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Consulting

Our mission is to help you address your organization’s challenges, by rethinking industry paradigms, redefining business, and remaking your organizations to thrive in the digital era.

How we help improve and grow your business 

Whatever your needs and expectations are to grow and succeed, we focus on anticipating and exceeding them through our entrepreneurial attitude and focus on excellence. We are proudly Canadian, and provide a deep understanding of your organization’s environment with our local presence. Whether it is to create value, transform how you operate in a digital world, streamline operations, or make better decisions through data, we help you succeed.

Our clients often tell us we are different in how we work with them, in ways that they can relate better to. With us, you always get experienced and senior resources dedicated to your success — a fact that is often recognized by our clients when they see the quality of our work and the end value it creates. In short, we are a better fit, producing better results for you.

 

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Energy and Utilities

Every business needs power to succeed. Whether you produce, generate, transmit or regulate the energy that keeps Canada — and the world — ticking, MNP has the expertise you need to keep pace with this dynamic market. MNP’s Energy and Utilities Practice provides services to public and private organizations across Canada, working with clients from every segment of the industry. With a detailed understanding of operations, financials and technology, MNP is ready to help your organization reach your goals.

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Executive Recruiting

In today's competitive business environment, attracting top talent to your organization is critical to your ongoing success. Across industries, organizations are finding that identifying quality candidates and marketing career opportunities can be intensive in time and resources. To stay competitive, you need the right people.

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ESG: Be more sustainable, equitable, and accountable

Integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance into operational analysis and decision-making to boost competitive advantage.

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Private Enterprise Consulting

MNP's Private Enterprise Consulting is an end-to-end transformation practice, offering a range of strategy, performance improvement, people and culture, and technology services. We bring an experienced team of experts, applying a broad range of skills and capabilities, to meet the needs of your organization. Our solutions are tailored for your specific needs, across the full range of small businesses to large enterprises.

Insights

  • Confidence

    March 17, 2023

    Corporate governance forging a new standard and a new mindset

    Today’s stakeholders have elevated expectations and standards of what strong governance should look like. Here’s how you can raise the bar for the “G” in ESG.

  • Confidence

    March 15, 2023

    Five signs your business may be a victim of fraud

    Discover five signs of financial fraud that may impact your business including employee behavior and complex transactions and take steps to protect your organization.

  • Confidence

    March 10, 2023

    Broadening your perspective: How social factors impact your business

    The “social” side of ESG has a broad scope, covering internal factors like your culture and EDI practices, all the way to external factors like modern slavery.

Contact our Consulting Team

Trent Bester MBA

Senior Vice President, Consulting

Trent Bester, MBA, BComm., is Senior Vice President, Consulting, Aboriginal and Public Sector.

Trent is a member of the firm’s management team and leads the Consulting group in managing large-scale projects and designs solutions for complex business problems. He specializes in improving supply chain operations and has consulted on many areas of supply chain management, including strategic sourcing, procurement, maintenance, inventory management and operations process redesign.

Trent joined MNP in 2004 to lead the Management Consulting sector with a focus on key industry segments including energy and utilities, forestry, health care, financial services and manufacturing. Prior to this, Trent held numerous management positions in private industry including managing his own manufacturing company.

Trent earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Texas Christian University in 1985. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce (BComm.) degree from Baylor University.

Craig Kutarna Gates

National Leader; Provincial Leader (SK) – Public Sector

Leslie Dornan

Provincial Leader (MB) – Public Sector