About the firm
A US-headquartered firm built around a single discipline, applied two ways.
Guru of Solutions Inc. is an independent advisory and commodity trading firm. We are headquartered in the United States and engaged with clients and counterparties globally. We pair operational consulting expertise with disciplined commodity trading and risk advisory — under one roof, and with one operating philosophy.
Why both practices
The discipline is the same. The application is different.
Most firms with two practices treat them as separate businesses that share office space. We treat ours as a single discipline applied to two different kinds of question: how should the firm operate, and how should it manage commodity exposure. The first is the work of our consulting practice; the second, the work of our trading practice.
The reason is straightforward. The skills that make a consulting engagement land — clear framing, defensible analysis, judgment about what matters — are the same skills that produce a durable trading thesis. And many of our clients face both kinds of question concurrently.
Values
What we hold ourselves to.
- Independence
- We do not sell software, technology implementation services, or third-party financial products. Our advice is paid for, and only paid for, by the client receiving it. This is the structural prerequisite for the kind of advisory we exist to provide.
- Discretion
- Our engagements are confidential by default. We do not use client logos as marketing material. Where references are appropriate, they are arranged privately, with the client's prior approval.
- Candor
- Where the answer to a client's question is not the answer they want, we deliver it anyway. Pleasant advisory that misleads is worse than uncomfortable advisory that is correct.
- A network, not a wall
- If our capabilities aren't the right match for a client's situation, we make the introduction to someone in our network who is better suited. The relationship matters more than the engagement.
Global reach
US-headquartered. Engaged worldwide.
The firm is headquartered in the United States and operates with a global mandate. Our consulting engagements span North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Our trading and risk advisory work is, by the nature of the markets, intrinsically cross-border.
We believe the combination of a US regulatory base and genuine operational fluency across jurisdictions is a structural advantage for the kinds of clients we serve. Many of our engagements arise specifically because a client needs advisory that can move between regulatory environments without losing rigor in any of them.
Leadership
Experience across consulting, capital markets, and physical commodities.
Our leadership team brings decades of combined experience across management consulting, capital markets, and physical commodity operations. Detailed leadership profiles are available on request.
Where it would be useful for a prospective engagement, we are happy to arrange a conversation with the partner most relevant to your question. Begin a conversation.
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If your situation is well-formed enough to discuss, we are well-placed to listen.
We welcome inquiries on any matter within our practice areas. A partner will respond directly.