COFRE

What COFRE does

COFRE is a privately held Chilean consulting firm founded in 2006 and headquartered in Santiago, specializing in corporate project management. It sells five integrated consulting services to enterprise clients: Project Portfolio Management, Business Transformation Program Management, Specialized Consulting, PMO as a Service (PMOaaS), and Specialist Profiles. The firm targets large organizations across financial services, manufacturing, retail, natural resources, telecommunications, and the public sector in Chile and Colombia, addressing pain points around strategic portfolio alignment, transformation program execution, and access to mature PMO capabilities without permanent headcount investment.

The firm's underlying technology is its accumulated consulting methodology, anchored in PMP and Scrum/Agile frameworks, delivered through the practical experience of a small senior team. Differentiating talent includes professionals with 15-30+ years of experience from Deloitte, Accenture, Kibernum, ENTEL, and SONDA, supported by credentials such as PMP and PSM I. COFRE does not develop proprietary software or AI systems; its IP is the codified PMO methodology and the bench of certified practitioners who apply it. No patents, trademarks, or technology platforms are disclosed.

Commercially, COFRE operates a professional services revenue model under custom consulting engagements, with no publicly disclosed pricing, recurring subscription tiers, or volume-based contracts. GTM is sales-led and relationship-driven, with direct enterprise outreach facilitated through a website contact form and partner networks; no formal channel partners, marketing programs, or third-party alliances are documented. The firm shows no external investment, subsidiaries, M&A activity, or parent company, and is run by a founding team of four named consultants, indicating a boutique operating model.

Name

COFRE

Legal name

COFRE

Website

https://cofre.cl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

COFRE is a Chilean consulting firm founded in 2006 that delivers corporate project management services, including portfolio management, business transformation program management, PMO as a Service, and specialist staffing, to enterprise clients across financial services, manufacturing, retail, natural resources, telecom, and public sector in Chile and Colombia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Program & Project Management (PMO) Consulting (BPAHACAL)

Keywords

• Corporate project management
• Project portfolio consulting
• PMO advisory services
• Business transformation consulting
• Program management consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for corporate project management including portfolio management, program management, specialized consulting, PMO as a Service, and specialist profiles for project execution.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

COFRE is a Chilean consulting firm that provides corporate project management services to enterprise clients. Its offerings include Project Portfolio Management, Business Transformation Program Management, Specialized Consulting, PMO as a Service (PMOaaS), and Specialist Profiles, helping organizations align project portfolios with strategy, improve execution performance, and access mature PMO capabilities on demand.

Product overview

COFRE is a consulting firm offering a portfolio of five corporate project management consulting services. The core offering includes Portfolio Management, Business Transformation Program Management, Specialized Consulting, PMO as a Service (PMOaaS), and Specialist Profiles. These services work together to guide organizations toward excellence in corporate project management, from strategic portfolio alignment to hands-on project execution support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Project Portfolio Management (Gestión del Portafolio de Proyectos) Consulting service that helps organizations select, prioritize, and monitor the projects they execute to achieve strategic objectives, providing leaders with reliable and timely information so resources are allocated optimally and projects remain aligned with the organization's vision and mission. Targeted at enterprise leaders responsible for strategic portfolio decisions.
• Business Transformation Program Management (Gestión de Programas de Transformación de Negocios) Management services that ensure business transformation programs are executed with excellence following best practices and methodologies, with measurement of expected results and benefits. Designed for organizations running large-scale business transformation programs across multiple industries.
• Specialized Consulting (Consultoría Especializada) Advisory services that help clients improve competitiveness through innovation in Corporate Project Management, incorporating best practices and market trends and generating synergies and learning between the consulting team and the client organization. Aimed at enterprises seeking to elevate their project management maturity.
• PMO as a Service (PMOaaS) Flexible and scalable solution that provides organizations access to a specialized and experienced PMO adapted to their specific needs and objectives, delivering the benefits of a mature PMO without the need to create or maintain one internally. Targeted at organizations needing PMO capabilities without permanent investment.
• Specialist Profiles (Perfiles de Especialistas) Specialized professional services in project management that allow flexible adaptation of project management teams according to organizational needs, reducing project costs and execution time and adjusting to environmental and strategy changes. Aimed at organizations that need elastic access to senior project management talent.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Accenture (Latin America): Global consulting and technology services firm with strong PMO/program management capabilities across LATAM. Rodrigo Holmberg's tenure at Accenture and the firm's breadth in transformation work make it a natural broad-incumbent comparator.
• Deloitte (Latin America): Global Big Four firm with a sizable PMO and transformation practice in Chile and across LATAM. COFRE's founders held Partner/Director roles at Deloitte, and Deloitte remains the most direct large-scale incumbent competitor for enterprise PMO mandates in the region.
• PwC (Chile): Big Four firm with an established consulting practice in Chile, including project and program management advisory. Competes with COFRE for the same enterprise transformation mandates, particularly in financial services and public sector.

Direct peers

• Kibernum: Chilean-founded IT and management consulting firm originally co-founded and led by COFRE's Sergio Concha for 15 years. Operates in adjacent PPM/IT services space across LATAM, making it one of the most directly comparable regional peers.
• Practia Consulting: Latin American management and technology consulting firm with a Project, Program and Portfolio Management practice spanning Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and other markets. Directly comparable to COFRE in offering and regional footprint; senior COFRE consultant Sandra Ramírez previously worked at Practia.

Emerging players

• The Hackett Group: Global consulting firm specializing in PMO, EPMO, and enterprise transformation advisory. Comparable in offering focus though larger and globally distributed; useful benchmark for COFRE's enterprise transformation value proposition.
• PMG Consulting: Specialized project, program and portfolio management (PPM) consulting firm offering strategic advisory and PMO services. Closely comparable to COFRE in offering focus, particularly for mid-market and enterprise transformation mandates.

Regional players

• SONDA: Large Latin American IT services and consulting firm with significant operations in Chile and broader region. Rodrigo Holmberg previously served as Director de Proyectos at SONDA; the firm competes in enterprise PMO and transformation engagements.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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