L.E.K. Consulting
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| Industry | Management consulting |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Headquarters | London, England |
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Key people
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Iain Evans, Global Chairman Stuart Jackson, Global Managing Partner |
| Products | Management consulting services, including strategy, private equity, mergers & acquisitions, life sciences, and retail |
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Number of employees
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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[citation needed], 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[citation needed], 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[citation needed] 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.lek.com/about
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
