Guild Member Profile
Liesel Schmader
Manager
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Cleveland, OH
- Email: [email protected]
- Office: (216) 543-8397
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liesel-m-schmader/
- Website: Deloitte Consulting LLP
Liesel is a Manager in Deloitte Consulting LLP’s Location Strategy practice with over 10 years of experience in management consulting and real estate law.
Liesel has advised scores of client executives in their location strategy, real estate strategy, and global business services (GBS) decisions. Liesel’s area of expertise is in helping organizations develop and leverage location decisions to enter new markets, improve access to talent, decrease costs, and mitigate risk. This includes a mix of shared services and manufacturing site selection, field due diligence, and labor market analysis in the Americas, APAC, and EMEA. Further, Liesel has cross-industry experience, with a focus in Energy, Resources & Industrials. Finally, Liesel advises economic development agencies in developing business attraction strategies.
Prior to consulting, Liesel was in corporate and real estate law working on the full deal lifecycle, from the front end (entitlements) to the back end (contracts), including time at a Fortune 200 company. In this role, Liesel contributed to drafting and negotiating several high-profile partnership agreements, including an NBA jersey patch multiyear sponsorship agreement and NASCAR partnership agreement – a six decade-long partnership representing one of the longest-running sponsor programs in any major sport.
Liesel holds a Juris Doctorate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and Bachelor of Arts from Miami University. She is a frequent speaker, author, and contributor on the topics of location strategy and site selection.
GEOGRAPHIC AREAS SERVED
| South & Central America | Middle East | Europe |
| South Asia | APAC & Asia | Africa |
| East Asia | Australia & New Zealand | North America |