Agora Strategy wins Hidden Champions of Consulting Award in the category “Geopolitics”
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Munich, 13 December 2025 – Agora Strategy Group AG has been awarded the Hidden Champions of Consulting Award 2026/27 by the Scientific Society for Management and Consulting (WGMB) in the category “Geopolitics.”
With this recognition, Agora Strategy Group AG successfully prevailed over leading global strategy consultancies such as McKinsey, BCG, and Accenture. The award highlights the firm’s outstanding product quality and highly specialised expertise, through which Agora Strategy has delivered exceptional client value in recent years compared to major competitors.
The results of the study, published among others in Capital Magazin, are based exclusively on independent client surveys and not on self-reported information or self-promotion.
Strict criteria applied for participation: references had to come from recent projects (no older than three years) with large DACH-region companies (≥ € 500 million in revenue) and include at least 15 confirmed responses. In addition, at least half of the referenced firms were required to have prior experience with leading strategy consultancies such as McKinsey, BCG, or Bain & Co.
"At Agora Strategy, we focus on one thing: geopolitics, and that at the highest level. Being named a Hidden Champion in Geopolitics shows that our work is having an impact exactly where it is needed. This motivates me to further develop our approaches, supported by a strong, competent team." - says Dr. Timo Blenk, CEO & Senior Partner, Agora Strategy Group AG.
“Since the founding of Agora Strategy, the ambition has been to create geopolitical expertise with real impact for companies. The fact that Agora Strategy’s clients have now named the firm a Hidden Champion is a major achievement. Such a global, powerful network does not emerge overnight, but through years of trusted collaboration. My sincere congratulations to the Agora team!” – said former ambassador Prof. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Ischinger, Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Agora Strategy Group AG.
The award as a Hidden Champion in Geopolitics shows how valuable Agora Strategy’s expertise is for corporate strategies." – Sandra Deutschländer, former partner at The Boston Consulting Group & Member of the Supervisory Board of Agora Strategy Group AG.
About Agora Strategy: Your Global Compass – Turning Geopolitical Complexity Into Strategic Advantage
Companies that think ahead geopolitically secure access to new markets, strengthen their strategic resilience, and gain a competitive edge. Yet many fail to translate global dynamics into concrete strategies. Agora Strategy closes this gap, with geopolitical foresight, hands-on implementation capabilities, and top-level international networks. This turns geopolitical complexity into a strategic advantage.
Agora Strategy Group AG is Germany’s leading geopolitical strategy consultancy. It was founded in 2015 by Ambassador (ret.) Wolfgang Ischinger, together with experts from politics, diplomacy, and business in the context of the Munich Security Conference. Since then, Agora Strategy serves as a partner to companies that want to think ahead geopolitically and act decisively. The firm’s core competence lies in translating geopolitics into concrete corporate strategy with measurable KPIs and actionable recommendations, making external dynamics an integral part of business decision-making.
With a network of more than 350 experts from diplomacy, security, business, and academia across nearly all regions of the world, Agora Strategy provides deep insights into global developments
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Agora Strategy Group AG Fabian Vetter, Partner