Build forward-looking, resilient organisations, identify and unlock opportunities, find the right partners, and assess and manage risks with confidence.
We are committed to providing
sustainable solutions for our clients.
About Us
BergmanTaylor is a consultancy firm that services the private and public sector. Our client portfolio includes investment, technology and manufacturing companies, government bodies, international-, non-profit and non-governmental organisations, and foundations and associations.
Our tailor-made services always take into account the specific needs of each client and organisation, and combine management expertise across our service lines, foresight, insight knowledge and local facilitation to help our clients to succeed, at every step of the way.
The BergmanTaylor network is comprised of leading economists, business leaders lawyers, and senior diplomats and government officers who together leverage their experience to develop, implement and facilitate durable solutions to multifaceted problems.
Services
Risk Asessment & Mitigation
Organisational Reform & Change Management
Stewardship & Conflict Management
Project Support & Management
We provide in-depth market and feasibility studies and map key stakeholders and competitors.
We provide political and commercial risk assessments with attendant mitigation and contingency strategies and planning.
We evaluate and vet partners and provide due diligence and end-user verification.
We inform, educate and mobilise media, public and expert opinion, government entities, and the EU-capital, Brussels and country-based international system.
We provide delivery impact evaluations and run requirement assessments to ensure legal compliance and maximum project impact.
We design governance and board statutes and structures and develop complete sets of policies, rules and regulation frameworks specifically designed towards our client’s needs and legal entities.
We map and design inter-departmental decision-making and approval processes and linkages and information flows.
We benchmark and apply international best practices and country-specfic legal frameworks.
We design, implement and support change management processes and help organisations to transition from ‘founder-based’ structures.
We design and implement capacity building and mentorship programs and establish and improve collaborative structures and coordinate between multiple stakeholders.
We facilitate and assist in development priorities and funding across UN member states.
We provide stewardship of justice and security projects in the realm of policing, prosecution, border management, asylum and migration.
We evaluate and support confidence-building measures, peace processes and subordinate negotiations.
We design social and environmental impact investment instruments in transitional economies.
We develop project and funding proposals.
We provide the complete range of recruitment services.
We support buyers and sellers by matching requirements with funding and sourcing of goods and services.
We recalibrate and repurpose ‘stalling’ projects through targeted ‘back on track’ methodologies.
We provide logistical and administrative support.
Where We Work
Bangladesh
Belarus
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Croatia
Jordan
Kyrgyzstan
Lithuania
Northern Macedonia
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Yemen
Trusted By
Who We Are
Gaspar Bergman and Zack Taylor started Bergman Taylor in 2020 following a cumulative 35 years working across the diplomatic, development and political realms of the United Nations and other multilateral organizations. The pair started Bergman Taylor out of a recognition that traditional organizations were struggling to live up to the challenges of the twenty-first century, and a drive to facilitate positive change through agility, innovation and partnership.
Zack Taylor
Zack Taylor spent a decade working on conflict, mediation and political processes across the Balkans, the Caucasus and Central Asia. He spent a further seven years holding senior United Nations management positions with assignments in Turkey and Ukraine, where he led implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and UN reform. His work outside the UN includes supporting the EU’s efforts in integrated border management in the Balkans and East Africa, and support to the United States’ work in global electoral participation. Zack has an undergraduate degree in International Relations from Middlebury College in Vermont, USA, and a postgraduate degree in Security and Integration Studies from University College London.
Christian Franzelin
Christian hails from a corporate background with more than twenty years of executive experience with multi-national companies. He has managed large-scale projects for a wide range of blue-chip clients and is highly skilled in understanding and developing new markets. Christian has worked in very challenging and politically sensitive locations in Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa, often in front-line asset roles.
He currently resides in Vienna, Austria, from where he supports our clients with the analysis of complex political, economic, development and security-related issues, and the development of recommendations and tangible strategies with attendant budgets, organizational structures and timelines.
Christian holds a Bachelor of Science in International Relations from the University of London/London School of Economics and a Master of Arts in Global Diplomacy from the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Meet the Board
Jan Hartman
Jan has 25 years of experience working as a diplomat for the US Department of State, specializing in public diplomacy. She has worked at Embassies in Europe, Africa and Latin America.
After leaving the State Department, Jan worked with the non-profit Independent Diplomat to provide advisory services to countries that do not have their own diplomatic corps. She has worked in private consulting in public diplomacy and is currently working with a major US creative agency specializing in values-driven digital strategies for good causes.
She holds a BA Honors degree in Politics from the University of Essex and speaks Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan and some Somali.
Yefim Nivoro
Yefim has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications and software industries and has received numerous awards for his technical knowledge in the international technology sector.
After achieving a BA in International Studies from Middlebury College and an MBA in Business Administration from Northwestern University, Yefim set up two successful consulting firms that have generated over $350 million for his clients. He is currently the CEO and Founder of Globetek Media LLC, and CEO at Telglobe Services Inc.
Yefim also has extensive experience in international sales management, strategic marketing, business development, and managing accounts in Latin America. He speaks Spanish, Portuguese, French and Russian.
Jamie McGoldrick
Jamie has 20 years experience in humanitarian affairs with the UN. In addition to working at OCHA for eight years, he has worked as a Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and as a humanitarian coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Before this he served as the UN Resident Coordinator in Yemen, and earlier, in Georgia. He has also lectured for the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs, offering his insights and expertise in this area.
He has a BA in politics from the Glasgow Caledonian University.
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