For SMEs and the mid-market
Executive and operational direction beside the entrepreneur, to professionalise how the company is run without losing its identity. Strategy, structure and control: Swiss rigour, hands-on direction, not theory.
Your challenge
The company has grown around the entrepreneur, but the structure has not kept pace. Every decision converges on one person, there is no solid second line of management, governance is informal, and the numbers arrive too late to truly steer the business. You want to scale, open up to foreign markets and prepare for the future, perhaps for succession, without diluting what made you different. The question is not whether to change, but how to professionalise direction while keeping the soul and the control of the firm in your hands.
How we work
We work beside the entrepreneur with senior fractional or interim direction: we step into the operation, not into a slide deck. We design the company backbone along three axes, strategy, structure and control, we build a second line and we install real governance with meetings, clear delegations and accountability. We set up a KPI dashboard that speaks the language of the business and makes the numbers timely. We work within the rhythm of the company, transferring method to your people, so that what we build stays in place long after our mandate ends.
Why Krymax
We are a Swiss boutique of executive and operational advisory: we bring direction, not abstract consulting. Our DNA is Swiss rigour applied to hands-on, founder-led direction, with the instinct of people who have run companies and respect the identity of those who built them. We do not sell reports that sit in a drawer: we take a seat at the table, make decisions with you and carry them through to the ground. Few mandates, real depth, accountability on the result. This is genuine direction, exercised beside you until the change is rooted in the organisation.
- — A second line of management that lets the entrepreneur step out of daily operations
- — Clear governance, delegations and decision-making, without bureaucratising the company
- — Timely numbers and reliable KPI to steer growth with clarity
- — Preparing scale-up, foreign markets and succession while keeping control
Senior fractional or interim direction beside the entrepreneur
Governance and KPI system with a management dashboard and meeting cadence
Investor-ready business plan, robust in front of banks and investors
Strategy and operational support for internationalisation
Preparation of succession and management continuity
Management advisory for SMEs and the mid-market
Continuous senior direction alongside the entrepreneur, in modular packages calibrated to the company's stage: from the SME professionalising its operating backbone to the mid-market preparing the step-change in scale and the generational handover. Not a document describing what to do, but someone who does it with you and answers for the result.
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Fractional CEO/COO & interim
A Fractional CEO or COO brings senior executive leadership into the business for a critical phase, on a time-boxed basis: growth, transition, reorganisation, entry into a new market. Not a consultant who recommends, but a leader who decides, aligns the team and delivers results. Operational within weeks, not months.
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Internationalisation & foreign offices
Expand abroad without losing control. Market-entry strategy, corporate structure, licences, taxation and compliance across Europe and the Middle East — Dubai upcoming — so distance never becomes loss of control.
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Strategic direction & governance
We give companies, scale-ups and groups a direction that holds up in the boardroom and in front of capital: from strategy and the industrial plan through to an investor-ready business plan and capital structuring. Not theory, but executable decisions delivered with Swiss rigour.
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Do you replace the entrepreneur or the people already in the company?
No. We work beside the entrepreneur and strengthen the existing team. We bring senior direction, method and a second line, transferring skills so that what we build stays when the mandate ends. The identity and control remain yours.
What does fractional or interim direction mean?
It means having a senior executive figure for the fraction of time you need, or for a defined period, without the cost and rigidity of a full-time hire. We step into the operation with real responsibility, not as distant external consultants.
When is the right time to prepare for succession?
Much earlier than most people think. Continuity is built over years, not months: it needs governance, a second line that is ready and solid numbers. Starting early gives you the time to hand over without trauma and without dispersing the value you have built.