Certified Management Consultant (CMC), Founder and Managing Director of Amity™ Consulting, Certified Export Consultant, Mediator and ToP Facilitator with more than 25 years of consulting experience.
🌍 What Marja Brings to Fainin Advisory
Prof. Dr. Marja Nesterova is an experienced management consultant, business transformation advisor, professor and social innovation expert with more than 25 years of professional practice.
She supports businesses, public institutions, universities, civil society organisations and international partnerships in navigating complex organisational change, strengthening management systems and turning strategic ideas into practical and sustainable solutions.
As a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) under international CMC Global standards, Marja combines structured management consulting with organisational diagnostics, strategic facilitation, mediation, export readiness, European market integration and project development.
She is the Founder and Managing Director of Amity™ Consulting, a full-cycle consulting company focused on management effectiveness, business transformation, social impact, digitalisation and alignment with European standards.
🚀 How Marja Supports Clients and Partners
Marja helps organisations:
- diagnose organisational and management challenges;
- develop strategies, business models and transformation roadmaps;
- facilitate strategic decisions and stakeholder dialogue;
- support export readiness and European market integration;
- design international partnerships and donor-funded projects;
- strengthen leadership, organisational resilience and capacity.
⭐ What Clients Value
Marja combines several areas of expertise that are rarely found in one professional profile:
Internationally Certified Management Consulting
CMC expertise grounded in professional standards, ethics and structured methodology.
Integration of Strategy and People
A combination of management systems, organisational culture, facilitation and human-centred change.
Business and International Perspective
Experience connecting business transformation with export, European standards and international partnerships.
Academic and Methodological Depth
Research-based thinking that strengthens the quality and credibility of complex assignments.
🎯 Selected Areas of Expertise
Management Consulting & Organisational Transformation
Organisational diagnostics, management audits, business process improvement and change management.
Social Innovation & Organisational Resilience
Human-centred solutions that combine management effectiveness, social impact and resilience.
European Integration & Export Consulting
Export readiness, market entry, cross-cultural cooperation and alignment with European standards.
Strategic Facilitation & Mediation
Participatory strategy development, stakeholder dialogue, conflict resolution and consensus building.
Fundraising & International Project Development
Grant readiness, consortium building, proposal development and project management.
Digital Transformation & AI Governance
Responsible digitalisation, AI policies, risk management and preparation for European regulatory requirements.
Leadership & Capacity Building
Executive coaching, mentoring, competence development and organisational learning.
🏅 Professional Highlights
- Founder and Managing Director, Amity™ Consulting
- Certified Management Consultant (CMC)
- Vice-President, CMC Ukraine
- Chair of the Committee on Social Innovation in Consulting and Business
- Certified Export Consultant
- Certified ToP Facilitator and Mediator
- Professor and Doctor of Science in Philosophy of Science
- 25+ years of consulting practice
🤝 Role within Fainin Advisory
As Senior Advisor for Management Consulting, Social Innovation & European Partnerships, Marja contributes to:
- strategic advisory assignments;
- organisational and management diagnostics;
- business transformation initiatives;
- international consortium development;
- European and donor-funded project design;
- strategic workshops and facilitation processes;
- stakeholder mediation;
- social innovation and community resilience programmes;
- export and European market integration;
- methodological and quality assurance;
- capacity-building programmes for businesses, institutions and civil society organisations.
Her participation strengthens Fainin Advisory’s capacity to support clients at the intersection of business transformation, international cooperation, social innovation and organisational resilience.
🗣 Languages
English | German| Ukrainian | Russian
📍 Location
Maria Lankowitz, Austria
