About Vertex
An independent firm for consequential decisions
Vertex was founded in 2009 by four partners who wanted to give boards the rigour of a large consultancy without its conflicts. We are still owned by the people who do the work.
Our story
We started in a borrowed room in New York with one client, a regional manufacturer weighing whether to sell. The answer was no. Ten years later that company had tripled in size, and its chair had introduced us to half the people we still work with.
That first engagement set the pattern. We take on fewer clients than we could, we put partners in the room, and we tie a real share of our fees to whether the advice works. Seventeen years on we are 380 people in four offices, and the pattern has not changed.
- Founded in New York
- 2009
- People in four offices
- 380
- Partners, all of them owners
- 62
- Engagements delivered
- 1,200+
What we believe
Four rules we do not bend
Results over reports
We are judged by what changes in the business, not by the size of the final document. Most of ours are under thirty pages.
Independent by design
No software, no outsourcing arm, no referral fees. Partners own the firm, and nobody else has a say in our advice.
Your people, not ours
We build the plan with the managers who will run it, so the capability stays with you when we leave.
Straight answers
If the honest answer is to do nothing, or to hire someone else, we say so. It has cost us work, and won us more.
Since 2009
How a four-partner firm grew without changing how it works
- 2009
Founded in New York
Four partners, one client and a borrowed meeting room on Park Avenue South.
- 2012
London opens
Our first office outside the US, to follow two clients into Europe.
- 2016
Outcome-based fees
Tying part of every delivery fee to agreed results becomes firm policy.
- 2019
Zurich and Singapore
Two offices in one year, built around our financial services and energy teams.
- 2023
Digital & AI practice
Data scientists and engineers join consulting teams on every operations engagement.
- 2026
1,200 engagements
Across 41 countries, with 86% of clients coming back for more.
How we work
From diagnosis to delivered results
Every engagement follows the same four steps. What changes is how long each takes and who from your side is in the room.
- 012–4 weeksDiagnoseWe take the business apart with your numbers, your customers and your front line, and agree what is really driving the problem.
- 023–6 weeksDecideWe put two or three real options in front of the board, each with its cost, its risk and what it asks of your people.
- 033–12 monthsDeliverOur team works inside yours to land the plan: owners, milestones, a weekly cadence and a scorecard everyone can read.
- 04OngoingSustainWe hand over the tools and the habits, then check in at six and twelve months to make sure the gains have held.
Leadership
The partners who run the firm
Recognition
What others say about how we work
- Best Firms to Work ForConsulting Review, 2026
- Top 25 Strategy AdvisorsBoard Practice Quarterly, 2025
- Operations Advisor of the YearEuropean Industry Awards, 2025
- Great Place to WorkCertified in all four offices, 2024
Offices
Four offices, one partnership
New YorkHeadquartersNew York
400 Park Avenue South, 18th floorNew York, NY 10016
LondonLondon
22 Bishopsgate, Level 31London EC2N 4BQ
ZurichZurich
Bahnhofstrasse 648001 Zürich
SingaporeSingapore
8 Marina View, #29-01Singapore 018960
Have a decision on the table?
Tell us what you are weighing. A partner will reply within two working days, and the first conversation is on us.