Teneo, the global CEO advisory firm, today announced the appointment of Bernardo Silva as a Senior Managing Director with the firm’s Management Consulting business in Chicago. In this role, Bernardo will serve as the food & beverage industry lead, working with clients to drive growth, operational performance and portfolio transformation amid shifting consumer and market dynamics.
With over 25 years of experience as a senior advisor and operating executive, Bernardo works closely with management teams, boards of directors and private equity investors to unlock transformative growth and accelerate value creation. He brings extensive capabilities in business strategy, new market entry, commercial effectiveness, margin enhancement and operational improvement, as well as M&A, divestitures and partnerships.
Prior to joining Teneo, Bernardo was a Partner and Managing Director at AlixPartners and held senior management consulting roles at Monitor Deloitte, Roland Berger and Kearney. He started his career at The Coca-Cola Company, where he held various brand marketing and sales operations roles.
“We are delighted to welcome Bernardo to Teneo. He brings exceptional expertise in the food & beverage industry and a proven track record of helping leadership teams drive growth,” said Gee Lefevre, Global Head of Consumer and Economics at Teneo. “Bernardo’s appointment is an important step in the continued expansion of our consumer and economics capabilities within Teneo’s Management Consulting business. Bernardo will join a number of other new hires in the consumer space in the coming months as we dramatically grow our capabilities in this sector.”
“I’m excited to join Teneo and bring the firm’s incredible set of capabilities to a wider roster of clients in the food & beverage sector. This is a defining moment for the industry, as companies continue to navigate shifts in consumer behavior, pursue ways to unlock sustained growth and productivity gains, reconfigure their corporate portfolios through M&A and divestitures, reimagine their supply chain operations in light of augmented volatility and risk, and embrace Digital/AI as part of a comprehensive business transformation agenda,” said Bernardo Silva. Teneo has been intentionally configured as a firm to help CEOs and boards address those strategic, multi-disciplinary challenges in an integrated, effective manner.”
