Automotive is one of the leading industries in several developed and emerging countries. The automotive industry has strongly positioned itself as a catalyst of various industries over the recent decades. Although the industry has already reached its maturity level in some countries, its development continues with major improvements in the regulatory and technological domains. Turkey still offers considerable opportunities for players in various stages of the automotive industry, ranging from manufacturing to aftersales. In this context, we have supported leading players on various strategic and operational improvement areas in Turkey and abroad. We have a successful track record of projects with different types of players (e.g. OEMs, auto parts suppliers, service institutions, fleet operators) and segments (e.g. light and heavy vehicles, new and second hand sales) meeting various needs of our customers through market assessment, due diligence, strategy formulation, post-acquisition integration as well as strategic and operational reviews and improvements.

Changing global dynamics with the financial recession have strongly shifted the rules of the game in the consumer products industry. The increasing competition and price wars are substantial threats for consumer product companies. Over the recent years, consumer product companies have focused on improving their adaptation and time-to-market to survive in highly competitive environments. These companies seek for future-proof solutions to ensure their survival and achieve business development not only in their local markets but also in different geographies. The Turkish consumer products industry has achieved a healthy growth over the recent years. However, most of the major players continue seeking for expansion opportunities. Drawing on a strong understanding of market dynamics, we have helped consumer product companies on a wide range of topics such as market assessment, corporate strategy development, strategic roadmap design, organizational restructuring and operational improvement. We have provided long term support for assessing, designing and implementing large scale improvement programs across the supply chain from demand forecasting to distribution, logistics and sales effectiveness.

The increasing demand for energy and the development of new technologies have boosted the growth of the energy and utilities investments in many markets. However, there are still many unanswered questions about pricing, margins and regulations in several countries. Turkey is one of the most promising investment regions due to the massive growth in demand and attractive incentives provided by the government. In the following years, the energy and utilities industry is expected to continue its growth through privatizations. We are able to provide essential advantage to our customers with our deep understanding of local market dynamics and a broad functional expertise gained by serving major global companies in power, gas and oil throughout the world. Our expertise covers the whole energy value chain from generation/production to transmission/transportation, wholesale and distribution. Our hands-on experience in global markets lets us deliver the capabilities that are required by the local energy companies in the growing Turkish market in several critical areas such as portfolio strategy development, post acquisition integration, workforce management, grid planning and optimization, demand forecasting, pricing and trading.

The challenges in the health care industry have become more complex over the recent years. Health care organizations have been focusing on a number of critical areas including cost reduction, quality management, strategic planning, quick decision making and proper implementation, which are the keys for success in the changing regulatory environment. The health transformation program of the Turkish government has accelerated both public and private investments over the recent years. However, there is still significant room for health investments in Turkey and the public-private-partnership launch plans set out major opportunities in health care. In the growing Turkish market, we have concluded several successful projects, including market assessment, market entry strategy, due diligence, operational review and regulatory analysis for generalist and specialist health care service providers, equipment manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies. With our strong local and international expertise, we support health care players in their strategic decision making and implementation activities.

The industrials sector has demonstrated consistent growth over the recent years in Turkey. The Turkish industrials market dynamics are significantly sensitive to international trends. The emergence of the Far East countries and the global crisis have significantly affected the industrials sector in Turkey. The pressure on prices has pushed the players to enter new markets in order to benefit from new revenue streams. At the same time, Turkish players have started to focus on the management of their costs and value chains to maximize their profitability. We help our clients in the industrials sector address their most critical issues in the areas of strategy development and operational improvement in order to improve their competitiveness in domestic and international markets.

In the previous years, the media and entertainment industry experienced several success stories through new revenue streams and expansions with multiple traditional services and offerings. However, today's competitive market conditions lead many companies to focus on innovation and efficiency improvement. In Turkey, the media and entertainment industry has been mainly focusing on online and mobile media as well as distribution, operations and technology savings. Many leading players have initiated company-wide change programs to adapt to the market needs. Leveraging our global experience and knowledge in the media and entertainment sector, we have supported local and international clients in reaching the target market segments in Turkey by conducting due diligence studies of target companies, developing long term strategies in the changing context of the overall media business, improving cost structures and transforming businesses in order to better address the changing requirements.

The decreasing supply of credit and declining investor numbers have recently limited the growth of the private equity (PE) sector in developed countries. Resultantly, PEs have started to focus on relatively secure emerging countries, which combine a considerable growth potential with a rather stable macroeconomic landscape. Due to the relative economic stability achieved over the past decade, Turkey has become one of the most promising investment areas for PEs. As one of our core focus areas, we have supported major PEs from Turkey, Europe and the Middle East in various projects, focusing on market and competition assessment, commercial due diligence, technical due diligence and valuation. Our projects have covered a wide array of industries such as telecommunications, transportation, automotive, energy, media, retail, industrials, consumer goods and health care.

While retail has been a growing industry especially through the rise of affordable luxury and fast fashion concepts, major players are faced with an increasingly competitive environment, leading them to focus on efficiency improvement through improved supply chain management and sales channel efficiency. As retail demand has grown significantly in Turkey, several international players have entered the market whereas major local players have continuously expanded their presence from major metropolitan areas to smaller cities in Anatolia. In this fast changing environment, we have supported leading local and international retailers as well as investors in a wide variety of assignments, including market entry strategy, due diligence, strategy development, strategic roadmap design, operational restructuring, channel development, business model development, expansion strategy formation and investment planning.

Telecommunication has been a dynamic sector with fast-changing offerings, solutions and technologies. The role of telecommunication has increased enormously, as telecommunication companies have managed to develop major new offerings over the recent years. The global developments indicate that liberalization, convergence, customer centricity (end-to-end customer experience), market saturation, new business models and consolidation are the key trends in the telecommunication industry. As these trends are also applicable in Turkey, they bring out new opportunities and challenges for the local players. With our strong experience gathered from all around the world, we have supported a significant number of telecommunication clients in Turkey and other countries in MENA and CIS regions with a wide range of services such as corporate strategy development, go-to market strategy development, new operating model design and implementation, organizational restructuring, operational improvement, technology architecture and total cost transformation.

The transportation sector has grown significantly as a result of population and economic growth over the previous decades. The sector has been also supported by many public-private-partnership investments. The transportation players need new business models, technologies and strategies in order to strengthen their positions in the global market. We support transportation clients with a wide range of services such as strategy development, operational improvement, organizational restructuring, information and transportation technology as well as commercial and technical due diligence.