North Highland

What North Highland does

North Highland is a privately held management and transformation consultancy founded in 1992 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, operating under holding company TNHC Consulting LLC. The firm employs more than 1,000 professionals across the US, UK, Middle East, Romania, Ecuador, Canada, and South Africa, and is a member of the Cordence Worldwide global consulting alliance. North Highland serves enterprise and public sector clients in nine or more verticals including Financial Services, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Public Sector, Transportation, Retail, Energy, Hospitality, and Media with change management, transformation management, workforce and organizational optimization, data and systems modernization, and technology consulting services. The firm differentiates through a 'Vision to Value' methodology connecting strategy to measurable outcomes, with disclosed ROI metrics including 30-50% reductions in procurement cycle times, $120M annual leakage recovery for a global pharmaceutical client, and 97% reductions in transportation reporting time.

The company's underlying technology layer centers on the proprietary NH360 Strategic Portfolio Management software suite, comprising NH360 Strategic Portfolio Manager (aligning investments with strategy), Portfolio Insights (enhancing portfolio decision-making through embedded analytics), and Enterprise Connect (generating dynamic blueprints across organizational silos). These modules integrate with SAP, Oracle, ServiceNow, Jira, Azure Boards, Microsoft Project, Teams, Power Automate, and Procore. AI capabilities span predictive analytics, computer vision for tolling image review, conversational analytics (NLP), and agentic AI procurement systems.

North Highland's business model combines professional consulting services (project-based time-and-materials or fixed-fee engagements sold through senior enterprise relationship managers) with subscription-based NH360 software licensing and implementation services. Revenue is generated primarily through multi-year consulting engagements with C-suite and senior leadership buyers. Growth has been supported by three acquisitions (Decooda in March 2022, UMT360 in June 2023, and The Bridge in January 2025), strategic partnerships including ORO Labs (April 2026) and Takamol Holding (October 2024), and a refreshed brand positioning around 'AI-forward, customer-obsessed' transformation under new Global CEO Anthony Shaw, who was appointed in June 2026.

Name

North Highland

Legal name

The North Highland Company

Website

https://northhighland.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

North Highland is a privately held management consulting firm founded in 1992, headquartered in Atlanta, with 1,000+ professionals delivering transformation, change management, workforce optimization, and proprietary NH360 strategic portfolio management software to enterprise and government clients across nine industry verticals in the Americas, EMEA, and South Africa.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategic Partnerships, Alliances & JVs Advisory (BPAHADAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships Advisory (JVs, Alliances, Carve-outs) (BPAHAOAG)

Keywords

• Management consulting services
• Transformation management
• Strategic portfolio management software
• Change management consulting
• Workforce optimization advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: North Highland generates the majority of its revenue through professional consulting engagements. These are typically project-based, billed by professional time and materials or fixed-fee engagements across transformation management, workforce optimization, technology consulting, and industry-specific advisory services. Engagements are sold directly to enterprise and government clients through senior relationship managers.
2. Strategic Portfolio Management Software (NH360): North Highland sells and licenses its proprietary SPM software platform (NH360) including Strategic Portfolio Manager, Portfolio Insights, and Enterprise Connect. Revenue is generated through software licensing and related implementation/integration services. The firm also provides SPM accelerators (pre-built solution templates) that can be activated in days.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

North Highland is a management consulting firm that sells change and transformation services to enterprise and government clients across Financial Services, Healthcare, Public Sector, Retail, Transportation, Energy, Life Sciences, Hospitality, and Media. Its core service lines are Transformation Management, Workforce and Organizational Optimization, Data and Systems Modernization, and Technology Consulting (Data & AI, Cloud & Product, Security & Privacy, Salesforce). The firm also sells and licenses its proprietary NH360 Strategic Portfolio Management software suite (Strategic Portfolio Manager, Portfolio Insights, Enterprise Connect), pairing platform technology with consulting delivery.

Product overview

North Highland is a change and transformation consultancy offering a platform-plus-services model. The core software offering is the NH360 Strategic Portfolio Management platform, which includes three integrated modules: NH360 Strategic Portfolio Manager (core software connecting investments with strategies), Portfolio Insights (enhancing portfolio investment decision-making), and Enterprise Connect (breaking down organizational silos). These are complemented by consulting services including Technology Consulting (Data & AI, Cloud & Product, Security & Privacy, Salesforce), Transformation Management, Workforce and Organizational Optimization, and Data and Systems Modernization. The offering is augmented by strategic acquisitions including UMT360 (Strategic Portfolio Management), Decooda (AI/deep learning for customer insights), and The Bridge (AI and cloud capabilities). The company also offers AI-powered solutions including predictive analytics, conversational analytics, computer vision for tolling operations, and agentic AI platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NH360 Strategic Portfolio Manager: Strategic Portfolio Management software solution that connects and aligns all investments with strategies, driving greater business agility.
• Portfolio Insights
• Enterprise Connect

Products and services

• Transformation Management A service line that helps businesses transform with people at the heart of every decision, delivering a people-first experience and connecting strategy to execution with change adoption support. Targeted at enterprise and government clients undergoing transformation programs.
• Workforce and Organizational Optimization Service line that optimizes workforce performance through digital mindsets, improving team impact, efficiency, productivity, resilience, performance monitoring, and resource capacity management for enterprise and government clients.
• Data and Systems Modernization Service line focused on updating data and systems to enable digital transformation, including AI integration, cloud solutions, and robust security measures for enterprise and government clients.
• Technology Consulting Service line delivering a comprehensive suite of technology services including Strategy & Advisory, Cloud & Product, Acceleration, Data & AI, Security & Privacy, and Salesforce capabilities designed to drive transformation and value for enterprise and government clients.
• NH360 Strategic Portfolio Manager Proprietary Strategic Portfolio Management software that connects and aligns all investments with strategies, driving greater business agility. Provides application management, business architecture, capability planning, enterprise architecture, lean portfolio, and new product development capabilities, with integrations including SAP, Oracle, ServiceNow, Jira, Azure Boards, Microsoft Project, Teams, Power Automate, and Procore. Sold to enterprise clients with SPM accelerators that activate in days.
• NH360 Portfolio Insights Software module that enhances portfolio investment decision-making and accelerates value realization with embedded analytics and restructured strategy and portfolio analysis modules for enterprise customers.
• NH360 Enterprise Connect Software module that breaks down organizational silos and generates a dynamic blueprint of the business, creating a holistic view of projects, portfolios, and financial performance for enterprise customers.
• The Studio Creative services division adding capabilities to serve a wider set of projects and clients beyond core consulting engagements.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30–50% reduction in procurement cycle times for a global pharmaceutical company using agentic AI
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability10 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• ORO LabscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2026North Highland and ORO Labs announced a strategic partnership making North Highland ORO's official change partner to drive adoption of AI-enabled procurement transformations. The partnership combines ORO's AI-driven procurement platform with North Highland's change management expertise. It is already supporting a global pharmaceutical company implementing an enterprise-wide agentic procurement platform for approximately 35,000 users. The collaboration aims to help procurement leaders achieve board-level value and sustained performance improvement.
• The BridgecoreTechnology or Integration · 14 January 2025North Highland acquired The Bridge (Dallas-based technology and strategy consultancy) in January 2025 to strengthen its digital and technology transformation capabilities. The integration focuses on Data & AI, Cloud & Product, and Digital Experience solutions, expanding expertise across Retail, CPG, Financial Services, and Healthcare sectors.
• Takamol HoldingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 October 2024North Highland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Takamol Holding to drive digital transformation in Saudi Arabia's public sector, supporting Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 objectives. The partnership focuses on leveraging North Highland's transformation expertise combined with Takamol's public sector capabilities.
• UMT360coreTechnology or Integration · 14 June 2023North Highland acquired UMT360, a global leader in Strategic Portfolio Management software and services, in June 2023. This was North Highland's largest acquisition to date and expanded its presence in Europe and North America, strengthening its transformation services and enterprise agility solutions.
• DecoodasupportingTechnology or Integration · 16 March 2022North Highland acquired Decooda, a data platform recognized by Forrester, to enhance its capabilities in analyzing customer interactions using AI and deep learning. The acquisition supports transformation initiatives by understanding customer and employee motivations and helps clients leverage insights quickly.
• Cordence WorldwidecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorth Highland is a member of Cordence Worldwide, a global alliance of management consultancies. The alliance enables multinational client delivery and cross-border consulting referrals, extending North Highland's reach globally beyond its owned offices.
• Technology Partners (AWS, Databricks, Microsoft, Nintex, PriceFX, Salesforce, Snowflake)supportingTechnology or IntegrationNorth Highland has partnerships with major technology vendors including AWS, Databricks, Microsoft Gold Partner, Nintex, PriceFX, Salesforce, and Snowflake. These partnerships enable the firm to offer comprehensive digital transformation solutions tailored to drive growth and operational efficiency across industries.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Slalom: Slalom is a US-headquartered management and technology consulting firm with a similar mid-tier positioning, deeply focused on transformation, AI adoption, and change management across enterprise and public sector clients. Closely comparable in size, service mix, and enterprise GTM motion, and the most direct head-to-head competitor in NH's core transformation practice.
• Huron Consulting Group: Huron is a publicly traded mid-tier consulting firm with a similar industry vertical mix (Healthcare, Higher Education, Public Sector, Financial Services) and comparable revenue per consultant. Comparable in scale and service portfolio — strategy, operations, technology, and transformation — making it one of the closest publicly observable peers.
• West Monroe: West Monroe is a privately held business and technology consulting firm of comparable size, with deep industry verticals and a transformation management / tech consulting portfolio directly overlapping NH's offerings. Often competes head-to-head for mid-market enterprise transformation mandates.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen is a publicly traded consulting firm concentrated on US federal, state, and commercial clients with strong technology and digital transformation practices. NH's public sector, transportation, and government-heavy portfolio overlap directly with Booz Allen's federal civilian and commercial transformation work.
• Kearney: Kearney (formerly A.T. Kearney) is a global strategy and management consulting firm with strong operations consulting and SPM-adjacent capability. Stephen Ardill's prior senior role at Kearney (per his bio) reflects NH's historical recruiting and operational overlap in strategy and transformation engagements.
• ICF International: ICF is a publicly traded consulting firm with a comparable mix of public sector, energy, transportation, and health consulting work, often bundling proprietary research and analytics with advisory services. Strong competitor for NH's transportation and public sector transformation mandates.

Broad incumbents

• Accenture: Accenture is the largest global management and technology consulting firm and a frequent incumbent on enterprise transformation deals. Anthony Shaw's prior tenure at Accenture (per his bio) underscores the direct competition for senior talent and major enterprise AI/transformation mandates.
• Deloitte (Consulting): Deloitte's consulting practice competes across all of NH's service lines (transformation, technology consulting, change management) and is the largest Big 4 consulting firm by revenue. Named alongside NH in multiple Forrester and IDC analyst reports covering the same categories.
• KPMG (Advisory): KPMG's advisory practice is a frequent competitor on transformation and change management mandates; Anthony Shaw's prior tenure at KPMG (per his bio) reflects the recruitment overlap and direct competition for enterprise transformation and AI engagements.
• McKinsey & Company: McKinsey is the largest strategy consultancy and competes with NH on enterprise strategy and transformation work, especially when engagements start as a strategy mandate and expand into execution and change. NH's strategy consulting practice is a direct sub-scale competitor to MBB on these pursuits.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A5 records

Investments1 record

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