L.E.K. Consulting
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| Partnership | |
| Industry | Management consulting |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Headquarters | London, England |
Key people |
Iain Evans, Global Chairman Stuart Jackson, Global Managing Partner |
| Products | Management consulting services, including strategy, private equity, mergers & acquisitions, life sciences, and retail |
Number of employees | 1,000+ employees worldwide |
| Website | www.lek.com |
L.E.K. Consulting is a Management Consulting firm, with global headquarters in London and U.S. headquarters in Boston.
The company was founded in 1983 by three partners from Bain & Company: James Lawrence, Iain Evans and Richard Koch. L.E.K. employs over 1,000 consultants across 21 offices worldwide.[1][2]
L.E.K. Consulting operates as a partnership and advises 20 percent of the world's largest companies, as well as leading private equity firms and governments. It is the only major global strategy consulting firm to have grown from a UK base, and it is the second-largest European strategy consulting firm behind Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. In 2007, L.E.K. received the Queen's Award for Enterprise.
L.E.K. is generalist, with expertise across all major industries including a large presence in Defence, Aviation, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Energy, Entertainment, Transport, Retail, Consumer Products and Financial Services.[3] The company also has a large private equity practice.[4]
L.E.K.'s primary service lines consist of Corporate Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Operations. As of 2015, it is ranked #12 in Vault's branche-internal survey of Top 50 consulting firms to work for.[5]
Offices
L.E.K. Consulting employs over 1,000 consultants across 21 offices worldwide.[1][2]
Notable former employees
- Richard Koch - author and entrepreneur
- Damon Buffini - Managing Partner, Permira
- Boris Johnson - journalist, MP and Mayor of London (resigned after one week with the company, because he found it "incredibly boring"[6])
- Richard Fuller - Member of Parliament for Bedford
- Christian Purslow - Co-founder of MidOcean Partners and managing director of Liverpool Football Club
- Kevin A. Mayer - Executive Vice President, The Walt Disney Company
References
- 1 2 http://www.lek.com/about
- 1 2 http://www.lek.com/offices
- ↑ http://www.lek.com/industries
- ↑ http://www.theconsultant.eu/news/high-profile-due-diligence-deals-win.html
- ↑ http://www.vault.com/company-rankings/consulting/vault-consulting-50//
- ↑ Purnell, Sonia (2011). Just Boris: Boris Johnson: The Irresistible Rise of a Political Celebrity. Aurum Press Ltd