Financial Advisory · Transactions · Growth
Advisory for the Decisions That Define a Business
We work with owners, leadership teams and investor-backed companies on financial performance, transaction readiness and growth into new markets. Senior people, twelve markets, complete discretion.
Get in TouchThree Areas of Advisory
Financial & Performance Advisory
We help leadership teams see their business clearly and run it on numbers they trust: management reporting and KPIs, budgeting and rolling forecasts, cash and working capital, margin and cost programs.
Where the finance function itself is the constraint, we redesign it - processes, systems, people - and stay until your team runs it without us.
Transaction Readiness & Integration
Most value in a sale or acquisition is won or lost before the process starts. We prepare companies for buyer scrutiny - clean financials, a defensible business plan, a well-organized data room - and support acquirers with operational and financial assessment of a target.
After the deal, we lead integration and the first hundred days. We work alongside the legal counsel, auditors and transaction advisors you appoint; we do not broker deals or arrange financing.
Growth & Market Entry
We help companies decide where and how to grow - market selection, positioning, pricing and go-to-market - and then make sure the marketing behind it earns its budget.
Our network across twelve markets means local judgment from people who know the buyers, channels and agencies on the ground. We set the strategy, brief and steer the specialists, and hold spend to commercial targets.
What Sets Us Apart
Discretion as a Standard
We do not publish client names, logos or deal announcements. What you share with us stays with the people working on your engagement.
Senior People Only
The people you meet in the first conversation are the people who do the work. No junior teams, no handoff after the proposal is signed.
Operators, Not Observers
Our advisors have held senior finance, commercial and operating roles. We recommend what we would be prepared to implement - and we usually help implement it.
Twelve Markets, One Standard
From New York to Warsaw to Tokyo, every engagement is led to the same standard, with local insight where the work needs it.
Situations We Are Brought In For
Client relationships are confidential, so we do not publish case studies. The examples below are composites of situations we are regularly asked to help with.
Numbers the Board Can Act On
Monthly reporting takes three weeks, the margin by product is disputed, and the board pack answers questions nobody asked. We rebuild the reporting model around the few KPIs that drive value, put a rolling forecast in place that management owns, and set up the routine that keeps it running after we leave.
Ready Before the Buyers Arrive
The owner wants options in two to three years, but much of what a buyer will ask for lives in the founder's head. We separate recurring from one-off results, close the gaps a due diligence team would find, and build a business plan that holds up under questioning - so that when the owner appoints transaction advisors, the company is ready and the story is credible.
A Third Attempt That Is Built Differently
Two earlier launches in the United States did not gain traction. We start with why: positioning, price point, channel and the customer the brand was actually built for. We then set the entry plan, select and brief local agencies, and define the commercial targets the launch is measured against from day one.
Built Quietly, on Trust
Kingsford & Wentworth was founded on a simple belief: the best advisory relationships are built between people who trust each other completely, and are judged by what actually changes in the business.
We take on a limited number of engagements at a time, so each one gets our full attention. Engagements are scoped and priced up front, on a fixed-fee or retainer basis. We do not take success fees on the sale or acquisition of businesses.
A Confidential First Conversation
We listen first. If we are not the right people for the problem, we will say so - and often suggest who is.
A Clear Scope and Fee
A short proposal: what we will do, what you will have at the end, who is involved and what it costs.
Senior-Led Delivery
Regular, honest updates against what we agreed - including when something is not working and what we are changing.
Lasting Capability
We leave behind models, processes and people who can carry on without us.
Where We Operate
Kingsford & Wentworth works through a network of senior advisors in major business centers across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Every engagement is held to the same standards of confidentiality and care, wherever it takes place.
We Grow Through the Right Relationships
Kingsford & Wentworth does not recruit through job boards or public postings. Our network grows the way our practice does - through trusted introductions and selective partnerships with people who share our standards.
If you are a senior finance, transaction or commercial practitioner with a reputation built on discretion, and you would like to explore working together, reach out through the form below. We review every inquiry personally.
Get in TouchAll partnership inquiries are handled with discretion.
Let's Start a Conversation
If you have a business matter you would like to discuss, we would be glad to hear from you. Every inquiry is reviewed personally and answered within one business day.
We do not offer online scheduling or templated proposals. First conversations are arranged personally and held by a senior member of our network, so we understand your situation before recommending anything.
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All correspondence is handled with complete discretion.