Craig Tomsett
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Management Consulting Expert
Vancouver, Canada
Toptal member since July 1, 2022
Craig is a strategic problem-solver who takes a data-led approach to address complex commercial challenges. He brings expertise from over a decade of experience across strategy consulting, startup, and technical roles and cross-sector knowledge, emphasizing financial services, industrials, healthcare, transportation, and logistics. Craig is an APEGBC certified professional engineer and committed professional with strong analytical skills and the ability to adapt to evolving industry trends.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Case Studies
Sell-side Strategic Due Diligence on a Pharmaceutical Services Company
Integration Playbook for a Company Pursuing an M&A Growth Strategy
Operating Model Development for Insurance Brokerage
Expertise
- Growth Strategy
- Insurance Broking
- Lending
- M&A (Buy-side)
- Market Entry
- M&A (Sell-side)
- Project Management
- Strategy
Work Experience
Engagement Manager
L.E.K. Consulting
- Led teams of 3-7 associates through more than 15 corporate strategy, M&A, and operational engagements across financial services, healthcare, industrials, transportation, and consumer sectors.
- Designed and delivered a value growth plan for a European financial services business, on track for a 40% EBITDA uplift through an M&A expansion and efficiency gains achieved by automation of routine processing activities.
- Conducted buy-side and sell-side strategic due diligence projects on eight transactions valued at up to $750 million.
- Developed a UK market entry strategy and operating model for a successful European small-to-medium enterprise (SME) lender.
- Crafted and evidenced a compelling investment narrative for a leading UK IVF group resulting in a $160 million sale.
- Managed the market entry and buy-and-build strategy for a private equity (PE) house entering the pharmaceutical services sector. This resulted in a more than $500 million transaction and clear targets for further investments.
- Enabled a UK insurance brokerage to save about 50% on property costs through an operating model assessment and real-estate footprint review following fundamental shifts in ways of working resulting from COVID-19.
General Manager, North America
County International
- Spearheaded the development of large-scale transportation projects by building and leading a cross-functional team, including technical, financial, legal, and real estate expertise.
- Negotiated key contracts, including a $25 million joint venture agreement for the initial development of a combined rail and port project and over a dozen major service contracts worth around $2 million.
- Generated financial and support by engaging with audiences including federal, state, and municipal level governments, first nations groups, mining companies, railroads, customers, and potential investors.
- Provided strategic recommendations to the CEO and the board of directors based on detailed technical and financial analyses.
Project Engineer
Ausenco
- Completed project management activities for an $860 million mining project, including developing estimates for discipline-specific engineering and capital costs, scheduling, progress reporting, and change management.
- Delivered $10 million early works contract in site engineer role, supervising contractors with over 100 tradespeople on-site, assisting in developing and implementing site safety procedures, and communicating with home office staff.
- Volunteered as an Ausenco Emerging Professionals leadership committee member, coordinating a professional development program for 30 junior technical staff in the Vancouver office.
Education
Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
INSEAD - Fontainebleau, France
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
University of British Columbia - Vancouver, Canada
Skills
Finance
M&A (Buy-side), M&A (Sell-side), Private Equity, Lending, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Due Diligence
Output Software
Microsoft Excel
Data & Analysis Software
SQL, Tableau
Other
Microsoft, Market Entry, Growth Strategy, Business Strategy, Business Processes, Strategy, Growth, Industry, Insurance Broking, Loans & Lending, Change Management, Business Process Analysis, Finance, Engineering, Project Management, Healthcare Services, Integration, Operating Models, Target Operating Models, Qualtrics, Alteryx
How to Work with Toptal
Toptal matches you directly with global industry experts from our network in hours—not weeks or months.
Share your needs
Choose your talent
Start your risk-free talent trial
Top talent is in high demand.
Start hiring