Hakluyt & Company

What Hakluyt & Company does

Hakluyt & Company is a privately held, partner-owned global strategic advisory firm founded in 1995 and headquartered in London. It provides bespoke strategic intelligence and counsel to corporate leaders, boards, and institutional investors on matters including mergers and acquisitions due diligence, market entry, competitive intelligence, major commercial disputes, cyber risk, and senior executive appointments. Its core methodology centers on a curated human intelligence network — drawn from senior figures across government, industry, and finance — rather than on automated or AI-driven research tooling; discretion and trust are positioned as defining service characteristics.

The firm operates 13 offices across 9 countries, including London, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC, Toronto, Frankfurt, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney. Geographically, London remains the historic anchor while North America (with a New York headquarters established in November 2024) and APAC represent key growth regions. The business model is professional services: revenue is generated through high-value, bespoke engagement fees tied to senior partner involvement on each mandate, with a relationship-driven go-to-market that relies on referrals and personal networks rather than marketing or volume sales.

In March 2023 the firm extended beyond pure advisory into principal investment via the launch of Hakluyt Capital, a dedicated investment vehicle whose first fund closed in June 2024, creating a new revenue stream alongside the core advisory practice. For the fiscal year ending June 2025, Hakluyt reported revenue growth of 13.7% and operating profit growth of 19.5%, reflecting healthy operating leverage. The firm is governed as a partnership, with leadership including an Acting Managing Partner (Holly Morrow) and a high-profile International Advisory Board chaired by former UK Foreign Secretary Lord William Hague.

Name

Hakluyt & Company

Legal name

Hakluyt & Company Limited

Website

https://hakluytandco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Hakluyt & Company is a London-headquartered, partner-owned global strategic advisory firm serving corporate leaders, boards, and investors. It delivers bespoke intelligence on M&A, market entry, competitive dynamics, disputes, and senior hires via a curated human intelligence network across 13 offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Strategic Advisory Services

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (54191)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Analytics & Business Intelligence Services (BPAHALAC)

Keywords

• Strategic advisory services
• Corporate intelligence consulting
• M&A advisory
• Geopolitical risk advisory
• Executive search support

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Strategic Advisory Services: Hakluyt generates revenue through professional advisory services provided to corporate clients and investors. The firm delivers bespoke strategic intelligence on M&A and partnerships, market entry, competitive dynamics, major disputes, cyber risks, and critical C-suite hires. Revenue increased 13.7% for the year ending June 2025.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hakluyt & Company is a global strategic advisory firm that delivers bespoke intelligence and counsel to corporate leaders and investors on their most pressing commercial issues. Its work covers mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, market entry, competitive dynamics, major disputes, cyber risks, and critical C-suite hires, drawing on a global network of senior contacts rather than automated or AI-based research.

Product overview

Hakluyt & Company is a global strategic advisory firm founded in 1995, headquartered in London with offices in nine countries. The firm operates as a single unified advisory service rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture, offering discreet intelligence and advisory services to corporate clients and investors on high-stakes commercial decisions. The core offering is strategic advisory consulting supplemented by Hakluyt Capital (investment activities) and Principal Navigations (a podcast series). The firm emphasizes human expertise over technology solutions, positioning itself as a consultancy-style provider of bespoke geopolitical and commercial intelligence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hakluyt Capital: Investment arm of Hakluyt providing investment advisory services and managing investment funds.

Products and services

• Strategic Advisory Services
• Hakluyt Capital

Quantifiable outcome

• Revenue growth of 13.7% and operating profit growth of 19.5% for FY ending June 2025, demonstrating client demand for human intelligence services amid global economic and geopolitical uncertainty.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Hakluyt CapitalcoreOthers · 1 May 2026
• Academy of St Martin in the FieldscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2025Hakluyt announced a new three-year social impact partnership with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, a renowned classical music orchestra. The partnership provides financial support and pro bono strategic advice to support the organization's charitable mission.
• Jazz at Lincoln CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Hakluyt announced a new cultural partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center, providing support for this cultural institution's programs and operations.
• Orchestras for AllminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024Hakluyt announced a new partnership with Orchestras for All, supporting the organization's mission to provide orchestral music opportunities to young people.
• Clontarf FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024Hakluyt announced a new partnership with the Clontarf Foundation, supporting educational outcomes for young Indigenous Australian men.
• Singapore Repertory TheatreminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2023Hakluyt announced a partnership with the Singapore Repertory Theatre to support performing arts in Singapore.
• Sesame WorkshopminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2022Hakluyt announced a partnership with Sesame Workshop, supporting early childhood education programs.
• British Museum and Toyo BunkominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2022Hakluyt partnered with the British Museum and Toyo Bunko (Japan) to facilitate academic exchange programs.
• American Ballet TheatrecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2020Hakluyt began a collaboration with American Ballet Theatre, advising on its response to the global coronavirus pandemic, international education programmes, and future touring plans. Keith Lieberthal from the New York office became a founding member of the ABT Global Council.
• St Jude India ChildCare CentrescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011Hakluyt has supported St Jude India ChildCare Centres since 2011, focusing on centres in Jaipur and Chennai. The partnership provides accommodation for children undergoing cancer treatment and their families from underprivileged backgrounds.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Control Risks: Control Risks provides political, security and integrity risk advisory to corporations and investors - directly overlapping Hakluyt's market entry, cyber, and disputes use cases. Both run human-intelligence-led engagements for enterprise C-suite clients.
• Eurasia Group: Eurasia Group is the closest direct peer: a private geopolitical risk advisory firm serving corporations and investors on the same M&A, market entry, and country-risk use cases as Hakluyt. Both monetize senior-adviser networks and bespoke intelligence rather than syndicated research.
• Pagefield: Pagefield is a London-headquartered strategic communications and advisory firm serving senior corporate clients on reputational and strategic issues. It mirrors Hakluyt's boutique model, London base, and senior-adviser-led client engagement style.
• Brunswick Group: Brunswick is a global strategic advisory firm serving corporate leaders on critical commercial issues including M&A, crises, and investor positioning. Like Hakluyt, it competes on senior-adviser relationships and discretion, with comparable billing economics on bespoke retainers.
• S-RM: S-RM is a privately-held intelligence and risk consultancy delivering bespoke political, cyber, and integrity due diligence to corporates and investors. It competes head-to-head with Hakluyt's commercial intelligence practice on mid-market and emerging-market mandates.
• GIC Group (Global Intelligence Consultants): GIC is a boutique strategic intelligence and security advisory firm serving corporates and investors, with comparable emphasis on human-source intelligence and senior-adviser engagement models for M&A and market-entry diligence.

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company: McKinsey is a global management consulting incumbent whose corporate strategy, M&A, and risk practices compete for the same enterprise advisory budgets as Hakluyt, though it operates a vastly larger, technology-enabled delivery model rather than a senior-relationship boutique.
• FTI Consulting: FTI is a large public strategic advisory firm overlapping Hakluyt's corporate intelligence, M&A due diligence, and disputes practices. It offers scaled, cross-functional teams but competes principally on a portfolio basis rather than a discreet senior-adviser niche.
• Bain & Company: Bain is a global consulting incumbent whose M&A and strategy practices frequently intersect with Hakluyt's advisory scope at large enterprise clients. Like McKinsey, it competes via scaled delivery teams rather than intimate senior-adviser engagement.
• Boston Consulting Group: BCG is a global management consulting incumbent with adjacent corporate strategy, due diligence, and risk advisory practices. It overlaps Hakluyt at the top of the enterprise market but does not specialize in the discreet, human-intelligence-led intelligence niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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