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Roland Berger: Geographic Expansion
Roland Berger achieved record €1.01bn revenue in 2025 with Asia growing 19% YoY. Expanded international footprint with new Sydney office and fifth US office in Houston. Also expanded capabilities through acquisitions including battery consulting team and CRO Management entity.
Source: discovered:vir.com.vn
The leadership read
Market entry of this kind typically deepens demand for the sector leadership bench strength in the region over the following 12–18 months.
“2025 was the most successful year in our firm's history. Our Asia region contributed proportionally more to this growth with +19% year-on-year. This performance is driven by the increasing need for transformation and regionalization of supply chains in Asia, for global as well as Asian multinational companies. Across Asia, addressing regional, as well as export-driven growing demand, requires fast transformation of value chains, from innovation, faster product development cycles to quality and cost improvement in manufacturing. In a turbulent geopolitical context, being the only global strategy consultancy with European roots is a clear competitive advantage for us.”
Market context: MitchelLake's Talent Market Index sits at 107.2 (Hot), down 1.8 on the prior month; Oceania hiring signal is running easing (-4.4pts).
Roland Berger: 1 signal in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow.
Market entry — the MitchelLake playbook
When a company expands into a new market, the first leadership hires decide whether it lands. A selection of market entries we've run:
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Square
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Market entry
Dropbox
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Market entry · Asia
Deliveroo
Executive Search in ASEAN
Market entry · Oceania
SurveyMonkey
Managing Director APAC (first hire in region) / Country Manager
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LivePerson
Director ASEAN (first hire in region); also Head of Presales APAC
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Etsy
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