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Toptal is a network of top business consultants with experience in supporting strategic projects. Private equity firms, startups and corporates hire business consultants from Toptal for their expertise in multiple types of projects such as growth strategy development, pricing strategy or M&A.

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Rudy Murgo

Freelance Business Consultant
UTC-08:00
United States
Toptal Member Since March 8, 2018

Rudy is a CFO with experience advising finance, operations, and capital investment in high-growth businesses across industries. He has helped raise over $260 million of capital for small and medium-sized companies and closed on $300+ million in debt, equity, and tax equity financing for larger firms. He has served a lead role in taking an energy technology public on the NYSE at a $2 billion valuation. He uses his experience to help growth-minded risk-takers accelerate growth in their businesses.

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Kevin Roberts

Freelance Business Consultant
UTC-06:00
United States
Toptal Member Since June 27, 2022

Over the last 20+ years, Kevin has closed 46 M&A deals totaling several billion in value. He started his career at leading investment banks—Bank of America and Merrill Lynch—and respected private equity firms—Trinity Hunt—advising clients ranging from $1-billion companies to startups and investment firms to family offices. Kevin joined Toptal mainly to leverage his capabilities in M&A and strategic finance, aiming at helping talented entrepreneurs and investors achieve their growth objectives.

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Elizabeth J. Howell Hanano, CFA

Freelance Business Consultant
UTC-05:00
United States
Toptal Member Since August 21, 2017

Elizabeth has around 15 years of experience in finance, consulting, and doggedly finding answers to things most people consider "too hard." She thrives at competitive analysis, valuation, growth strategies, pitch decks, and financial models and forecasts. She started in equity research at the investment bank Raymond James. She moved to a hedge fund before becoming an independent financial consultant. Elizabeth is also a business writer; she managed Toptal's Finance Blog for nearly six years.

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Janeen Walls

Freelance Business Consultant
UTC-05:00
United States
Toptal Member Since March 30, 2023

Janeen is a transformative change management leader with 18 years of experience in change management, project management, strategic planning, and training. She is highly skilled in collaborating with C-suite leadership to outline short- and long-term goals related to change for clients such as Salesforce, FedEx, Apple, and Volvo. Having worked at two Big Four consulting firms, Janeen obtained extensive experience developing innovative strategies to ensure achievement, improvement, and growth.

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João Paulo Pezzato Hellmeister

Freelance Business Consultant
UTC-03:00
Brazil
Toptal Member Since April 15, 2022

Joao is a professional with 11+ years of experience in project management, business consulting, internal control, internal audit, and compliance. He has a proven track record in managing complex projects from inception to delivery. Fluent in English, with excellent verbal and written communication skills and MS Office knowledge, Joao is committed to freelancing excellence and is looking to add value by improving companies' governance processes.

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Kemmy Oluleye

Freelance Business Consultant
UTC+00:00
United Kingdom
Toptal Member Since June 14, 2022

Kemmy, a seasoned business change and transformation consultant, is eager to assist clients in implementing sustainable changes. He managed a global change and transformation program that delivered governance, efficiency, and spend control of over €350 million in annual purchases. He handles the organizational side of change while leading IT-enabled business processes, holds an MBA from Bradford School of Management, and is certified in Lean Six Sigma Black, Change Management, Prince2, and MSP.

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Owen White

Freelance Business Consultant
UTC+01:00
France
Toptal Member Since January 25, 2022

Owen is a Chartered Accountant with commercial and leadership skills gained from over 20 years of experience in IT, telco, consulting, and health sectors. His major highlights include mergers and acquisitions due diligence for a €140 million acquisition by Logica Plc, leading the bidding and negotiations for contracts worth over £1 billion, and identifying and delivering annual efficiencies of over £60 million. Owen is eager to find fresh challenges and collaborate with diverse clients.

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Adam Gallo, MBA

Freelance Business Consultant
UTC+01:00
Switzerland
Toptal Member Since September 22, 2022

Adam is a results-driven, certified change and project manager with over 11 years of experience in Big Four consultancy and dynamic GBS finance operations. He specializes in leading matrix project teams, driving digital finance transformations and change initiatives in corporate HQ and shared services environments. With a strong focus on people management, Adam effectively leads and mentors teams while engaging with stakeholders, delivering impactful solutions that drive business success.

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Majed A. Rahim

Freelance Business Consultant
UTC+03:00
United Arab Emirates
Toptal Member Since April 4, 2022

Majed is a seasoned executive with C-suite and advisory experience who is passionate about complex and impactful projects. With global exposure in business development, Majed lived in eight countries and delivered industry work in more than 20. He has successfully worked with shareholders, senior management, and staff at all levels and is comfortable working alone or managing teams. Majed founded and operated consulting companies since 2009 and now is advising fintech and healthtech startups.

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Dhruv Tandan

Freelance Business Consultant
UTC+05:00
India
Toptal Member Since June 4, 2018

Dhruv has worked on successful finance and consulting projects worth over $1 billion, focusing on tech, energy, and life science companies across the US, Asia, and Africa. He currently serves as a fractional CFO for multiple startups, is a partner at AND Business Consulting, and has more than 15 years of experience in FP&A, fundraising, startup consulting, M&A, and project finance. With an MBA in finance, Dhruv enjoys the exposure and sheer variety of assignments that come with freelancing.

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Jatin Detwani

Freelance Business Consultant
UTC+08:00
Singapore
Toptal Member Since July 27, 2022

Jatin is the winner of Asia's Greatest CFO award for his work as the APAC CFO of Rocket Internet, one of the world's largest incubators and investors in technology companies. During his 20+ years of experience, he has advised 100+ fast-growing companies as a co-founder, CFO, board member, and advisor worldwide. His experience is multi-fold and multi-dimension. Jatin considers various perspectives when leading projects, including investors, co-founders, shareholders, and customers.

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Testimonials
Martin so far is a complete Rockstar. His first bit of work produced a tool for us to model and forecast our financials and is far and away worth every penny we paid and more. Just thought I’d share that with you.

Pete Pellizzari

CEO

Erik has been an extremely valuable member of our team who has tremendous breath of experience with start ups in our lifecycle phase. What makes his contribution unique and highly effective is not only his excellent financial modeling skills and knowledge, but also the emotional intelligence with which he manages each relationship at Vault, understands our team dynamics, and helps us tackle start up challenges effectively. It is rare to find a part-time consultant who makes you feel like he/she is genuinely invested in the success of your company.

Romy Parzick

COO

Toptal has been an incredible key partner for Sidekick. As an early-stage start-up, we’ve leveraged both design and financial talent. The experience has been incredible, with those professionals bringing creativity, expertise, and advice to ensure Sidekick succeeds. My Toptal financial expert helped steer Sidekick’s business model, which resulted in an initial ROI of 650x! My experience with Toptal has given me great confidence in the future.

Doug MacKay

Founder / CEO

Chris was great to work with and was always available on my schedule. His communication skills and personality were a 10/10. His outputs on the project were top notch and allowed us to develop more efficient forecasting and initiative prioritization frameworks. I would definitely use Chris again.

Chris Pozek

CEO

What really sets Toptal apart is the caliber of finance talent available in their network. I had a very specific and pressing need, and Toptal quickly matched me with the perfect person for the job. The expert produced a thoughtful and robust financial analysis that has ultimately allowed us to forecast and prioritize initiatives much more efficiently.

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CEO

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FAQs

  • How quickly can you hire with Toptal?

    Typically, you can hire a Business Consultant with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or Managed Delivery, timelines may vary. Our talent matchers are highly skilled in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network.

    Once you select your Business Consultant, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.

  • To hire the right Business Consultant, it’s important to evaluate a candidate’s experience, technical skills, and communication skills. You’ll also want to consider the fit with your particular industry, company, and project. Toptal’s rigorous screening process ensures that every member of our network has excellent experience and skills, and our team will match you with the perfect Business Consultants for your project.

  • At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Business Consultants to ensure we only match you with the highest caliber of talent. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut.

    In addition to screening for industry-leading expertise, we also assess candidates’ language and interpersonal skills to ensure that you have a smooth working relationship.

    When you hire with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched Business Consultants ready to help you achieve your goals.

  • You can hire Business Consultants on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the entire project from end-to-end with our Managed Delivery offering. Whether you hire an expert for a full- or part-time position, you’ll have the control and flexibility to scale your team up or down as your needs evolve. Our Business Consultants can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.

  • We make sure that each engagement between you and your Business Consultant begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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    Hire talent within 48 hours and scale your team up or down as needed, no strings attached.

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    We handle all aspects of billing, payments, and NDA’s. Let us take care of the overhead while you focus on building great products.

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    Choose the engagement type that suits your needs — hourly, part-time, or full-time — with the ability to change anytime.

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