Risk & Governance · Established 2020

Conviction Above
the Noise.

We counsel companies at their most consequential inflection points, from capital allocation to market expansion and operational scale.

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A Carrington Group Company
What We Do

Where we do our deepest work.

Each engagement begins with a hypothesis, ends with an outcome the client can measure, and is led by partners — not associates — from week one.

01

Risk & Governance

Board-level frameworks for governance, controls, and decision discipline as organizations scale.

02

Market Intelligence

Independent research, scenario modeling, and benchmarking across sector verticals — informed by primary-source diligence and proprietary datasets.

03

Performance & Transformation

End-to-end programs that move strategy into execution and lock in measurable, durable gains.

04

Strategic Advisory

Long-horizon counsel on capital structure, portfolio composition, and competitive positioning for founder-led and family-held businesses.

Where We Focus

Six markets. Hands-on experience.

Our sector teams are led by operators who have built, sold, and stewarded businesses in their respective fields — not analysts who have only read about them.

01

Business & Professional Services

Growth and margin strategy for B2B services firms and the platforms consolidating them.

02

Financial Services & Private Capital

Advisory across asset management, private equity, family office, and capital markets infrastructure.

03

Consumer & Retail

Brand strategy, channel economics, and unit-level performance for consumer and multi-location businesses.

04

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Advisory for health systems, biopharma, and medical technology businesses navigating growth inflections.

05

Consumer Finance & Insurance

Strategy across lending, payments, and insurance carriers adapting to a changing rate environment.

06

Legal & Professional Services

Engagements spanning national law firms, boutique practices, and global regulatory advisory.

About

A boutique with global reach.

Ember Crane is a strategic advisory firm operating across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. As a member of the Carrington Group family of companies, we bring global reach and local expertise to our clients — without the apparatus of a traditional consultancy.

Our work is partner-led, conviction-weighted, and built around a small number of engagements at a time. We do not pursue volume. We pursue outcomes the principal can name three years later.

30+
Countries of operation
3
Continental practices
2016
Year established
C·G
The Parent

About Carrington Group

Carrington Group is a privately-held global advisory and investment conglomerate with operations in 40+ countries. The Group's portfolio spans strategic services, capital deployment, and operating businesses across sectors — held together by a long-term, founder-aligned philosophy.

Perspectives

Thinking from the field.

Selected writing from our partners. Published quarterly; circulated more often by clients than by us.

Governance

The Boardroom and the Balance Sheet: Aligning Both for the Long Term

Markets

Reading the Cycle: Positioning Before the Turn

Strategy

The Case for Concentration: Fewer Engagements, Better Outcomes

Connect

For the conversations that come before the engagement.

Inquiries are reviewed personally. We respond to fit before we respond to scope.

Office Denver, Colorado
Hours By appointment
Where We Operate

Global presence. Partner-led delivery.

Six offices across three continents. Each led by senior practitioners — every engagement supervised from origination to outcome.

Americas · HQ
Houston
Texas, United States
Headquarters
Americas
New York
New York, United States
Office
EMEA · HQ
London
United Kingdom
Regional Lead
EMEA
Zürich
Switzerland
Office
APAC · HQ
Singapore
Singapore
Regional Lead
APAC
Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR
Office
Affiliations & Standards
UN Global Compact ISO 9001:2015 World Economic Forum · Partner The Conference Board