About STAGE Advisory
Built by an executive. Designed for executives.
STAGE Advisory was founded on a simple conviction: great strategies mean nothing without great execution.
The Founder
Cedric Davy
Founder & Principal Advisor
Cedric Davy brings nearly two decades of senior executive leadership across luxury automotive, hospitality, and consumer brands. His career spans some of the most iconic names in the world, from the boardrooms of Bugatti and Lamborghini to the marketing operations of Bass Pro Shops' hospitality division. Having built and led organizations on both sides of the Atlantic, across Europe and North America, he brings a genuinely global perspective to the challenges facing today's executive teams.
Why I Founded STAGE Advisory
Because great strategies mean nothing without great execution.
After nearly two decades in executive leadership roles across some of the world's most prestigious automotive and luxury brands, I came to a simple realization: businesses rarely lack ambition or ideas. What they often lack is the alignment, leadership, and execution required to turn those ambitions into lasting results.
Throughout my career, I've had the opportunity to lead organizations, transform business models, build brands, accelerate growth, and navigate complex challenges. I've also seen firsthand the gap that too often exists between strategic recommendations and operational reality.
I founded STAGE Advisory to bridge that gap. My ambition was to create a different kind of advisory firm: one that combines the strategic perspective of a consultant with the pragmatism, accountability, and hands-on experience of an executive who has actually been responsible for delivering results.
I believe that meaningful transformation requires more than a compelling vision. It demands clear priorities, aligned leadership, disciplined execution, and the willingness to make difficult decisions.
Today, through STAGE Advisory, I bring that experience directly to business owners, CEOs, leadership teams, and investors who are looking for more than advice. They're looking for a partner who understands their challenges, challenges conventional thinking, and helps turn opportunities into measurable business outcomes.
I didn't start STAGE to tell businesses what they should do. I started it to help them make it happen.
Cedric Davy
Founder, STAGE Advisory
What We Believe
A different kind of advisory firm.
Strategy without execution is just planning
We don't hand over a deck and walk away. We stay in the work until the outcomes are real.
Alignment is the multiplier
The best strategy in the world stalls when leadership isn't unified. We make alignment a discipline, not an assumption.
Experience over theory
Every recommendation we make is grounded in having actually done it, in real organizations, under real pressure, with real accountability.
Ready to work with someone who's been in the room?
Let's talk about where your organization is and where it needs to go.