We advise governments, investment promotion agencies, investors, and international companies on foreign direct investment, market entry, strategic partnerships, and cross-border business development.
Shepherds Oud Advisory is led by Dominique Minoue Ndome, whose seventeen-year career has spanned government-side investment promotion in the United States and Australia, ministerial advisory across Central Africa, and cross-border business development between the Benelux and the Atlantic.
Clients hire the firm to work directly with an operator who has sat on every side of a cross-border transaction — investment agency, government, investor, and international company.
We work selectively, focusing on engagements where sector experience, geographic reach, and institutional access can create meaningful outcomes.
Years inside investment promotion agencies in the United States and for Australia — we have carried the same pipeline targets.
Based in The Hague, at the heart of Europe, with direct access to Brussels, London, Paris and Frankfurt.
Our Chicago affiliate, Invest Shepherds, meets European investors when they land.
All industries covered, with critical minerals and strategic supply chains as a proven area of depth.
Navigating cross-border negotiations where politics, capital, and industry intersect.
Long-standing relationships with development finance institutions, investors, and industry.
Your presence in Europe. Your pipeline from Europe. Retained representation for EDOs and IPAs in North America and the Middle East.
Sourcing strategy, project screening, and government relations across critical mineral and industrial value chains.
Full-lifecycle support for FDI strategy, sector targeting, investor engagement, and aftercare.
Institutional capacity, value propositions, and lead generation for investment promotion agencies.
Market assessment, positioning, and structured entry across regulated and complex environments.
Identifying, structuring, and negotiating partnerships that endure across cycles and jurisdictions.
Advising ministers, agencies, and public officials on investment strategy and stakeholder engagement.
Positioning projects, jurisdictions, and platforms for institutional and strategic capital.
Structuring durable partnerships between governments, investors, and operating companies.
Corridor-based expansion connecting Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Africa.
Attract international manufacturers and strategic investors into a competitive US Midwest market.
Built and executed international investment attraction programs into Illinois with Intersect Illinois.
Establish an Australian investment attraction presence across the United States and Canada.
Led North American investment attraction and business development for Australia's trade and investment representation.
Support ministries and public agencies designing investment promotion strategy and institutional posture.
Advised government stakeholders across Cameroon, DRC, Guinea, and the Republic of Congo on investment strategy and engagement.
Enter the Dutch elderly-care market with a culturally aligned, family-centered service model.
Launched and scaled Shepherds Oud Care in the Netherlands, now supporting families across the country.
Position mineral projects and jurisdictions for strategic industrial and institutional capital.
Structured engagement between African resource holders, international operators, and downstream partners.
Help international companies expand across Atlantic corridors from a European base.
Designed and executed corridor-based expansion strategies connecting Europe, North America, and Africa.
We work with organizations seeking trusted support across markets, sectors, and institutional environments.