Growth and impact, from a different perspective
Firehills is a consulting firm built for a world defined by complexity, interdependence and constant change. We bring a fresh perspective to clients, focused on unlocking growth and value creation.
We combine our expertise in strategy, business design and leadership capability with new ways to model the world.
Our delivery is fast, rigorous, and cost-effective: combining expert-led delivery with advanced technology and analytics, giving you results in weeks, not months.
Why we exist
The Firehills team possesses over fifty years of combined experience guiding leaders through strategic decisions and helping them execute on those decisions. The company was founded on the recognition that conventional economic and organizational thinking fails to capture real-world complexity.
Two critical developments now enable a better approach:
1. Artificial Intelligence now reveals breadth, structures and dynamics that were previously invisible.
2. New frameworks make economic complexity understandable
Firehills integrates these elements to deliver "a unique combination of insight and technology that lets leaders make decisions that unlock new sources of real growth and value."
What we believe
To challenge conventional thinking
alternative perspectives reveal untapped capabilities and opportunities.
We see the whole system
growth emerges from understanding how organizations, markets, and stakeholders interconnect, and how the system will evolve.
We make complexity actionable
using the right frameworks we reveal clear strategic options, with clear pathways for execution, avoiding complicated solutions.
What we do
Strategy
Roadmap for growth and value
We find the plays that will drive growth and value, making the most of your capabilities in today’s world, and tomorrow’s
Business Design
Build for delivery
We build organisations that will deliver your strategy, whether that’s changing what you’ve got or creating something wholly new.
Leadership
Talent for impact
We assemble the right leadership to steer your organisation in a complex world, creating value.
Who we work with
Firehills works with organisations across our economy and society, helping unlock growth and create commercial, economic and social value
Private Sector
We work with listed and private firms to help them develop and execute strategy.
Public Sector
We work with government and public sector organisations to create and implement policy and strategic change across our public sector system.
Private Equity
We work with investors to help them identify and make the most of their investment opportunities.
Success Stories
