Testimonials
Eugenio Minvielle, Former President, Nestle France
Stefan Borgas, RHI AG - President & CEO
Tami Shoham, Head of GIS EMEA,
Global Information Services
Applied Materials
Michèle Ferrebeuf,
Executive Vice President McCann Worldgroup Europe
Kevin Browett, CEO, Renaissance Media Solutions
Rami Dar, CEO, Hazera Genetics, Limagrain Group
Victor Orland
President & CEO, AVBA & ITH Ltd
Juan Jose Lozano
General Manager, Solder
Shlomo Amir, Vice Chairman of the Board, Isra Vision
Nitzan Cohen, CEO,
Arad Dalia
Oded Turbahn, CEO, Green Ride Ltd.
Kobi Tadmor Managing Director,
Turnowsky ltd.
I worked with Yagev in the last three years both in my previous role as President of Nestle Mexico and my present role as President of Nestle France. Yagev has worked with top management teams to design and implement companywide change processes. Yagev did a fantastic job in involving people, helping them surface problems and creating energy for change. He has been involved in changes in areas of structure, strategy and measurement systems with top management, and major business units. His involvement had a very substantial impact on generating improved business results
Yagev has worked with me for 3 years and managed the massive change program at ICL: his ability to balance soft skills with business deliverable hard facts is quite unique. He motivates leaders to deliver by themselves and with their teams: he helps them to find the right balance between motivating, supporting and "pushing". He designs their programs with them. Yagev is one of the rare change-management professionals with clear view for data and facts which he turns into messages. Those messages he delivers clearly and candidly but always, always in a respectful and non-aggressive way. I wish him the very best of success and am envious of those who will work with him.
“Yagev and Eitan from SG helped us in the Applied Materials GIS Global Culture Project from its early stages all the way to its successful completion. This was a complex project that included analyzing cultural and organizational gaps, setting up a team of influencers to lead 12 organizational initiatives, managing remote teams to achieve the necessary changes and managing the initiatives as a virtual - remote project. The SG team was involved in the workshops facilitation, measurement design, team facilitation and project management. They helped me to push the project forward with their knowledge, experience and positive attitude. I highly appreciate their contribution and warmly recommend their services to executives dealing with complex global challenges”.
I have used Yagev's services many times. My name is Michele Ferrebeuf and I am EVP at McCann World-group Europe and former CEO of McCann World-group France (advertising/communication/marketing) . My job has always been to manage group of companies and large numbers of employees. In changing times with new paradigms you always need to transform, restructure, change ...and as all leaders and managers know ...it is quite complex, risky and sometimes very painful !
It is not so easy also to find THE good consulting organization you can rely on to help you execute the vision/strategy! But I was lucky because I met Yagev. Yagev is a very talented "coach" / "trainer", he has very strong charisma and empathy and those two qualities are very important in order to get the attention and engagement of the people.
He also has a very valuable experience of the issues and stakes in management and you do not need to spend hours to explain things to him, he gets them right away and dominates them.
I have a lot of pleasure working with him, it is a great help for me and I highly recommend him.
I had the great honor to work directly with Yagev on a major company turnaround in the US. I was running a media group company with numerous properties and thanks to the intense highly effective leadership of Yagev we were able to make solid, well planned decisions that impacted us both short term as well as long term. We still are running today when many others in our industry have failed and we still utilize the logic and business methodology that was provided by Yagev's leadership.
I have worked with Yagev on the integration of Hazera Genetics with a Dutch company during the planning stage and the first steps of integration. Yagev’s contribution was very important both to reach the right decisions during the planning phase and also to lead group meetings and seminars that dealt with the challenges and solutions at the initial integration stage.
I consider Yagev as top professional in this field and appreciated a lot his support and advice.
I enjoyed very much working with Yagev as a business consultant to my organization. The entire management team of the company appreciated Yagev for his dedication, professional approach and out of the box thinking. Yagev's work contributed significantly to the development of the group of companies of our operations.
“We have worked with Yagev in implementing a Scale up process in two of our companies. After 18 months of implementation, we saw that 84 percent of the problems in the first company had improved or disappeared, and in the second company it was 91 percent.”
Yagev supported AVT's Due-diligence processes with 2 prospected acquisitions, and later advised me and the company's management on the integration process. His vast experience and outstanding professionalism were an important factor for our success.
During the last few years, Mr. Yagev Ben Itzhak has been working with Arad Management team. Together with Yagev we created a Strategic Plan for the future development of the company. Yagev contributed a lot with his professionalism and knowledge. He also supported the internal relations and team-work within the group. Personally, I have a lot of confidence in Yagev's facilitating style and attitude. He is a real asset to my organization.
Yagev, is one of the most skilled management professionals I've ever met. His ability to keep a group in focus, as well as his ability to get results is one of a kind.
“During our accelerated growth at EPOS, I have worked with Yagev from SG on designing our Strategy and structure on several occasions. His input was extremely professional and had very positive added value".
I had the privilege to both work with Yagev on his SG's PMI courses and to be in a course he facilitated in London for YPO. Yagev is a great facilitator but on top of that he has huge experience that he shares openly with the team. I learnt a lot from Yagev and continue to seek his support ever since. Yagev is a source of wisdom and knowledge in everything related to M&A, PMI and business development in general. I highly recommend every manager not to go for any M&A process without Yagev on his side.
Yagev Ben Itzhak is one of the best professional consultants I've worked with, he works with clear and structured methodologies. I know him since 2000. We worked together a few times and all processes had very positive value.
When I was the CEO of Bagir, we acquired a company in Germany as part of our growth strategy. I hired the services of SG to help us in the integration process. With Yagev's help on the Israeli side and Ulli on the German side, we were able to map the risks, understand the complexities and build a good integration plan. SG's professionalism was imperative in this complex cross - border acquisition.
I had the pleasure of knowing Yagev when he worked with the largest home retailer in Mexico. Yagev had a great contribution while working with a selected group of people and achieving results in a positive climate. Yagev has extraordinary experience in change management and business improvement. He's an excellent human being and a great friend.Top of Form
I had the pleasure of working with Yagev in developing the M&A strategy for Paz Oil Group. Yagev and his team were able to analyze a very complex company with unique strategy and needs, and establish a best of breed methodology and implementation process for the group M&A activity.
Understanding cultural differences and listening to people is the foundation for successful organization development. Here Yagev brings a broad experience from his past assignments. He grasps quickly where change is needed. Yagev is a great facilitator that combines humbleness and clarity. In critical situation he gets assertive without offending his counterparts. A wingman you love to have when you start up new organizations. He helped me a lot to build the foundations for my newly organized department in ICL and coached me in the right moments. A species easy to work with and hard to find!
Yagev is an outstanding consultant, world class. He helped our bank in different projects with our advisory boards. He is an expert in strategy design, cultural change, organizational development and M&As. A consultant with rich experience, local and international, fine intuition and a great ability to share his knowledge. Yagev is also a charismatic human being. Having worked close to him is a true privilege
Yagev has done a great assessment work for me, providing unique perspectives during a cross-cultural M&A due diligence process we went through. Yagev was able to take over a critical task and deliver within a very tight schedule a professional and insightful CEO and board level analysis backed with recommendation and a related action plan.
I met Yagev during my time at C-nario/YCD when his company SG was appointed to provide consulting and lead the merger between C-nario and YCD. I worked closely with Yagev and found him a true professional, experienced and great person to work with. He lead the complex merger (business, organization and personal aspects) from the preparation phase, planning and execution, with great motivation until the successful goal achieved. His experience and openness helped a lot to position the merged company and set the targets for the coming year. I highly recommend Yagev and I am sure his engagement can contribute to successful mergers and overcome all challenges in the way.
As appointed PMI (Post Merger Integration) project manager in my firm, we hired S.G. Strategy as consultants to help us perform this imperative process. From Day-One, the owners of S.G. (Yagev & Eitan) were "hands on" and immersed themselves in the project. They offered valuable methodologies, tools and insights, which allowed me to focus on actual task fulfillment, without wasting valuable time on administrative issues. Their professional attitude, their analytical analysis, their positive state of mind and their mentoring helped me run this process smoothly and professionally, while successfully meeting milestones and deadlines. I will definitely hire their services again, and I would strongly recommend them.
When you are in a Company that acquires another Company - a lot is at stake; and after the business case has been made and the deal has been signed - it's just the beginning of a long journey with many details, knows as PMI - Post Merger Integration. Yagev is a leading expert in this field, and he has lead, together with his partner Eitan, the PMI project for us. Yagev's advantage is that on top of his specific PMI expertise he has a strong HR-centric view of companies and businesses - and this is crucial for the success of a project like this. Also he has a very personable way of interacting with the various execs in each company, and plainly said, he is a combination of smart, experienced - and nice!
I know Yagev for 22 years and I’ve had the opportunity to receive his advice in transforming several companies in Mexico; achieving very good results with tangible benefits. Yagev is an expert in analyzing the company’s location on the lifecycle using a methodological process, allowing to transform the organization while achieving great results over time.
I had the pleasure of working with Yagev Ben Itzhak twice:
The first time was while working in Applied Materials. Yagev worked closely with the HR department. He did a great job by leading, developing and building the group, handling workshops by focusing on relevant HR topics.
The second time was when Yagev accompanied the acquisition process by working with AVT management team. Yagev showed great Professionalism by guiding the management team in order to complete a successful acquisition process.
Netafim's Engineering & Projects division decided to review its long term road-map, and adjust the structure to face future challenges successfully. We decided to work with Yagev Ben Itzhak as a facilitator of our strategic process. I found the advice and guidance given by Yagev a great help to overcome internal conflicts and get to the final conclusions and action items as a unified team. A structural change had been implemented, and we are glad to say that it served us as a platform for profitable growth.