AKANANI ADVISORY is a boutique management consulting firm focused on delivering rapid high-impact solutions that are consequential to success. The firm operates across diverse industries, including retail, financial services, manufacturing, mining, energy, healthcare, retail, and the public sector. We specialize in urgent turnaround performance improvements and driving complex change based on data-driven analysis. These services help our clients to enhance performance, maximize value, and ensure that their initiatives are responsive to evolving operational needs and other strategic market dynamics. Our network of consultants have helped businesses navigate complex challenges such as operational restructuring, growth strategy, new market entry, digital transformation and provided interim leadership team and other management solutions. GEORGE FOSU, the editor and project leader of the team behind this SME Global Knowledge Series Initiative, is a Partner at Akanani Advisory. He is a highly regarded international consultant with a 30-year career spanning two of the largest blue-chip global management consulting firms. His expertise encompasses strategy and reorganizations, business model development, and financial structuring. He is a chartered accountant with a Henley MBA and an Oxford MSc. He may be reached at george.fosu@akananiadvisory.com