Mikolay Ventures · Cross-border advisory

When the next move has to be the right one.

Executive advisory and interim leadership for companies in the middle of a hard decision — a turnaround, a transition, a chapter that matters more than most. I work with boards and operators wherever the company sits.

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01 The firm

A small, senior firm built around one operator.

Mikolay Ventures is led by Vincent Mikolay. When you engage the firm, you get him — in the room, on the calls, looking at the numbers.

Two decades of work across three worlds that rarely meet: senior roles inside multinational operating companies, leadership in government and international trade, and investment and venture platforms. The through line is the same — organizations under real pressure, stakes that matter, and a table that needs someone who can hold strategy, capital, and people in the same conversation.

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“Bringing clarity, creating energy, and driving success by solving over-constrained problems — that’s what leadership is about.”

Satya Nadella CEO, Microsoft · 2025

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