Hands-on partners : seasoned judgement

Our firm is owned by its Partners who are responsible for the delivery and quality of our professional services. In contrast to many of our larger competitors, Partners are actively engaged on client assignments. You will benefit directly from their specialist expertise and seasoned business judgement.

Supported by a team of experienced consultants, our Partners will have intimate knowledge of all aspects of your assignment. They will be instrumental in developing and communicating our recommendations.

At Stamford Partners, we pride ourselves on the long-term nature of our client relations. Our goal is to establish an enduring partnership with every client. You will be important to us, both as individuals and to the continued success of our firm.


Timothy Scholes is Managing Partner of Stamford Partners Strategy Consultants. He has been a strategy consultant to the food and beverage industry since joining Booz, Allen & Hamilton in 1980. Subsequently he was a consultant at The Bolton Consulting Group and Partner of LEK Consulting, before founding his own strategy consulting practice in 1991. Tim is a mathematics graduate of the University of Oxford. He earned his MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School where he was awarded a Baker Scholarship and the George Hay Brown prize for marketing excellence.

Claire Hastie is a partner at Stamford Partners Strategy Consultants. Claire has managed projects in a range of sectors and has a particular depth of experience in the consumer packaged goods industry. She has applied her fact-based approach to strategy development to projects in over 30 countries. Claire graduated from the University of Aston with a BA in International Business with Modern Languages. She speaks French fluently, having lived and worked in France.

Donna Hunt is a partner of Stamford Partners Strategy Consultants. Donna has extensive experience of managing joint client and consultant project teams, both in the UK and abroad. The most recent such assignment involved her leading a diverse regional team developing a new strategy for Africa and the Middle East. Donna is a fluent German speaker and worked in Germany before joining the firm. She graduated from the University of Durham with a BA in Modern Languages.