Mitchell Strategic Solutions Group
Advisory services
The firm is deliberately small. The team is selected around the problem, senior people stay involved, and advice is expected to turn into action.
Market entry and business development
Direct introductions, partner search, local reality checks and an executable route into Poland, the EU and Ukraine.
- Find and approach suitable partners, clients and distributors
- Arrange introductions to decision-makers in Poland, Brussels, and Ukraine
- Check local demand and build a practical market-entry plan
Backed by wartime market-entry work, Ukrainian government experience and active cross-border business networks.
- Led the Ukraine market entry of Aether Biomedical, a Polish bionic-prostheses company
- Built a Ukraine-facing campaign for a Polish therapeutic-clinic network
- Positioned a Polish-Italian med-tech group for prospective Ukrainian partners and users
- Helped a large defence manufacturer reach international audiences
Defence, dual-use, and field validation
Find the right users, test the real need, arrange operational feedback and move promising technology closer to adoption.
- Identify relevant military, civilian and industrial users
- Arrange product demonstrations, testing and operational feedback
- Connect companies with manufacturers, integrators, and public authorities
Combines front-line access, former government-protection expertise and advanced manufacturing knowledge.
- Worked directly with more than a dozen Armed Forces of Ukraine units and delivered defence and dual-use equipment worth several million euros
- Launched bulletproof-vest production in Poland for Ukraine and worked with numerous autonomous-systems manufacturers & dealers
- Combined front-line access with legal support on licences, export controls, classified information, and certification
- Advised an EU high-tech defence start-up on Eastward expansion, linking with key Ukraine-facing partners and integrators
- Created a business development campaign for an advanced interceptor manufacturer
Public affairs and regulatory navigation
Reach the institutions and decision-makers that matter, understand the rules and turn a difficult policy environment into a workable path.
- Explain the rules, approvals and institutions relevant to the project
- Reach policymakers, regulators and other public decision-makers
- Coordinate legal, compliance, and certification support
EU and national public affairs meets 14+ years of regulatory, compliance, disputes and investigations experience.
- Ran award-winning EU campaigns directed at the European Commission and European Parliament
- Contributed 20+ amendments to EP and PACE resolutions, 10+ motions for resolutions and 15+ written declarations
- Secured Ukrainian certification for medical products and coordinated institutional market access
- 14+ years of regulatory disputes, investigations, compliance and arbitration expertise in the team
Media, reputation, and crisis response
Senior media relations, expert positioning and hands-on response when scrutiny, hostile narratives or disinformation put trust at risk.
- Secure interviews, expert commentary and coverage in relevant media
- Build the public profile of a company, founder or specialist
- Respond directly to reputational attacks, crises, and disinformation
Built on international journalism, high-level media access and more than a decade in high-pressure communications.
- Secured a Financial Times photo report for a leading Polish defence group
- 50+ television appearances and 37 authored publications across major European and Polish media
- Led responses to sustained black-PR attacks from Russia, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Poland, and led a national FMCG brand and its founder through a reputational crisis
- Built or protected the public profiles of three founders and leaders, and the brands of five organisations
Partner, startup, and investment validation
Check claims, demand, credibility and local fit through trusted people who can see what a presentation or data room cannot.
- Verify a startup's, supplier's or potential partner's claims
- Check real demand with prospective users and industry contacts
- Assess credibility, local fit, and practical risks before committing money
Useful before an investment, partnership, market launch or expensive product adaptation.
- Verified claims through direct conversations with prospective users, public authorities, military units, manufacturers and local partners
- Tested demand and operational fit in Ukraine before an investment, partnership or costly product adaptation
- Assessed a team's credibility and ability to navigate local institutions, regulation and delivery risks
Social-impact communications and growth
Communication audits, practical strategy, campaigns, fundraising support and management of the team responsible for delivery.
- Audit communications and set measurable priorities
- Plan and run media, public-awareness and fundraising campaigns
- Manage or train the communications team responsible for delivery
For foundations, public-interest organisations and mission-led businesses that need reach as well as substance.
- Built the #LearnFromEurope campaign to 3 million people in its first month, with global expert endorsements and international coverage
- Ran 34 election and public-awareness campaigns using 500+ billboards plus national and local media
- Created national campaigns supporting healthcare workers and Ukrainian refugees, and led long-term communications for international NGOs
- Trained communications managers and teams, plus international audiences in communications, leadership and fundraising