STRATEGIC OPERATING ADVISORY
We build
The Business behind the practice.
Growth creates complexity. We help A&E firms build the operating foundation required to scale with confidence.
PRINCIPAL
Piet Meijs, AIA
Founder - Vector Group Advisors
An architect who builds the business
I bring more than 20 years in the A&E industry, with experience spanning a founder-led boutique, a private partnership, and a global practice inside a publicly listed enterprise.
My work connects strategy to the realities of running a firm: what it sells, how it delivers, and whether the economics hold as it grows.
I founded Vector Group Advisors to bring that operating experience to firms that need it without adding a permanent executive seat. Every engagement is led personally by me.
Across scales. Across operating contexts.
Founder-led practices
We understand the close connection between the founder, the clients and the work. We bring structure and operating discipline that support the practice without losing what makes it distinctive.
Partnerships
We understand shared ownership, distributed leadership and the demands of running multiple teams. We bring the alignment, accountability and financial clarity needed to operate as one firm.
Enterprise practices
We understand the complexity of global operations, corporate governance and performance expectations. We bring the ability to connect enterprise strategy with the realities of delivering work.
— How We Work
Scoped to the decision in front of you.
Engagements are built around a specific problem with a defined end, not sold as open-ended retainers. Most begin with a short conversation and, where useful, a diagnostic. We are candid early about whether we are the right fit, including when the answer is no.
COMMON STARTING POINTS:
Engagements differ mainly in how far we go with you: analysis you act on, change we execute together, or a seat inside the business. Each engagement ends with something you keep.
OPERATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC
4 to 6 weeks - Advisory
A structured assessment of delivery performance, financial structure, and organizational design, benchmarked against firms at comparable scale. Ends with a written findings document and a prioritized set of interventions, sequenced by impact and difficulty. The right first step when the problem is felt but not yet named.
TARGETED INTERVENTION
3 to 9 months - Advisory & Execution
Hands-on work through a structural change: a merger or acquisition, a leadership succession, a shift in ownership, or a move from founder-led practice to professional management. Covers service definition, leadership structure, systems and reporting, and the internal communication required to make it hold. Measured on whether the model is still running after we leave.
FRACTIONAL COO
1 to 3 days per week - Embedded
Standing executive capacity for firms that need operational leadership without a full-time hire. Leadership team facilitation, performance reporting, accountability structures, and a steady hand on the operating rhythm. Typically a six- to twelve-month commitment, reviewed quarterly.
OUR FOUR PILLARS:
Firms rarely fail on one axis alone. Strategy without operating capacity stalls; operations without leadership alignment does not stick. We work across all four, weighted to where the constraint actually sits.
STRATEGY
Value Creation Planning
Growth Strategy
Operating Model Design
OPERATIONS
Business Performance
Operational Excellence
Transition Support
PEOPLE
Leadership Alignment
Organizational Design
Change Management
TECHNOLOGY
Digital Transformation
Process Automation
Performance Analytics
— Contact
Let’s Talk
If the work is good but the numbers are not, or if your firm has outgrown the way it is run, or if you are facing a change in leadership, ownership, or scale, we should have a conversation…
Tell us where the friction is. We'll respond within two business days with a candid view of whether we’re the right fit.
Prefer email?
Write to info@vectorgroupadvisors.com.
All inquiries are read personally.