MECE Solutions · For client organisations
Your Embedded Capability Partner
Senior judgment. Rigorous analysis. Executive-ready outputs. MECE works alongside your team to solve the problem and build the capability to carry the work forward — through hands-on training, knowledge transfer and a structured handover, with a named partner accountable for our work.
Remote-first for efficiency and cost-effectiveness Senior onsite presence where it makes the difference
Experience the ECP Model On Us
Up to 3 Days of Pro Bono Embedded Capability
Discover how MECE can help your organisation solve complex challenges and strengthen your team's capabilities
We offer eligible client organisations up to three days of pro bono support from our integrated ECP team, subject to team availability and an agreed scope.
Experience our AI-enabled analytical capabilities, structured delivery and rigorous quality assurance — working alongside your team and sharing practical methods they can carry forward.
Your priorities Our expertise Lasting capability for your team
What we do
We solve problems that require serious analytical work
MECE Solutions is an Embedded Capability Partner (ECP), providing consulting firms and organisations with integrated, AI-enabled consulting capabilities.
We combine structured analysis, professional judgment and rigorous quality assurance to support strategy development, complex problem-solving and execution — working seamlessly within our clients’ teams, methodologies and standards.
We extend consulting capabilities without compromising quality, client ownership or accountability.
Where We Work
We bring consulting expertise and analytical capabilities to complex challenges across six sectors
Government & Public Sector
Government transformation, institutional reform, public policy and strategic advisory.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Health system strategy, workforce planning, healthcare regulation and sector transformation.
Defence & Security
National capability development, defence investment analysis and security-sector transformation.
Investment & Financial Services
Commercial due diligence, investment strategy, market assessment and transaction support.
Infrastructure, Tourism & Economic Development
Infrastructure strategy, investment feasibility, destination development and economic analysis.
Media, Culture & Major Events
Sector strategy, institutional positioning, cultural development and major-event planning.
What We Do
We provide integrated, AI-enabled consulting capabilities that strengthen our clients' ability to analyse, decide and deliver
Strategy & Problem Structuring
Strategy development, strategic reviews and structured problem-solving.
Research & Market Intelligence
Market research, benchmarking, sector analysis and competitive intelligence.
Economic & Financial Modelling
Financial analysis, economic modelling, investment assessment and business cases.
Organisation & Operating Models
Organisational design, governance, workforce planning and operating model development.
Implementation & Transformation Support
Transformation planning, programme management support and performance monitoring.
Executive Communication
Executive presentations, strategic reports, decision materials and visual storytelling.
“We help you solve the problem — and equip your team to carry the work forward after we leave.”
Why organisations choose us
Senior Judgment Embedded Capabilities Accountable Delivery
MECE Solutions works alongside consulting firms and organisations, integrating professionally managed consulting capabilities into their teams, workflows and quality standards.
We combine experienced supervision, AI-enabled analysis and rigorous quality assurance to deliver consulting-grade outcomes. Our clients retain strategic leadership, decision-making authority and ultimate accountability.
When MECE Adds Value
- Flexible capabilities: Access integrated consulting teams without expanding permanent headcount.
- Senior involvement: Experienced professionals remain engaged from problem definition through final delivery.
- Seamless integration: Our teams work within your methodologies, processes and quality standards, including white-label delivery where required.
- Capability development: Structured collaboration and knowledge transfer strengthen your team's ability to deliver independently.
How It Works
One Integrated Team Clear Accountability
MECE provides a professionally managed consulting team combining experienced leadership, trained consultants, AI-enabled analysis and rigorous quality assurance.
We manage the people, methods and delivery process. You engage one coordinated capability, not individual resources.
Our delivery structure
Engagement Partner
Vladimir Lazarevik
Provides strategic oversight, senior judgment and quality assurance at critical stages.
Engagement Lead
Senior Manager
Coordinates delivery, manages the team and serves as your primary contact.
Delivery Team
Consultants and Analysts
Conducts research, modelling, analysis and synthesis, producing verified, executive-ready outputs.
Two Ways to Work With Us
Direct Engagements
MECE works directly with organisations on strategy, transformation and complex analytical mandates. We lead delivery, take responsibility for our work and transfer knowledge and methods to client teams.
Embedded Capability Partner (ECP)
We integrate into established consulting firms as a professionally managed, white-label delivery capability.
The consulting firm retains the end-client relationship, engagement leadership and ultimate accountability. MECE manages its team, analytical delivery and quality assurance.
White-label by design Accountable for delivery
Flexible Engagement Consistent Standards
Engage MECE through project-based assignments, daily arrangements or monthly retainers.
Our remote-first model combines distributed analytical capabilities with senior onsite involvement when critical decisions, stakeholder alignment or collaboration require it.
AI-Enabled Human-Led
AI accelerates research, analysis and production. Experienced consultants structure problems, verify evidence, exercise professional judgment and assure the quality of every deliverable.
AI provides speed Judgment delivers value
Established in Abu Dhabi Delivering Across the Region
MECE Solutions is registered in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, and supports organisations and consulting firms across the region.
Our model combines local leadership and client engagement with internationally distributed consulting capabilities.
projects delivered Not in progress Delivered
MECE has passed 100 completed, delivered and accepted engagements — mandates that reached final delivery and were accepted by the client and the consulting firm. Much of this work was delivered white-label, embedded within engagements led by leading consulting firms for some of the region's most demanding institutions.
Government and sovereign institutions
Ministries of Interior, Foreign Affairs and Health across Saudi Arabia and the UAE. National transformation programmes, innovation strategies and workforce planning — delivered to the quality standards of the leading firms we work alongside.
Abu Dhabi entities and authorities
Strategy work for Abu Dhabi-based public sector organisations, infrastructure authorities and media entities — including multi-year advisory relationships.
Investment and private equity
Commercial due diligence for PE-backed healthcare transactions, strategic option analysis for sovereign funds and investment vehicles.
Defence and national security
Capability strategy and investment portfolio analysis for defence and security sector clients in the UAE and the wider Gulf.
Retail, tourism and commercial
Market defence strategy, competitive landscape analysis, tourism feasibility and economic development advisory across the MENA region.
Founded by someone who has done this work at the highest level
Vladimir Lazarevik · Founder & Managing Partner
Vladimir Lazarevik brings more than 25 years of strategy and management consulting experience across four continents. He has held senior roles at McKinsey & Company, Arthur D. Little, 3M and NEOM — and served in public sector leadership in North Macedonia.
He built MECE as an Embedded Capability Partner: a team that integrates into client and consulting-firm engagements while retaining clear accountability for its work. On direct client mandates, he acts as Engagement Partner, setting direction, challenging conclusions and signing off the recommendation.
His name and reputation are on every engagement
He is also the author of You, the Consultant, a foundation for developing consulting talent — and for helping client organisations build their own internal capability base.
MECE uses AI-enabled tools to expand the speed and analytical coverage of its delivery team. Every output is structured, reviewed and signed off by experienced consultants. We do not use AI to reduce quality or reduce accountability — we use it to increase what a disciplined team can deliver within the same timeline and budget.
Developing your own talent
Build the people who will carry the work forward
The book · By Vladimir Lazarevik
You, the Consultant
Written from more than 25 years of consulting experience, Vladimir’s book provides a foundation for developing consulting professionals. For client organisations, that foundation can support the development of their own internal talent base.
More than a handover A foundation for growth
Our aim is not only to leave your team with completed work, but with the ability to take it further. We connect talent development with real delivery: your people work alongside ours, practise structured problem-solving and learn to turn evidence into clear recommendations.
The book offers a shared foundation; hands-on training, feedback and knowledge transfer help your team apply it to your organisation’s challenges. A structured handover then equips them to continue the work after MECE’s engagement ends.
Our perspective · Published in the Financial Times
Advancing the global debate on the future of consulting
MECE is not only putting an embedded capability model into practice. We are contributing to the global conversation about how consulting can be organised around the capabilities clients actually need.
In his letter published in the Financial Times, Vladimir Lazarevik makes the case for developing future consulting leaders while drawing on specialised, AI-enabled delivery capabilities beyond a firm’s own organisational boundaries. Client relationships, professional judgment and accountability remain central.
Financial Times · Letter
Why consultancies require a bit of their own medicine
By Vladimir Lazarevik · Founder & Managing Partner, MECE Solutions · Abu Dhabi, UAE
Read the letter in the Financial Times →Our Embedded Capability Partner model brings this thinking into delivery: white-label capabilities for consulting firms, and accountable delivery, training and knowledge transfer for client organisations. The ambition is the same — combine the right capabilities with senior judgment and leave lasting value.
Abu Dhabi · Founder-led · 100+ projects delivered
Embedded capability Senior judgment Full accountability
Tell us the problem. We will tell you how we can help, what a team would look like, and what it would cost. No pitch deck. No delay.