Independent strategy & transformation advisory · est. 2016

Strategy. Delivered.
End to end.

Qureshi & Associates specialises in shaping and delivering high-stakes strategy and transformation programs. Strategy built from real data points; implementation run through to banked results.

$1B+ value identified & delivered 10+ years top-tier consulting 10 industries · 4 continents Bilingual English · Bahasa Indonesia

Approach

One consistent method.

The same structured approach applies whether the question is a market entry, a merger or an operator's cost base — only the entry point changes.

Diagnose

The baseline is built bottom-up from spend lines, contracts, customer economics and operating data. Hypotheses are tested with the people closest to the work before they become recommendations.

Decide

Value creation options are developed across both the top and bottom line, then priced, sequenced and stress-tested against operational reality with the leaders accountable for delivering them.

Deliver

Implementation governance and benefits tracking are built in from day one, with every initiative staged by maturity — from identified, to agreed and validated, to banked on the P&L.

Identified→Agreed→Banked

How results are graded

Every initiative is tracked against the same four stages, and value is reported only at the stage it has reached.

IdentifiedStage 1

Value quantified bottom-up from the baseline evidence and syndicated with the client's program office — a sized opportunity, not yet a commitment.

AgreedStage 2

Value with a counterparty or hard evidence attached: an offer or commitment received, a pilot or in-market result proven, or a decision endorsed against pre-agreed criteria.

BankedStage 3

Agreements signed, changes approved and implementation under way — value landed on the P&L and verified with finance.

ForegoneTracked separately

Mature opportunities the business elects not to pursue, on strategic or operational grounds — recorded and reported rather than dropped from the baseline.

What we do

Built for five situations.

Clients come to the firm at different points — a transaction, a growth decision, a cost problem, an operation under pressure.

Direction

Setting the next phase of growth

Corporate and portfolio strategy, market entry and long-range planning — grounded in evidence rather than frameworks alone.

AVI—02 · ENE—09 · RET—11

Cost

Taking structural cost out

Cost reduction across external spend and the operating model — strategic sourcing, TCO-led procurement, and organisational streamlining — run on site, with savings tracked to the P&L.

MIN—01 · MIN—03 · TEL—07

Supply chain

Transforming the supply chain

Network optimisation, planning harmonisation, inventory & MRO strategy, and scenario-based resilience planning — for operations facing integration, growth, disruption or margin pressure.

PHA—04 · CPG—06 · DIS—12

Commercial

Improving margin and pricing

Pricing, commercial portfolio and contract economics — applying the same bottom-up discipline to the revenue line as to cost.

TEL—08 · AVI—02

Transactions

Supporting a deal

Commercial and operational due diligence, exit readiness, value creation planning and post-merger integration — buy-side and sell-side.

EDU—05 · PHA—04

Track record

Selected engagements.

Client identities are withheld under standing confidentiality. Each result is graded to the stage it reached — identified, agreed or banked.

COSTMIN—01 · Indonesia · IDX listed

Copper-gold producerMine-wide transformation

Delivered a $100M P&L improvement program across 47 initiatives in 9 months, spanning mine operations, processing and supply chain — full cycle from diagnostic through to banked results.

US$100M

$50M banked$50M agreed

DIRECTIONAVI—02 · Australia · Private

International gateway airportCommercial strategy

Led strategic analysis and performance improvement across a $907M commercial portfolio; identified $205M retail optimisation opportunity through bottom-up analysis of 240+ brands.

$205M

Identified opportunity

COSTMIN—03 · Australia · ASX listed

Lithium producerStrategic sourcing

Led MRO and materials workstreams addressing $50M of spend; built TCO models substituting OEM parts with qualified aftermarket alternatives for $5M+ additional savings.

$30M+

Identified & agreed value

SUPPLY CHAINPHA—04 · USA & Australia · NYSE listed

Global pharmaceuticalPost-merger integration

Led post-merger supply chain integration, harmonising planning processes across legacy networks and delivering 2× OEE uplift in a regulated environment.

$50M+

Banked annual EBIT

TRANSACTIONSEDU—05 · Australia · Private

National education providerExit readiness

Led growth strategy and exit readiness assessment, developing a five-year value creation plan; secured board and investor buy-in.

200%

Agreed EBIT plan

SUPPLY CHAINCPG—06 · USA & Indonesia · Nasdaq listed

Multinational food & beverageNetwork optimisation

Redesigned manufacturing and distribution network including demand-supply planning alignment and footprint rationalisation.

$100M+

Banked value

DIRECTIONTEL—07 · Australia · Private

IoT managed services providerChannel transformation

Led strategic repositioning and operations redesign — sales cycle reduced 37%, operations cost reduced 60% through an offshore managed services model, delivered while improving service levels.

6.7×

Banked recurring revenue

COMMERCIALTEL—08 · Australia · SGX listed group

National telecommunications carrierEnterprise pricing

Analysed P&L performance to generate pricing recommendations across a $400M enterprise mobility portfolio, adopted at Managing Director level.

10–15%

Agreed uplift

DIRECTIONENE—09 · Australia · ASX listed

National energy retailerGrowth strategy

Developed corporate growth strategies for a $10B energy retailer — industry, economic and competitor analysis across residential, commercial and industrial portfolios.

25%

Agreed EBIT uplift

COSTMED—10 · Australia · NYSE listed

Medical device manufacturerOperations improvement

Implemented Lean and Six Sigma across 24/7 regulated manufacturing operations — process standardisation and waste reduction, delivered in an in-house role within an FDA environment.

25%

Banked EBIT uplift

DIRECTIONRET—11 · USA · NYSE listed

Global retailerOperations strategy

Developed a 10-year operations strategy and roadmap for a $600B retailer, addressing fourth-industrial-revolution technology challenges; taken through to executive adoption.

10-yr

Agreed ops roadmap

SUPPLY CHAINDIS—12 · Indonesia · Private

APAC paper distribution leaderSupply chain transformation

Led end-to-end supply chain transformation — demand forecasting, inventory optimisation and distribution network redesign — delivered through the firm's independent practice.

200%

Banked first-year EBIT

SUPPLY CHAINAGR—13 · Indonesia · Private

National fresh produce distributorSupply chain advisory

Designed the logistics future state — 51% inventory reduction and 30% transport utilisation uplift in year one — negotiated a just-in-time supply agreement, and initiated the company's first continuous improvement program.

US$1.7M+

Agreed annual savings

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Research & perspectives

Published work.

Alongside client engagements, the firm produces original research — the same evidence-led discipline applied to broader industry questions.

WHITE PAPERA.T. Kearney

3D Printing: A Manufacturing RevolutionA.T. Kearney · 2015

Co-authored the firm's white paper on additive manufacturing's disruption of the $12 trillion manufacturing sector — value chain scenarios, adoption drivers and future-proofing, developed alongside the 10-year operations roadmap for a $600B global retailer.

JOURNALTaylor & Francis

Characterising energy and eco-efficiency of injection moulding processesInternational Journal of Sustainable Engineering · 2015

Peer-reviewed research with UNSW's Sustainable Manufacturing & Life Cycle Engineering group — empirical models predicting machine-tool energy consumption at over 90% accuracy, improving life-cycle inventory data.

CONFERENCESpringer · CIRP

Unit process energy consumption models for material addition processes19th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, Berkeley · 2012

First-author paper on energy consumption modelling for the injection moulding process, published in the Springer proceedings.

Commissioned research is available as a standalone engagement. Market studies, white papers and internal perspectives — built on primary analysis and industry interviews, written to be defensible in front of a board or an investment committee. Recent client work has included market attractiveness studies, technology landscape assessments and category deep-dives within broader mandates.

Farhan S. Qureshi

Founder & Principal

FirmsA.T. Kearney · Oliver Wyman · L.E.K. · OC&C
EducationM.Eng, Michigan Ross (Tauber Institute for Global Operations) · B.Eng Hons 1, UNSW
CredentialsSix Sigma certified (DMAIC & DMADV) · Published author
LanguagesEnglish · Bahasa Indonesia
BasedSydney, Australia

Farhan is a strategy and transformation consultant with 10+ years shaping and delivering high-stakes programs — with A.T. Kearney, Oliver Wyman, L.E.K. and OC&C, and in senior roles inside the businesses themselves. An engineer by training, via the Tauber Institute for Global Operations, he keeps strategy tied to what operations can actually deliver — for clients from $100M founder-led businesses to $600B global corporations.

Engagements are staffed to fit the mandate: sole senior advisor, leading multi-consultant teams, or embedded within tier-one firm programs. Fluent in Bahasa Indonesia, he practises across both the Australian and Indonesian markets.

Sector experience

Mining & ResourcesEnergy & UtilitiesInfrastructure & AviationManufacturingFMCG / CPGPharmaceuticalsMedical DevicesRetailLogistics & DistributionTechnology & TelecommunicationsEducation

Contact

Get in touch.

Available for advisory mandates, interim leadership and engagement management roles — engaged directly, or alongside your existing consulting partners.

Emailfarhan@qfservices.co

Phone+61 457 590 974

OfficesSydney, Australia · Jakarta, Indonesia

Strategy. Delivered.End to end.