Although our experience is broad, since forming Cross Hill Partners, much of our work has been focused on creating new businesses and/or recruiting executives into newly created positions.

The following practice areas and representative assignments reflect the concentration of our expertise as well as the markets that we follow closely

Commercial and Investment Banking

E-commerce and connectivity are profoundly changing financial services. ECN's and other "disintermediating" forces are prompting commercial and investment banks to retool their business and economic models and to create whole new approaches to product and service delivery.

Insurance

The lines have blurred between insurance and other forms of risk management as insurers continue to explore innovative ways to provide liquidity to the management of risk. The industry is transforming itself with new business models to both manage risk and un-bundle services such as claims processing.

Information Technology Management

Effective use of information technology is critical to every enterprise and many companies invest billions of dollars per year in information technology. The sheer size of this investment has prompted companies to seek ways to optimize this investment. For corporate information technology leaders, the challenge is determine the most effective way to manage the corporate investment in information technology and for many of these leaders; the answer is to be an "investor" rather than an "owner" of information technology organizations.

Media / Entertainment / Publishing

The business of educating, informing and entertaining people requires executives capable of striking a balance between creativity and economic interests. These industries are undergoing substantial change as they evaluate and develop new products and channels (primarily the Internet) through which to distribute their products.

E-commerce / New Media

We are still only at the beginning of the e-commerce revolution. While the landscape is littered by failed efforts to build new e-commerce businesses, a great benefit has been that many incumbent competitors are now much more open to examining how to exploit the value of their franchises through new distribution channels and business models. Profitability is once again a focus for investors and we anticipate that Corporate America will embrace more B2B e-commerce initiatives as a means to drive greater efficiencies (and enhance profits) in their respective markets.