strategist. designer. builder. independent director.
I solve complex problems at the intersection of strategy, technology, and international development. My work helps governments compete globally and companies enter markets faster and smarter.
Competitive positioning advisory & design
I help governments and companies identify and build their competitive advantages to lead in global markets. By pinpointing where jurisdictions or organisations can differentiate, designing initiatives that align with real-world constraints, and coordinating stakeholders for seamless execution, I ensure strategies deliver measurable outcomes, accelerate market positioning, and establish long-term leadership in their sectors.
International market development
I design and execute market entry and innovation initiatives that deliver results faster and more efficiently than traditional approaches. By mapping regulatory, operational, socio-cultural, and ecosystem requirements upfront, I cut implementation timelines from years to months, reduce costs, and ensure each initiative establishes measurable competitive advantage and sector leadership. I provide independent directorship services for Cayman Islands based structures.
Jurisdictional matchmaking
I connect governments with the right ventures, investors, talent, and strategic partners, and guide companies to the ideal jurisdictions to launch and scale. By aligning regulatory frameworks, policies, and ecosystem priorities, I help design innovative public-private partnerships that streamline market entry that anchors industries, strengthen local innovation capacity, and create sustainable competitive advantages and sector leadership.
Family offices & Funds
I advise family offices and funds on structuring, deploying, and safeguarding capital toward impactful innovation-aligned initiatives. Through holistic due diligence across regulatory, market, socio-cultural, and jurisdictional factors, I ensure investments are aligned with national development priorities, deliver measurable returns, accelerate impact, and protect assets while creating long-term strategic influence.
thought leadership
I deliver tailored workshops, executive training, and keynote presentations for universities, institutions, government bodies, and private organizations. Sessions focus on innovation ecosystems, impact innovation, jurisdictional strategy, and global market trends, equipping audiences to act decisively, build competitive advantages, and position themselves or their organisations as leaders.
fixer services
When high-stakes initiatives stall, I step in to cut through bottlenecks, mobilise the right stakeholders, and align complex projects with national development priorities. My specialised approach ensures that stalled initiatives get back on track quickly, achieve measurable impact, and deliver lasting market outcomes.
client impact outcomes
Designed a market entry strategy that reduced a leading Web3 company’s timeline from 12 months to 4 months, whilst securing first-mover advantage in a high-growth jurisdiction with a pioneering, first-of-its-kind use case.
Accelerated Market Entry
Designed a national innovation strategy to leverage existing economic strengths to accelerate workforce upskilling, while attracting millions in anchor investments for projects aligned with national development priorities.
National Competitiveness Boost
Resolved a major, time-sensitive regulatory challenge for a leading Web3 company after years of unsuccessful attempts by multiple legal teams, enabling swift market entry and securing a strong first-mover position.
High-Stakes Problem Resolution
What clients Are Saying
Lucia Gallardo has been an invaluable advisor to our company from day one. GOAT Network's particular goal when engaging Lucia was to find ways to execute impact programs with sovereign nations. It would be tough to imagine anyone crafting more intelligent, practical, and achievable impact plans that serve the dual purposes of profit and social good. Lucia even enhanced her value to our company by opening numerous other doors for GOAT, from high-level investor intros to collaborating on business plans -- in each instance going above and beyond the scope of our agreement with her.
More broadly, I have found Lucia to be exceptionally diligent when it comes to getting to know and understand a client’s challenges, thoughtful and creative when it comes to proposing smart suggestions for those challenges, and agile and nimble when it comes to arriving at solutions that satisfy those clients, while also putting our company's needs first. She is well connected, incredibly hard-working, and as dogged as she is empathetic. Any company, government, board of directors, or any other organisation that hires Lucia becomes a far more formidable force the instant that agreement is signed.
Dane Levine, Strategy Lead, GOAT.Network
Let’s Work Together
I believe the future belongs to jurisdictions and organisations that can adapt, collaborate, and create real public value. My role is to design the pathways that get us there — faster, smarter, and with lasting impact.
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