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Where conversations
are key.

The right conversation can open a door, shape an opportunity or change the direction of a business.

Arise Consulting Group (ACG) brings together commercial thinking, meaningful relationships and hands-on execution to create new pathways for growth.

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What We Do

We create the opportunities that create growth.

We help businesses grow. From commercial strategy, business development, sales and strategic partnerships to brand building, digital marketing and campaigns designed to deliver genuine return on ad spend, we bring together the thinking, relationships and execution required to move a business forward.

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About Us

Built around better conversations.

Arise Consulting Group (ACG) is an independent commercial growth consultancy founded on a simple belief: the right conversation can change the direction of a business.

We work with businesses that have strong capabilities, valuable services or promising ideas, but need greater commercial direction, access or execution to realise the opportunity.

Our approach is personal and hands-on. We listen, ask the right questions and understand the people behind the business before developing the strategy around it.

Organisations We Work With

Relationships built across industries.

Founding Partners

Two distinct strengths. One commercial focus.

ACG is led by founding partners Kif Chowdhury and Stefan Braga. Clients work directly with the people responsible for understanding the business, shaping the strategy and moving each opportunity forward.

Kif Chowdhury, Founding Partner at ACG
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Kif Chowdhury

Founding Partner

The strongest opportunities do not begin with a sales pitch. They begin with understanding the person on the other side of the conversation.

Kif is a natural relationship-builder with a strong instinct for people, opportunity and commercial alignment. He has built his career around high-trust conversations, complex negotiations and relationships that require clarity, credibility and genuine personal connection.

Kif leads strategic relationships, commercial partnerships and opportunity development at ACG. He works closely with clients to understand where they want to go, identify who can help them get there and shape conversations that create value for everyone involved.

Stefan Braga, Founding Partner at ACG
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Stefan Braga

Founding Partner

He brings structure to ideas, accountability to action and discipline to the conversations that can move a business forward.

Stefan is a commercially driven business-development specialist with a strong background across B2B sales, relationship management, marketing and growth strategy. He understands how to take a business from broad ambition to a clearly defined commercial pathway.

At ACG, Stefan leads commercial strategy, business development and execution. He can identify where an offer needs refinement, determine which markets and decision-makers matter most and develop the systems, messaging and follow-through required to create consistent commercial momentum.

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The Commercial Problem

Good businesses do not always get the opportunities they deserve.

Capability is only part of the equation. Growth also requires clear positioning, access to the right people and the ability to move a conversation forward.

That is where ACG comes in.

Capabilities

Seven ways we help a business move forward.

  • Commercial strategyClarify the opportunity, sharpen the offer, define priorities and build a practical route to growth.

    Commercial audit, offer design, market positioning, growth roadmap, go-to-market planning.

  • Business developmentIdentify the right markets, organisations and decision-makers, then create and progress the conversations that matter.

    Target market design, prospect research, outreach strategy, introductions, pipeline development.

  • Sales and trainingStrengthen the message, process, capability and confidence required to convert opportunities consistently.

    Sales messaging, process design, coaching, practical training, deal progression.

  • Strategic partnershipsFind genuine areas of alignment and build partnerships that create value for every party involved.

    Partner strategy, opportunity mapping, introductions, commercial models, activation planning.

  • Brand buildingBuild a clearer and more credible market position, supported by language and assets that make the business easier to understand and trust.

    Positioning, messaging, identity direction, content foundations, launch systems.

  • Digital marketing and performanceConnect creative, audience, channel and offer around a clear commercial objective, with a genuine focus on return on ad spend.

    Campaign strategy, partner management, content briefs, performance oversight, optimisation.

  • Special projects and commercial opportunitiesBring structure and momentum to high-value opportunities that sit across traditional service lines.

    New ventures, commercial models, market entry, partnership ecosystems, project execution.

How We Work

Understand. Connect. Develop.

  1. Understand

    We listen, ask the right questions and get underneath the business, the opportunity and the people involved.

    What you experienceGood questions, direct founder involvement, commercial diagnosis and clear priorities.

  2. Connect

    We identify the conversations that matter and bring the right organisations, capabilities and decision-makers together.

    What you experienceRelevant access, considered introductions, stronger positioning and purposeful conversations.

  3. Develop

    We give the opportunity commercial structure and help move it from conversation towards outcome.

    What you experiencePractical action, disciplined follow-through, accountability and measurable momentum.

Selected Work

Conversations in Motion.

Compact, anonymised stories: the commercial situation, the conversation ACG helped create and the movement that followed.

  • Commercial growth

    Growth system for a performance organisation

    Situation
    A credible specialist business had demand and relationships, but no consistent structure for converting leads and entering new channels.
    Our contribution
    Refined the target market, sales pathway, outreach priorities and partnership opportunities.
    The movement
    A clearer commercial system, stronger follow-through and a repeatable path to growth.

  • Brand and digital

    Digital growth for a coaching business

    Situation
    A service-led business needed sharper positioning, stronger campaign assets and a performance model built around real client economics.
    Our contribution
    Structured the offer, commercial model, campaign scope, delivery partners and return-on-ad-spend logic.
    The movement
    A coordinated growth pathway connecting brand, content, media and conversion.

  • Connected services

    Professional services ecosystem

    Situation
    Multiple trusted advisers could create more value together than through isolated referrals.
    Our contribution
    Mapped the client journey, partner roles, referral logic and the conversations required to build a connected offering.
    The movement
    A credible cross-service pathway designed around trust, clarity and mutual value.

Let's Talk

Growth often starts with one conversation. Let's have it.

Tell us where you want the business to go. We will start with the conversation that matters.

A short outline is enough. We will come back to you with the right next step.

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