Creatives duMonde | A duMonde Group Company

A Strategy, Policy & Communications Firm

Our mission: to engineer and orchestrate the best possible outcome in any given situation.

Your Global Strategic Partner. Strategy is the linchpin of an organization's investment thesis, operations, brand identity, and sustainable growth. Whether you are a startup or an industry incumbent, we are your research and execution partner as you build a foundation for long-term success.

We navigate complex geopolitical systems, accelerating technologies, and the intricate interplay between legal frameworks across multiple jurisdictions. Our capabilities are anchored by cross-cultural literacy across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Communications

Strategic communication is the foundation of trust and influence. From media relations and organizational design to high-stakes crisis and reputation management, we act as discreet advisors, storytellers, and advocates. Whether navigating a crisis or shaping an internal culture, we deliver compelling results across every digital and in-person landscape

Strategy & Policy

Companies, organizations, and industries are shaped by history, values, customs, regulatory frameworks, and geopolitics alike. With dexterity and nuance, we mold your mission into a strategic position, and define and cultivate standards. We are poised to build and negotiate rigorous contractual frameworks, craft policy that safeguards and enables growth, and navigate the complex ethical landscapes of a rapidly evolving digital frontier.

Operational Design

With tactical discernment, we engineer unique processes and seamless customer experiences. Recognizing that operational precision and environmental aesthetics are inseparable, we design the varied experiences of the audiences you serve—harmonizing your internal protocols with your organizational presence. From digital interfaces to real-world environments, every detail is intentional.

Industry agnostic and agile, we bring cross-sector expertise to:

Consumer & Culture

Luxury Goods
The Arts

Strategic Direction & Financial Insight

Public & Corporate Policy
Investment Research & Portfolio Analysis

Education

Institutional Operations & Enrollment Strategy
Pedagogy, Curriculum & Academic Policy
Financial Sustainability, Endowment & Advancement

Regulation & Sustainability

Healthcare
CleanTech & AgriTech
Logistics

Technology & Data Governance

Privacy & Security
FinTech
E-Commerce
Media & Information

Founder & Managing Director

Whether you're testing a nascent idea, building a company from scratch, or taking an established firm in a new direction, you require someone who can connect the dots, draw a complete picture, and identify the nuts and bolts to deliver. You need a partner who can look beyond constraints, see possibilities, assemble the right team, and execute. That person is Tiese.

Tiese MANIGO GILARDONI is an investment architect; an ambidextrous strategy, policy, negotiation and communications professional with experience across Switzerland, the EU, Turkey, Africa, and the Americas. She works at the intersection of international law, cross-border commercial transactions, public-, security-, and privacy policy, trade, and technology. Tiese maintains a constant eye on the big picture—evaluating legal, geopolitical, technical, operational, and cultural landscapes. With this broad lens, she excels at researching, identifying, and pairing traditional and disruptive ventures to create the right societal, financial, and environmental impact. She fluidly brings together stakeholders at all levels for a mutual win. Over her 20+ years in the tech and investment industries, she has advised intergovernmental organizations, company founders, and C-level executives. Her strategic footprint spans the health, automotive, banking, luxury retail, environmental, digital security, media, mobile app, and ICT sectors.

A polyglot able to work with a person of any background, Tiese is curious and naturally sees parallels in seemingly disparate situations. Having lived, worked, and studied in eight countries, she brings cultural openness as well as discerning taste. Her experience across varied sociopolitical and linguistic environments has made her a capable relationship builder, interpreter, and purveyor of intentions in ways that words in print are sometimes unable to achieve. While discreet, knowledgeable, and respectful of established norms, she is unafraid to go against traditional wisdom to achieve a desired goal.

Tiese is the publisher of INTERNATIONAL BOY, which promotes intergenerational Literacy in Life—education, investment, the arts, architecture, and design.