Who We Are

Alkimya Catalyst is a boutique global advisory firm that specializes in negotiations. We provide companies and governments with negotiation solutions; we build (and execute) negotiation strategies to help our clients achieve results and add value to their most important negotiations.


We bring expertise, tools, processes, and an external perspective to ensure no value is left on the table on important negotiations. Our services range from advisory to CEOs and management teams, to the design of customized training programs to build negotiation skills across our client’s organizations.

Transform your negotiation from lead to gold with Alkimya Catalyst

Roberto Ordoñez

negotiator expert

Roberto is an expert negotiator; he advises large corporations, governments, SMEs, startups, and family businesses with complex negotiations and conflict resolution. 


He is the Founder of Alkimya Catalyst, a boutique global consulting firm specializing in designing and implementing complex negotiation and conflict resolution strategies. The firm also conducts customized training programs.


Roberto is a negotiations professor at ESCP Business School (UAE/France/Italy), Northwestern University (Qatar), Georgetown University (Qatar), and Central European University (Hungary/Austria). He is also a member of the University of Sharjah Advisory Board, a Snr Advisor at ProColombia (Colombia’s Government Export Agency), and an international speaker.  He is the President of Northwestern University’s Kellogg GCC Alumni association.


Prior to founding Alkimya Catalyst, Roberto worked for over 20 years in the oil & gas industry, holding senior management roles in operations, finance, business development, corporate planning, corporate strategy, and procurement divisions for large oil & gas companies, including Occidental Petroleum, Hess Corporation, and BP.


Roberto has a Bachelor and a Master of Science degrees (BS, MS) in engineering from Texas A&M University, and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Our Mission

At Alkimya Catalyst we are passionate about results, we are driven by a commitment to add real value to our clients. We help you see the world differently and discover opportunities that you may have never imagined.


Results not reports, we measure our success by the success of our clients.

Our Values

Trust: We believe that transparency, confidentiality, and commitment are the foundation of any successful business relationship.  We view trust as our most valuable asset.


Transformation: We believe in continuously challenging traditional paradigms and innovate new approaches. We have a mindset of exploration and transformation is our DNA.


One Team: We believe in working in close collaboration with clients to tackle nexus slot complex problems. We work as one team.


Knowledge: We believe that being the best demands constant learning and development. At Alkimya we have an insatiable thirst for knowledge.


Human First: We believe that understanding people is the foundation of creating situs slot gacor business value.

Company and Organization Clients

University Clients

Strategic Alliances

Kellogg School of Management

The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University is a global leader in management education, renowned for its distinctive thought leadership and pioneering approach to learning. Kellogg is consistently ranked among the top 10 MBA programs in the world.

Negotiation by Design

Negotiation by Design is Aluna Catalyst’s negotiation learning platform. It provides negotiation capacity building to companies and governments around the world. It conducts tailored negotiation workshops, one-on-one negotiation coaching, and will soon be launching a powerful on-line negotiation training platform.

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