What CIS Consultores does

CIS Consultores is a privately held Chilean management consulting firm founded in 1974 with roughly 48 employees, headquartered in the Las Condes district of Santiago. The firm delivers advisory engagements across four core practice areas — Strategic Direction (Dirección Estratégica), People & Organization (Personas & Organización), Operations & Supply Chain (Operaciones & Supply Chain), and Public Impact (Impacto Público) — supplemented by sub-services in Corporate Governance, Family Business consulting, and Digital Transformation. Its stated client base comprises large and mid-sized private enterprises, Chilean state institutions, and NGOs, with named engagements spanning agribusiness (Camanchaca), beverages (CCU), retail (Soprole, Dimak), industrial manufacturing (El Volcán), chemicals (Methanex), construction (CyD Ingeniería), seafood (LimChile), insurance (La Araucana), telecommunications (Sixbell) and paper/packaging (Antalis). The value proposition rests on a multidisciplinary team combining economics, engineering, social sciences and humanities, plus senior partners with credentials at Pontificia Universidad Católica, Universidad de Chile, Stanford, Columbia and Harvard, including former Codelco CEO Marcos Lima as founding partner and former Bain & Company consultant Enrique Bone B.

The business model is classic professional services: project-based advisory mandates led directly by partners with C-suite executives and boards, complemented by referral-driven acquisition through board seats and academic ties. Revenue is generated via fee-for-engagement quotations, with pricing not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market relies on partner-led enterprise field sales, supported by thought leadership in Chilean business media (El Mercurio, La Tercera, La Segunda), LinkedIn, and a digital newsletter, plus teaching positions at major Chilean universities and ESE Business School. There is no proprietary technology platform; value is delivered through human expertise, proprietary consulting methodologies, and 50 years of institutional memory. Marketing channels are concentrated at the top of the funnel through earned media and academic positioning, while distribution is concentrated at the partner level through direct C-suite relationships and referrals from existing client boards.

Operationally, CIS is a lean partnership with no disclosed funding, no acquisitions, no subsidiaries, and no parent entity. Ownership is concentrated among long-tenured partners led by President Enrique Bone (25+ years), Managing Partner Claudio Pizarro, and Founding Partner Marcos Lima, supported by additional partners and senior consultants. Recent strategic activity has centered on formalizing new service lines (Digital Transformation, Family Business, Public Impact), a working partnership with CISTRANSPORTES for public infrastructure advisory, and refresh of the brand around its 50th anniversary in 2024.

Name

CIS Consultores

Legal name

CIS Consultores

Website

https://cisconsultores.cl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CIS Consultores is a privately held Chilean management consulting firm founded in 1974 with roughly 48 employees, delivering partner-led strategic, organizational, supply chain, and public-impact advisory to enterprises, state institutions, and NGOs across Chile and Latin America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

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

Revenue model

1. Strategic Management Consulting: Professional fee-based consulting engagements delivered to enterprises, public institutions, and NGOs, covering strategic direction, organizational transformation, operations, and public impact. Revenue is generated on a project-by-project basis through advisory mandates with senior client leadership.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CIS Consultores is a Chilean management consulting firm offering advisory services across four core areas: Strategic Direction (defining purpose, markets, and strategic action lines with sustainability focus), People & Organization (building agile, adaptive organizations), Operations & Supply Chain (planning, execution, and control of supply chain processes), and Public Impact (strategic management of projects generating public value). The firm supplements these core services with specialized sub-services including Corporate Governance, Family Business Consulting, and Digital Transformation, delivered to enterprises, state institutions, and NGOs in Chile and Latin America.

Product overview

CIS Consultores is a management consulting firm with over 50 years of experience in Chile. The company offers a unified portfolio of consulting services organized into four core areas: Dirección Estratégica (Strategic Direction), Personas & Organización (People & Organization), Operaciones & Supply Chain (Operations & Supply Chain), and Impacto Público (Public Impact). These core services are supplemented by specialized sub-services including Corporate Governance, Family Business Consulting, and Digital Transformation. The firm's approach combines academic and conceptual perspectives with practical executive experience, integrating economics, engineering, social sciences, and humanities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategic Direction (Dirección Estratégica) Strategic consulting services supporting clients in defining purpose and ambition, setting priority markets, and establishing strategic action lines with a sustainability focus, including support for strategy execution and implementation aligned across the organization.
• People & Organization (Personas & Organización) Consulting services focused on building agile organizations with adaptive and resilient capacity, helping leaders mobilize teams toward high performance in complex and uncertain contexts.
• Operations & Supply Chain (Operaciones & Supply Chain) Supply chain management consulting covering planning, execution, and control to optimize processes and deliver products/services at the right place, time, quantity, and lowest cost.
• Public Impact (Impacto Público) Public impact consulting supporting public and private sector leadership in strategic management of projects that generate public value and sustainable development.
• Corporate Governance (Gobierno Corporativo) Corporate governance design and implementation including Family Protocols, Shareholder Agreements, Boards, and Board Committees for sustainable enterprise management.
• Family Business Consulting (Empresas Familiares) Family business consulting facilitating agreements at family and business levels, supporting Family Council, Board formation, and external professional governance.
• Digital Transformation (Transformación Digital) Digital transformation consulting addressing disruptive changes in business models driven by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, focusing on digital platforms and ecosystems.

Quantifiable outcome

• El Volcán achieved successful transition from family business to professionalized enterprise after 60+ years of operations, with improved organizational performance
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CISTRANSPORTESminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIS Consultores works collaboratively with CISTRANSPORTES, indicating an ongoing working relationship in the public impact and transportation/infrastructure advisory space. The nature of collaboration appears to be project-based advisory on shared client engagements involving transportation and public sector impact.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• PwC Strategy&: Big Four advisory practice with a global Strategy& consulting arm active in Latin America across corporate strategy, operations, and public-sector engagements — competing with CIS on large enterprise and institutional mandates across the region.
• Accenture Strategy: Global consulting and technology firm with a dedicated strategy group active in Chile and Latin America on digital transformation, operations, and industry-specific advisory — competes with CIS on enterprise digital and operations mandates with stronger technology delivery capacity.
• KPMG (Chile): Big Four advisory firm in Chile providing management consulting, deal advisory, and public-sector services — competing with CIS on enterprise transformation and public-sector mandates under a much larger umbrella practice.
• EY-Parthenon: Big Four strategy consulting arm (EY-Parthenon) with active Chilean and regional presence in corporate strategy, transactions, and transformation — a broad incumbent that overlaps with CIS's strategic direction and family business/governance offerings.
• Deloitte (Chile): Big Four firm operating a sizable Chilean consulting practice covering strategy, human capital, operations, and public-sector advisory — competes with CIS for enterprise and government mandates as part of a much broader audit/tax/advisory portfolio.

Direct peers

• Bain & Company: Global strategy consulting firm with a Santiago office and active LatAm practice in strategy, M&A, family business advisory, and transformation — a direct competitor and talent feeder for CIS (CIS Director of Projects Enrique Bone B. previously served as a Bain strategy consultant).
• Roland Berger: European-origin global strategy firm with strong presence in Latin America covering corporate strategy, operations, public sector, and transformation — directly comparable to CIS in service mix and target buyer profile at large Latin enterprises.
• Oliver Wyman: Global management consultancy with deep financial services, retail, and public-sector practices serving Latin American clients on strategy, operations, and risk — overlapping with CIS's enterprise and Impacto Público service lines.
• Boston Consulting Group: Global strategy consultancy serving Chilean and multinational corporates on strategy, operations, digital transformation, and organizational design — competing for the same C-suite mandates CIS pursues, particularly in retail, industrial, and financial services accounts.
• McKinsey & Company: Global elite strategy consulting firm with a long-standing Chile and Latin America practice serving large enterprises and public-sector institutions on strategic direction, organizational transformation, and operations — the same core mandates CIS addresses, but at materially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cis-ingenieros-consultores

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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