Consilium

Consilium Group

Your council of advisors

We work at the crossroads of business and government, providing strategic, long-term advice.

We work with corporates, governments and institutions. Our job is to provide you with expert advice customized to your needs. We connect emerging markets and developed economies, spanning from the Americas to Asia and Africa. We are not fly-by-night operators; we seek long-term relationships. We take the time to understand your requirements and develop a personalized plan.

Our Services

Strategic
Advice

  • Create and identify strategies for international expansion
  • Map regional and country-level trends through customized reports
  • Political, economic and sectoral analysis
  • Opportunity and risk assessment, and risk advisory

Corporate Expansion

  • Market entry
  • Partner identification and due diligence
  • Company registration and legal representation
  • Public-private partnerships

Advocacy and government affairs

  • Managing government affairs
  • Regulatory advice
  • Policy planning
  • Public affairs and strategic communications

Strategic Advice

  • Create and identify strategies for international expansion

  • Map regional and country-level trends through customized reports

  • Political, economic and sectoral analysis

  • Opportunity and risk assessment, and risk advisory

Corporate Expansion

  • Market entry

  • Partner identification and due diligence

  • Company registration and legal representation

  • Public-private partnerships

Advocacy and government affairs

  • Managing government affairs

  • Regulatory advice

  • Policy planning

  • Public affairs and strategic communications

Leadership

Janaina Tewaney Mencomo
Janaina Tewaney Mencomo Co-founder, Consilium Group
Janaina Tewaney Mencomo is co-founder of Consilium Group, and has vast experience working within Panama, the Latin American, South Asian and Pacific regions. She has also been appointed as a Member of the Advisory Council of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) for the period of 2024-2028. She served at the Ministry of Commerce and Industries as one of the attorneys in charge of negotiating the Free Trade Agreement between Panama and the United States of America. At Strategic Foresight Group in Mumbai, India, she was an International Policy Analyst on terrorist financing, geopolitical scenario creation in security issues, and water diplomacy.In the Administration of President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, she was appointed Minister of Government (Minister of the Interior), a position in which she launched the Economic Empowerment Plan for Indigenous Women, with the collaboration of the Inter-American Development Bank. In October 2022, she was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, a role that she performed till 2024, achieving a seat for Panama as a non-permanent member of the security council of United Nation. Janaina graduated in Law and Political Science at the University of Panama, obtained an advanced Master's degree in International Law at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, in Brusels, Belgium and a Master of Laws degree on Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Resolution at the University of Hong Kong. Janaina is fluent in Spanish, English, French and speaks basic Hindi
Hari Seshasayee
Hari Seshasayee Co-founder, Consilium Group
Hari Seshasayee is co-founder of Consilium Group. A Latin Americanist from India and a graduate of Stanford University, Hari has a multifaceted experience with the region, having worked with think tanks, business associations, academia, corporates and governments – including with Gateway House, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the Woodrow Wilson Center, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), ProColombia, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Foreign Ministry of Panama. He previously led the Latin America desk at CII, where he organized the first India-Latin America Conclave held outside India, in Guadalajara, Mexico. At ProColombia, Hari managed a portfolio of trade worth more than $100 million across numerous sectors. He writes frequently and is often quoted by the media, including France24, BBC Mundo, CNN Español, Al Jazeera, the Los Angeles Times, Hindustan Times, the Times of India, Indian Express, Voz de América, among others. Hari has also contributed to journals and book chapters edited or published by Brookings Institution Press, Routledge, and the Inter-American Development Bank. He is also currently a Visiting Fellow at ORF and as Senior Fellow of the India Brazil Chamber of Commerce (IBCC). Hari has a Masters in Latin American Studies from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Mass Media from Mumbai University. He is fluent in English, Spanish, Tamil, Hindi, and speaks intermediate Portuguese.