Our Heritage & Leadership

A legacy of intellectual rigor, uncompromising integrity, and a relentless pursuit of client success. Discover the minds shaping the future of global business.

Our Consulting Philosophy

Sunset Raptor was founded on a singular premise: that the most complex business challenges require a synthesis of analytical precision and seasoned executive judgment. We do not offer off-the-shelf solutions; we forge bespoke strategies forged in the crucible of empirical data.

Our engagements are structured to deliver maximum impact with absolute discretion. We partner with CEOs, Boards of Directors, and Private Equity sponsors to navigate existential corporate transitions—from post-merger integrations and corporate turnarounds to aggressive international market entry.

At Meridian, we believe that strategy divorced from execution is merely a hypothesis. Therefore, our partners remain engaged beyond the planning phase, working alongside client leadership teams to ensure operationalization of the strategic blueprint, capability transfer, and realization of modeled synergies.

Firm History

Established in 2005 by a coalition of senior partners from elite global management consultancies and veteran industry executives, Meridian quickly differentiated itself through its proprietary "Value-Pool Migration" framework. Over the past nearly two decades, the firm has expanded its footprint globally, executing over 800 engagements across 45 countries, and actively advising clients that collectively represent over $1.2 Trillion in market capitalization.

Senior Leadership

Eleanor Vance

Managing Partner & Founder

Formerly a Managing Director at a top-tier global strategy firm, Eleanor brings over 25 years of experience in corporate restructuring and M&A. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and has personally advised over fifty Fortune 500 CEOs.

Julian Sterling

Senior Partner, Global Markets

Julian leads Meridian's international expansion and macroeconomic forecasting practices. With a Ph.D. in Economics from the London School of Economics, his proprietary models on geopolitical risk have become standard diagnostic tools for our sovereign wealth fund clients.