At the risk of being ridiculed, need to ask this ... no MBA or MBB experience ... M&A experience in Big 4... is it possible to break into Corp strategy ?

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Don’t see why not, sell the skills you acquired doing M&A that may apply to the role. There is a lot of overlap and M&A backgrounds generally translate well to corp strat/dev.

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If it is more CDD/ODD and strategy type work, then it should be very easy. If it is more PMOing an integration it might be a little harder. That being said, you always have a shot at those roles as a big 4 consultant, you can definitely find something

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Definitely possible - though the probability increases the more junior you are and the less "sexy" the company. Exiting as A or SA into staff level at a B2B industrial company or lower tier bank, there's a ton of those profiles. Exiting as a Director into a high growth tech company or something like Disney would be extremely tough but still possible.

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Had no idea of the Disney prestige so this is helpful, thank you.

Yes. Probably not even that hard to break into Corp strategy assuming you aren't aiming for Google, Apple, Disney and the like.

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Thanks all for the encouraging words...
BCG1... more of DD and cost optimization than PMO...

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You definitely have a chance, but I can’t say what company it would be.

I think Big 4 definitely opens the door, MBB and such gets your through the door. You need to do a bit more leg work but totally possible!

Everything is possible

yes! I know people who have done this.

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