Charrière Management

What Charrière Management does

Charrière Management GmbH is a boutique consulting firm headquartered in Wallisellen, Switzerland, founded in 2015 by Bettina Charrière. The firm specializes in advisory services for the energy and cleantech sectors, with a stated 35+ years of combined team experience across energy utilities, energy-intensive industries, top-tier consulting firms, and start-ups. Founder Bettina Charrière brings 25 years of management experience, including prior executive board roles at AXPO, Holcim, and EWZ, and an MBA from INSEAD.

The company organizes its offering around three core service pillars — Business Development, Interim Project Management, and Know-How Transfer — supported by specialized modules including Operational Excellence (procurement restructuring for utilities), Management Cockpit (SME business process optimization via cloud solutions), Strategy Definition and Business Planning, Investment Assessment, and Lecturing and Coaching. There are no proprietary technology products; the offering is purely human advisory work delivered through project-based engagements.

Commercially, Charrière Management serves a horizontal mix of three primary segments — utilities and energy-intensive industries, investors evaluating energy/cleantech opportunities, and cleantech start-ups transitioning from demonstration to commercial phases. Named clients include Axpo, Repower, Swiss Blue Energy, iiMerge, Pquadrum, SAFE, ALVA Invest, Addvalue Consulting, BLR & Partners, GEKO, and the municipality of Zumikon. The firm operates primarily in Switzerland with international reach via professional networks, has been part of the StartCup Ticino coaching team since 2017, and has no external institutional investors or parent company — it is a founder-owned private limited company.

Name

Charrière Management

Legal name

Charrière Management Gmbh

Website

https://ch-management.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Charrière Management is a Switzerland-based boutique consulting firm founded in 2015 that provides business development, interim project management, and know-how transfer services to energy utilities, energy-intensive industries, cleantech investors, and start-ups across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Turnaround, Restructuring & Crisis Management Consulting (BPAHACAO)

Keywords

• Energy consulting services
• Cleantech advisory
• Interim management consulting
• Energy strategy consulting
• Business development advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Wallisellen

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Revenue generated through consulting engagements including business development advisory, interim project management, and know-how transfer services. Engagements are project-based and tailored to client needs in the energy and cleantech sectors.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Charrière Management is a boutique management consulting firm serving the energy and cleantech sectors with three core service pillars: Business Development (strategy, board advisory, business planning, partner scouting), Interim Project Management (project leadership during change, operational excellence), and Know-How Transfer (seminars, crash courses, coaching). Services are delivered as tailored, project-based consulting engagements primarily to utilities, energy-intensive industries, investors, and cleantech start-ups in Switzerland and selected international markets.

Product overview

Charrière Management offers a unified consulting service portfolio organized around three core pillars: Business Development, Interim Project Management, and Know-How Transfer. These core services are supported by specialized modules including Strategy Definition and Business Plan development, Management Cockpit (process optimization), Operational Excellence (procurement restructuring), Investment Assessment, and Lecturing and Coaching programs. The firm positions itself as a bridge between new energy technologies and market opportunities, primarily serving utilities, energy-intensive industries, investors, and cleantech start-ups in the Swiss and European energy sector.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Development Consulting service focused on bridging new energy concepts with market opportunities, including board advisory, strategy development, business planning, partner scouting, match-making, and go-to-market support for utilities, energy-intensive industries, investors, and cleantech start-ups.
• Interim Project Management Project leadership and interim management services that help clients navigate complex projects during periods of change, including operational excellence initiatives such as procurement restructuring.
• Know-How Transfer Customized seminars, crash courses on energy topics, and coaching programs for developing young professionals, investors, and executives in the energy and cleantech sector.

Quantifiable outcome

• 750 tonnes CO2 reduction per year for Zumikon municipality heat network project
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fondazione Agire / StartCup TicinocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Since 2017, Charrière Management has been part of the coaching team for StartCup Ticino, the Tessin Cantonal Acceleration Program for Start-ups organized by Fondazione Agire. The company contributes coaching expertise to help accelerate cleantech and energy start-ups participating in the competition.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• POM+ Consulting AG: Swiss boutique management and IT consulting firm serving energy, infrastructure, and public-sector clients with strategy, transformation, and operational excellence services. Closely comparable in size, Swiss focus, and energy-sector concentration to Charrière Management.
• EBP (Ernst Basler + Partner): Swiss consulting firm specializing in energy, environment, infrastructure, and risk. EBP combines technical and strategic advisory for utilities and public clients, making it a direct comparable to Charrière Management's energy and cleantech advisory offering.
• Carbotech AG: Swiss environmental and energy consulting firm providing strategy, carbon management, and sustainability advisory to utilities, industry, and government. Comparable niche focus on energy/cleantech consulting in the Swiss market.
• Econcept AG: Swiss research and consulting firm covering energy, transport, and economic policy, with services spanning strategy, evaluation, and operational advisory for utilities and public-sector clients. Comparable in energy focus and boutique Swiss profile.
• Infras AG: Swiss research and consulting firm with strong energy, transport, and environment practices. Infras serves similar utility, industry, and government clients in the DACH region with strategic and policy advisory, making it a like-for-like peer in scope.

Broad incumbents

• KPMG Switzerland: Big Four professional services firm with a dedicated energy and utilities practice in Switzerland offering strategy, operational, and transformation consulting. Overlaps with Charrière Management on energy transformation and operational excellence mandates, but at much larger scale.
• PwC Switzerland: Big Four firm with a strong energy, utilities, and cleantech advisory practice serving Swiss and European clients on strategy, sustainability, and operational transformation. Competes for similar enterprise mandates at the larger end of the market.
• McKinsey & Company (Switzerland): Global management consulting firm with a dedicated Energy & Materials practice serving European utilities on transformation and energy transition. Competes with Charrière Management for high-end utility strategy mandates but at vastly greater scale and breadth.
• Boston Consulting Group (BCG): Global strategy consultancy with energy and sustainability practices serving European utilities, infrastructure investors, and cleantech corporates. Overlaps with Charrière Management on energy transition strategy and operational improvement workstreams.
• EY-Parthenon (Switzerland): Strategy arm of EY with a dedicated Power & Utilities practice serving Swiss and European energy clients on transformation, M&A, and operational improvement. Comparable service portfolio for energy clients but with much broader scale and delivery capacity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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