Strategic Advisory & Consulting

Clarity in
every decision.

Growth, transformation, financial challenges, and strategic change all create moments where clarity matters most.

Veltis helps leaders bring structure to complexity, align priorities, and make confident decisions that drive sustainable performance and long-term value.

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15+
Years of experience
80+
Projects completed
50+
BoD appointments

Principled thinking.
Practical outcomes.

We combine strategic, financial, and commercial expertise to help clients unlock value, navigate complex transformations, and achieve sustainable growth.

Strategic depth

We go beyond surface-level recommendations — developing strategies rooted in data, market realities, and your organization's unique strengths.

Trusted partnership

We work alongside your team as true partners — transparent, accountable, and committed to your long-term success above all else.

Measurable impact

Every engagement is defined by clear goals and outcomes. We don't just advise — we help you execute and deliver real results.

A focused suite of
consulting services.

We work across industries to help leaders make smarter decisions, build stronger organizations, and drive sustainable growth.

01
Business Turnaround and Crisis Management
As Founding Members of the European Association of Certified Turnaround Professionals (EACTP), our primary service offering includes business turnaround and financial stabilization initiatives during periods of financial distress.
02
Strategic "Go-to-Market" & International Expansion
Designing & implementing international "Go-to-Market" strategies and product positioning into new territories. Export growth advisory combining Scale-Up processes with organizational and financial alignment.
03
Operational Excellence & CFO Advisory
Undertaking interim CFO and COO roles, bridging the gap between financial control and operational effectiveness.
04
M&A and Corporate Development
Pre-deal Strategy & Target Evaluation, Post-Merger Integration (PMI) and Exit Strategy advisory.
05
Board Advisory and Governance Services
Independent Board Representation, providing oversight on governance, risk, and strategic direction. Family Office Advisory: Advise on optimum family structures, asset management and institutional funding (e.g., EU-approved VC funds).
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Executive Coaching & Mental Health Counselling

Offering structured support for individuals who want to understand and change the psychological patterns that impact their performance, relationships, and overall well-being. This work focuses on helping clients move beyond patterns of perfectionism, over-responsibility, and difficulty setting boundaries — especially when these patterns affect both personal and professional areas of life.

What I Help With

  • Chronic perfectionism and fear of making mistakes
  • Difficulty setting and maintaining personal or professional boundaries
  • Over-responsibility in relationships and work environments
  • People-pleasing patterns that lead to burnout or resentment
  • Internalized pressure from critical or high-demand environments
  • Emotional exhaustion despite external success or functionality

How I Work

My approach is structured, reflective, and insight-driven, combining systemic thinking with practical behavioural change. Together, we focus on:

  • Identifying recurring emotional and behavioural patterns
  • Understanding how these patterns were formed and reinforced
  • Recognising their impact on current relationships and decisions
  • Developing more intentional and sustainable ways of responding
  • Strengthening autonomy, clarity, and emotional regulation

The process is not about quick fixes, but about creating lasting internal change that supports more effective functioning in daily life.

Format of Work

  • One-to-one sessions (online or in-person)
  • Structured short-term focused work for specific patterns or challenges
  • Longer-term processes for deeper behavioural and relational change

Each process is tailored to the individual's needs, pace, and goals.

Who This Is For

This work is suitable for individuals who are ready to:

  • Understand their behavioural and emotional patterns more deeply
  • Move beyond automatic responses that no longer serve them
  • Take responsibility for change without self-judgment
  • Develop a more balanced and sustainable way of functioning

If you recognise yourself in these patterns and want to explore this work further, reach out to schedule an initial consultation.

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1
Discovery
We listen first — taking time to understand your organization, goals, culture, and challenges before anything else.
2
Analysis
Rigorous research and honest diagnosis to understand the real problem, not just the presenting symptoms.
3
Strategy
A clear, practical roadmap co-built with your team — grounded in reality and tailored to your context.
4
Delivery
We stay through execution, not just the presentation. Real change takes ongoing support.
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Real challenges.
Lasting results.

A selection of engagements where we've helped organizations navigate critical decisions and come out stronger on the other side.

Business Turnaround & Crisis Management

Transformation of an International Industrial Business in France

Underperforming commercial packaging operations required a structured phase-out, involving plant closure, workforce transition, and full legal compliance under French labour law.

IndustryIndustrial Packaging
OutcomeZero labour unrest

Business Turnaround & Crisis Management

Turnaround of a National Gaming Operator in Colombia

An underperforming gaming operator with 350 employees and 1,500 retail POS required operational stabilization, license renegotiation, and a path to sustainable profitability.

IndustryGaming & Leisure
Outcome~50% EBITDA improvement

M&A & Post-Merger Integration

PE-Backed Integration of Three Olive Oil Producers

Following a PE fund's acquisition of three EVOO producers, the new group needed a unified operating model to realize commercial, operational and financial synergies.

IndustryFMCG / Food
OutcomeUnified platform in under 1 year

Financial Restructuring & Turnaround

Stabilisation of a €1.5bn Grocery Retailer Under Liquidity Constraints

One of Greece's largest grocery chains faced acute financial distress. The engagement focused on cash management, working capital optimization, and coordinating stakeholders through a complex restructuring.

IndustryGrocery Retail
OutcomeEnterprise value preserved

Interim CRO & PE Advisory

Turnaround Oversight for a €150m PE-Backed Fashion Retailer

Appointed as Interim CRO by a PE fund acquiring a Greek omnichannel fashion retailer, overseeing a €15m bridge facility and providing independent governance during a critical restructuring phase.

IndustryFashion Retail
OutcomeIndependent PE oversight established

Interim CFO & Growth Financing

Growth Financing & Finance Transformation for a Premium Fashion Brand

A rapidly growing premium women's apparel brand needed upgraded financial governance and external capital to fund its next expansion phase. Appointed as Interim CFO to lead both workstreams.

IndustryFashion & Apparel
OutcomeEquity round & bank facility secured

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About Veltis

We help leaders make confident choices in complex moments.

Veltis is a boutique consulting partner for organizations that want practical strategy, stronger execution, and a values-driven way of working. We combine thoughtful analysis with a bias for clarity, designing solutions that fit your team and move your business forward.

Senior-led engagement

Experienced consultants stay involved from start to finish, ensuring recommendations are grounded in real-world execution.

Practical recommendations

We focus on what your organization can actually implement, not just what looks good on paper.

Long-term partnership

Our best work comes from trust and collaboration, not one-off reports.

15+

Years partnering with senior management in growth, transformation, and operational improvement.

50+

BoD appointments enabling independent robust governance, financial oversight and performance monitoring mechanisms to assist shareholders in their strategic decisions.

80+

Projects completed across strategy, finance, organizational change and market intelligence.

Leveraging the profound expertise of its founding partners in Corporate and Investment Banking, Information Technology, Food Retail, FMCG and Business Support Services, Veltis is dedicated to driving impactful operational turnaround and fostering efficiency improvements within a wide spectrum of SMEs.

The people behind Veltis.

George Kondylis

George Kondylis

Founding Partner

george.kondylis@veltisconsultants.com

George has led a successful international career of over 30 years in senior management and BoD positions in Financial Management and Business Development, with special emphasis in financial restructuring and business turnaround (George is a founding member of the European Association of Certified Turnaround Professionals, part of the TMA Global).

During the first part of his career, for almost 10 years, George held senior positions in corporate finance and investment banking at major European Banks, such as Barclays and ABN AMRO Bank, and gained significant experience in structured financial transactions, as well as in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Capital Markets (IPOs). From 2000-2013, George worked with leading Greek Multinationals, such as: M.J.Maillis Industrial Packaging Group (as Acquisitions and Mergers Manager), Intralot Gaming Technology Group (as Finance & Business Development Manager of International Subsidiaries) and Printec Transaction Automation Group (as Group CFO) completing more than 25 M&A and Turnaround transactions.

Since 2014, George founded a specialized consulting firm providing consulting services in corporate restructuring and business turnaround, either as a Restructuring Consultant (CRO), e.g. on behalf of Pillarstone (KKR Group) in Greece, or as Interim CFO on behalf of Carrefour-Marinopoulos S.A. where he helped the distressed company avoid a complete "meltdown", thus securing c.10.000 jobs via a court led insolvency & business merger with its major competitor (namely Sklavenitis Group). Until recently George was Executive Director in a prominent family office in Greece, managing a portfolio of investments exceeding € 20 mn, in the following sectors: Payment Technologies, Agriculture and Tourism. During this period, successfully concluded 2 equity divestments whist, in parallel, personally contributed in making and running new investments in the Greek Olive Oil Sector on behalf of the family office.

Finally, George holds an MBA from Manchester Business School (UK) and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business Administration from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, while he holds a A'Class CA license. Author of various articles and publications in the Financial Press, speaks Greek, English, French and Spanish.

Business Turnaround CFO / COO Advisory M&A Integration International Expansion PE & Board Advisory EACTP Member
Jenny Kasimatis

Jenny Kasimatis

Founding Partner

jennykasimatis@veltisconsultants.com

Jenny Kasimatis is a Mental Health Counselor with a systemic approach and a multidisciplinary professional background spanning more than two decades across international corporations, healthcare, marketing, hospitality, and business development.

Before transitioning into the mental health field, she held positions of increasing responsibility in organizations including Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Euromoney Institutional Investor, and other private-sector companies in Greece and the United Kingdom. Her experience ranges from marketing and strategic communications to compliance, operations, business development, and stakeholder management.

Today, she combines her extensive corporate experience with her work in mental health consulting, supporting individuals in understanding the behavioral and relational patterns that influence decision-making, resilience, personal effectiveness, and overall well-being. Her areas of interest include perfectionism, over-responsibility, boundary setting, life transitions, and the impact of family dynamics on adult functioning.

In addition to her private practice, Jenny actively contributes to community mental health initiatives through educational talks and awareness programs, addressing topics such as adolescence, parenting, family relationships, and personal growth.

Her work is guided by the belief that meaningful and sustainable change begins with greater self-awareness, stronger relationships, and the ability to respond to life's challenges with clarity and intention.

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