What We Are
Strategic Value Partners is a management consulting firm. Strategy consulting and intensive change management for turnarounds, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic alliances are at the core of our service offerings. Communication is central to our work, and we integrate communications into strategies and plans from our first day on the job.
We serve the Boards, Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Strategy Officers, General Counsels, and Business Unit Heads of public and private companies in six industries:
We also serve private equity and other investment firms.
In every case, we strive to create exponential returns for our clients while proactively managing strategic, operating, and financial risks.
Who We Are
David Gross
Founder & Managing Director
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David is a former Bain & Company consultant and operating executive who has developed, implemented, and evolved 75+ operating and business plans – primarily in highly-regulated industries such as aerospace and defense, automotive, healthcare, natural resource, retail, and TMT. During his time at Bain, David specialized in the design and execution of restructuring programs for public and private companies in the US and abroad.
David founded SVP to deliver tangible results to extraordinary clients through strategic planning, team building and development, operational excellence, complex commercial agreements, M&A, and highly-structured change management processes and procedures.
Prior to SVP, David served as a Director at Water Street Partners and led clients through structuring, launching, managing, and exiting joint ventures around the globe. Earlier in his career, David headed up corporate development at a disruptive medical diagnostics, data, and analytics company and served in progressive strategic planning, financial planning, treasury, and investor relations roles in the media industry. He has also managed a strategic marketing team in China and lived on 5 continents.
David graduated from Vanderbilt University with Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and Spanish, and he successfully defended theses on the U.S. automotive and healthcare industries.
David lives in Dallas, Texas. His three children are great negotiators and future dealmakers.
Where we operate
Our extraordinary clients are headquartered or operate in cities such as Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Beijing, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Dubai, Fort Worth, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York, Omaha, Paris, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Riyadh, San Antonio, San Francisco, San Jose, São Paulo, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Stamford, Toronto, and Tokyo. Our work frequently takes us to remote locations as well.
Career Opportunities
Are you a former Bain & Company, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), McKinsey & Company, or Alix Partners consultant with strategy, turnaround, M&A, or change management expertise? Contact us here for information on jobs.
Are you a former investment banking or private equity analyst/associate with strategy, turnaround, or M&A expertise? Contact us here for information on jobs.
Are you a former operating executive interested in strategy, turnaround, M&A, or change management expertise? Contact us here to discuss the full range of opportunities.