Accountability
stays with us.
MECE works through two models. For consulting firms, we operate embedded and white-label — invisible by design, accountable by contract. For client organisations, we work with you directly, led by a dedicated Engagement Partner who sets the strategic direction and signs off every recommendation.
Delivery is remote-first, supported by senior onsite presence when it materially strengthens alignment, collaboration or decision-making. The work can use your templates and carry your brand or ours. In either case, MECE remains accountable for the quality, integrity and conclusions of everything we produce.
Vladimir Lazarevik
Founder & Managing Partner
25+ years in strategy and management consulting. Prior roles at McKinsey, Arthur D. Little, 3M and NEOM.
Acts as Engagement Partner on direct client mandates — setting direction, challenging conclusions and participating in the senior discussions where his involvement adds the greatest value.
Two ways we work
Embedded in your organisation
We work directly with your team through a structured, remote-first delivery model. The Engagement Partner provides strategic direction, judgment and accountability throughout.
When physical presence adds value, we deploy senior consultants onsite for critical working sessions, stakeholder alignment and leadership or board discussions. Deliverables can be produced in your templates and under your brand. MECE remains accountable for the quality and integrity of every finding and recommendation.
Inside a consulting firm
We integrate into the consulting team, operate within its platforms, templates and quality standards, and produce outputs that carry its name. MECE stays behind the scenes while taking full responsibility to the firm for the quality of our work.
Invisible by design. Accountable by contract.
The team
Engagement Partner
Strategic direction & sign-off
Sets the strategic direction, challenges critical conclusions, signs off the final recommendation and participates in the steering and leadership discussions where senior judgment is required.
Engagement Lead
Senior Manager
Owns day-to-day delivery, client coordination, quality and timeline. The Engagement Lead is your principal point of contact and works onsite when the engagement requires it.
Delivery Team
Consultants and Analysts
An integrated remote team responsible for structured problem-solving, research, analysis, verification, synthesis and executive-ready outputs. AI expands the team's speed and coverage; human judgment governs the work throughout.
You get an accountable team, not a black box.
- Direct accountability. Recommendations come directly from the team that developed the evidence, analysis and conclusions — not from a layer removed from the work.
- Presence where it matters. The Engagement Partner and Lead participate — onsite or remotely — in the critical discussions where alignment, judgment and decisions are required.
- One accountable team. Responsibility for delivery, quality and the recommendation remains with MECE rather than being fragmented across multiple providers.
- Judgment is the product. AI accelerates research, analysis and first drafts. MECE consultants verify the evidence, determine what it means and remain accountable for every conclusion presented to you.
MECE uses AI-enabled tools as part of its delivery infrastructure. Every client output is structured, reviewed and quality-assured by MECE consultants. AI supports the work. It does not replace the judgment or accountability behind it.
Proven—and still proving it.
We have passed 100 delivered projects. Much of our work remains embedded within leading consulting firms; an increasing share is now delivered directly to client organisations through the same disciplined, AI-enabled and human-led model. The two tracks reinforce each other — and the standard of work is the same in both.
See the current count →Three ways to bring us in.
Full mandate
End-to-end ownership of a strategic project, from problem framing to board-ready recommendation, delivered under the MECE name.
Scoped per mandate
Advisory retainer
Ongoing senior counsel to your leadership team, with Vladimir embedded in your regular decision cycle.
Monthly retainer
Board & investment committee support
Independent sign-off support for high-stakes decisions — M&A, due diligence, or strategic pivots — presented directly to your committee.
Scoped per decision