Guild Member Profile

Liesel Schmader

Manager

Deloitte Consulting LLP
Cleveland, OH

Liesel is a Manager in Deloitte Consulting LLP, advising senior executives on enterprise growth, capital deployment, and global operating strategy. She specializes in helping organizations navigate complex investment and transformation decisions that share long-term performance and competitiveness.

Her work spans market entry, global footprint strategy, and business transformation, enabling organizations to improve access to talent, enhance operational resilience, and manage cost and risk in an increasingly dynamic environment. She brings an integrated perspective across strategy, investment, and location, translating enterprise priorities to actionable decisions.

Liesel has advised Fortune 500 and high-growth organizations across global markets, with experience spanning multiple industries. She supports leadership teams on some of their most consequential investment and operating decisions and partners closely with executive stakeholders to translate business objectives into investment and operating strategies that drive scalable, resilient growth.

In addition to her corporate work, Liesel advises economic development organizations on competitiveness, investment strategy, and growth initiatives.

Prior to consulting, Liesel developed a foundation in corporate and real estate law, shaping her structured, transaction-oriented approach to strategy and investment decision-making.

Liesel holds a Juris Doctor from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from Miami University. She is a member of the Site Selectors Guild and regularly speaks and writes on topics related to investment decisions, operating strategy, and global business trends.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS SERVED
Middle East South & Central America Europe
Middle East Europe South Asia
APAC & Asia Africa East Asia
Australia & New Zealand International North America
Industries
Aerospace, Aeronautics and Aviation Education Forestry
Minerals Metal EV Supply Chain
Food Processing Forestry, Minerals, Metal Financial Services
Renewable & Clean Energy Financial Data Centers
Tech Energy IT
Automotive Business Services and HQ Pharma
Medical and Life Sciences Chemicals and Plastics Advanced Manufacturing
R&D Food and Beverage Apparel
Logistics, Warehouse and Distribution Real Estate Paper
Electronics
PAST CLIENTS
Deloitte Entegris Moderna
Nestle Thermo Fisher Salesforce
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