Latin America M&A 1998 deal of the year* Worked in advising the Brazilian Government on the US$ 480 million privatization of petrochemical complex Copene