International Business Practice Group
Navigate the Complexities of Global Business with Confidence
As an internationally oriented business whether you're expanding overseas, entering the U.S. market, serving international clients, or operating as an ethnically owned company, you face challenges that go far beyond the norm. Cultural nuance, regulatory hurdles, multi-jurisdictional compliance, and cross-border operations demand more than standard playbooks.
We help you meet these challenges with experienced, executive-level support tailored to your growth stage, goals, and global footprint.
How We Help
With decades of experience supporting international ventures, we bring both operational acumen and cultural understanding to your team. Whether you're entering a new region or reconfiguring operations, our experts help you move quickly, compliantly, and with confidence.
Strategic Support for Global Expansion
As you expand into new markets, you must navigate unfamiliar tax regimes, compliance requirements, data privacy laws, and evolving geopolitical risks. Our seasoned CFOs, COOs, CHROs, and CIOs help you assess these risks and design scalable strategies to manage:
International entity setup and governance
Currency and exchange rate risk
Global team and vendor management
Local financial, legal, and regulatory frameworks
Privacy and cybersecurity regulations across borders
Expert Execution for Financial and Operational Excellence
You need to establish systems and controls that stand up to global complexity. We bring proven expertise to implement and optimize core business functions so you can scale with clarity and control:
Financial policies and accounting procedures
Internal controls and audit readiness
ERP system selection and implementation
Workflow and process improvements
Short-term project execution or long-term fractional leadership
Financial and Operations Services
We specialize in financial and operational management processes, company accounting policies and procedures, accounting services, internal control assessments, audit preparation, workflow improvements, and ERP-implementations. Our partners understand financial and operational business needs as well as cultural sensitivity. With our support, your internationally oriented business can meet the challenges that present themselves as you scale and grow.
Talent Strategy and Cultural Alignment
Building a global team requires more than filling seats—it requires alignment and sensitivity. We offer:
Fractional CHRO and CIO services to support cross-cultural integration
Strategic planning and cultural sensitivity facilitation
Full-cycle recruiting and customized outsourced staffing
Talent acquisition strategies tuned to local and international needs
Connected Leadership with Trusted Networks
When time is of the essence, relationships matter. Each of our executive advisors brings an established network of:
International bankers
Cross-border attorneys
Auditors and tax advisors
Specialty service providers
These relationships help accelerate your success by simplifying the path to execution.
Who We Serve
Established Foreign Companies
Expand into the U.S. Market confidently with our seasoned professionals to serve as your on-the-ground guide, helping you:
Navigate U.S. compliance and regulatory requirements
Establish financial and HR systems that align with your goals
Build local relationships with banks, attorneys, and service providers
Support your U.S. operations on an interim basis as your business scales
With our support, you can accelerate your expansion, avoid costly missteps, and focus on reaching your full market potential.
Foreign-Born Entrepreneurs
As a foreign-born entrepreneur, you're not just entering a new market. You're building something new from the ground up, often while navigating the complexities of immigration, business formation, and U.S. regulatory systems.
You need a trusted partner who can:
Help you focus on the right early decisions—what to act on now, and what can wait
Prioritize legal, financial, and operational steps to avoid missteps
Anticipate challenges unique to your background and ambitions
Offer practical, forward-looking guidance tailored to your venture's stage and structure
We work with you to create a clear path forward—so you can focus on realizing your vision with confidence.
Ethnically Owned Businesses
Ethnically owned businesses, often family owned, encounter unique challenges as they strive to scale and expand. These challenges can arise from cultural differences, limited access to capital, navigating complex regulatory environments, and changing organizational needs. Benefiting from objective advice regarding transparent and consistent actionable financial information and performance indicators through standardized financial reporting, modeling, planning processes, and operational reviews can bring clarity and insights to strategy and ready the company to present compelling business plans for raising capital, operational improvements, and sales and marketing priorities. It is important that this objective advice incorporates the sensitivity and understanding of the cultural dimension of the business to leverage its unique qualities and strengths.
Established US Companies
You know your U.S. operations well—but expanding globally requires a different kind of expertise. We help you navigate unfamiliar markets with experienced financial, tax, and HR guidance, along with a trusted network of international advisors. Whether you're launching a foreign subsidiary or scaling an existing one, we provide interim leadership and strategic support to help you move faster, stay compliant, and unlock global growth.
Meet the Team
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Bob Weis
International Business Practice Group Leader
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Francis Ota
International Business Practice Group Leader
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Joe Markunas
International Business Practice Group Member
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Donna Hamlin
International Business Practice Group Member
Build a High Performing Team
Whether your business is growing, transforming, or in need of change, finding the right people quickly is critical. Our recruiting services give you direct access to experienced recruiters and advisors who understand your industry, your challenges, and the kind of talent it takes to move your business forward. Whether you're filling a key executive role, backfilling staff during a transition, or building out a new team, you’ll get tailored recruiting support without the overhead of a traditional search firm.
You choose the model that fits: executive search, contingency recruiting, or interim and project-based staffing. Every search is grounded in deep operational knowledge from across the 2GO Advisory Group—so you’re not just hiring quickly, you're hiring wisely.
Engagement Example:
Assessment and financial plan for a global health non-profit in transition.
Engagement Example