About CATO.
CATO is an expert-led advisory and execution platform that connects organisations with proven practitioners to solve complex business challenges.
An expert-led advisory and execution platform.
CATO was built for organisations that need experienced business expertise without unnecessary consulting complexity. We work through a curated network of proven practitioners who have led, delivered, and solved real problems across business, governance, strategy, transformation, risk, and specialist advisory.
Why CATO exists.
CATO brings advisory, expert access, learning, and retained support into one structured model. Organisations can access suitable expertise, apply it to the business problem, and connect advice with decisions, capability, and execution.
What CATO stands for.
The right expertise, selected for the problem.
CATO works through a curated network of experienced practitioners. Expertise is selected for each client's problem, based on the issue, sector, engagement type, required experience, availability, and fit. CATO does not operate as a public consultant directory.
If the proposed advisor is not the right fit, CATO can identify another suitable practitioner from the network.
Built from New Zealand, with a global outlook.
CATO is built from New Zealand outward, with the standards and ambition of a global advisory platform. Its model connects organisations with experienced practitioners through flexible, structured ways to engage.
Experienced practitioners can explore working with CATO.
About CATO — common questions.
What is CATO?
CATO is an expert-led advisory and execution platform that connects organisations with proven practitioners for advisory and delivery, expert access, executive education, specialist delivery, and retained advisory support.
What kind of company is CATO?
CATO is a premium, technology-enabled advisory and execution platform — a structured alternative to traditional consulting that gives organisations flexible access to experienced practitioners across risk, governance, strategy, transformation, and specialist advisory.
Is CATO a consulting firm?
CATO provides consulting and advisory services, but it is broader than a traditional consulting firm — combining practitioner-led advisory, expert access, education, briefings, and retained support through one structured platform, rather than generic frameworks or large delivery teams.
Where is CATO based?
CATO is built from New Zealand outward, with the standards and ambition of a global advisory platform, designed to serve organisations wherever experienced judgement is needed.
Does CATO publish its consultants or advisors?
No. CATO works through a curated network of practitioners and selects suitable expertise for each client's problem, rather than listing advisors in a public directory.
What makes CATO different?
CATO combines what consulting, expert networks, training, and events do separately into one structured model — proven practitioners, flexible engagement, and structured execution — so expertise turns into decisions, capability, and outcomes.
Need experienced expertise for a decision, project, or capability gap?
Whether you have a decision, project, risk, or capability gap, CATO can help identify the most suitable way to engage.