Building together
since 2013

Our story

GMQ Business Consulting & Advisory was founded in 2013 by Erik F.A. Gmelig Meyling, MSc, on a simple conviction: advice is only worth what it survives in contact with reality.

The firm’s roots are Dutch — built on two decades of corporate, SME and government work, including advisory to the Dutch Ministry of Justice and the growth and sale of a twenty-person media company. Its operating base became Ukrainian: in 2013 Erik relocated to Kyiv and spent the next decade working inside the Ukrainian market — as consultant, interim executive and business owner — through every condition that market has known.

That combination shapes how we work today. We advise at board level, but we have signed the contracts, led the teams and carried the P&L ourselves. Clients get an operator’s judgement, not a slide deck.

Today GMQ is the parent of a focused group: KMA Deutschland and the CMA Nederland (Nederlandse Academie voor Crisismanagement) — our executive crisis-management academies serving Germany and the Netherlands — and CrisisDock, our crisis-management software platform. One doctrine runs through all of it: organisations perform under pressure only when strategy, leadership and preparation were built before the pressure arrived.

Our Mission

Our Goal:
To be the advisor organisations call when the decision is too important to guess — and to leave every client stronger, clearer and better prepared than we found them.

Our Mission:
To partner with leadership teams across Western Europe and Ukraine, delivering board-level strategy, interim executive leadership and crisis readiness — with fixed scopes, senior-only delivery and measurable outcomes. We build long-term partnerships on trust, candour and results, and we measure ourselves on what changes for our clients.

Why Choose Us

Founder-Led Delivery

The person you meet is the person who delivers. No leverage pyramids and no junior hand-offs — direct access to senior judgement from the first call to the final board session.

Cross-Border Fluency

Dutch commercial discipline, Ukrainian market reality and German institutional rigour — one advisory group that has operated in all three, with deep roots in IT, BPO, commercial real estate and manufacturing.

Fixed, Transparent Proposals

Scope, deliverables, timeline and fee in one signed document. No open-ended retainers — engagements are built around outcomes and a demonstrable return on investment.

Long-Term Partnerships:

We are not interested in short-term fixes. We build relationships on trust, integrity and results — and we design every handover to make ourselves unnecessary. That is why clients come back.

Client Testimonials

"The business strategy advisory services provided by GMQ Consultancy were exactly what we needed to take our business to the next level. Erik and his team helped us develop a clear and effective plan that aligned with our vision and goals. Thanks to their guidance, we were able to achieve significant growth and success in our industry."
Trinetix IT Solutions

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"The business services provided by GMQ Consultancy were invaluable to our organization. Erik and his team of experts helped us identify areas of improvement, implement best practices, and optimize our sales and marketing operations. Thanks to their comprehensive analysis and actionable recommendations, we achieved significant improvements in efficiency and profitability. They enabled us to expand our current locations and, with their guidance, successfully launched multiple new locations."
Platforma Coworking

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"The sales & marketing consulting services provided by GMQ consultancy were exceptional. Their team of experts helped us develop and implement effective sales & marketing strategies that increased our visibility, lead generation, and revenue. We were impressed with their level of professionalism, expertise, and commitment to our success."
Grid Dynamics (Formerly known as Daxx IT)

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