L.E.K. Consulting is a global strategy consulting firm based in London and Boston. Founded in 1983 by three partners from Bain & Company, L.E.K. focuses on corporate strategy, marketing and sales, mergers and acquisitions, and operations.[1] It provides expertise to life sciences and pharma, healthcare services, consumer products, financial services, energy and environment, media and entertainment, technology, travel and transport, industrials, and retail.[2] The firm also has a strong private equity practice.[3]
History
In 1983, three Bain partners from London – James Lawrence, Iain Evans and Richard Koch – left and founded L.E.K.[4]
L.E.K. merged with Alcar Consulting Group in 1993. Founded in 1979,[5] Alcar pioneered value-based management (VBM) principles that maximized result impact for clients.[6]
Projects include providing strategic and commercial advice for the U.K. government on the privatisation of passenger train operating companies in the mid-1990s, assisting the launch of one of the first pure direct internet banks in 1996, and transforming a global pharmaceutical company into an industry leader in 2009.
In 2007, L.E.K. was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise for international trade and export.[7] In 2008, L.E.K. became the first global major management consulting firm to hold carbon neutral status.[8] In 2022, the firm was ranked 9th by Firsthand in the "Vault Consulting 50".[9]
L.E.K. utilizes a local staffing model, where consultants travel less compared to other firms.[10]
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References
- L.E.K. Consulting - Company Profile Vault^
- Consulting Services and Industries L.E.K. Consulting^
- High profile Due Diligence deals win L.E.K. Private Equity award The Consultant^
- L.E.K. Strategy Consulting Firm Profile Management Consulted, 2015-04-05^
- L.E.K. Consulting adds seven new partners globally www.consultancy.uk, 2015-01-22, retrieved 2021-03-11^
- Denis Kilroy, Marvin Schneider. Customer Value, Shareholder Wealth, Community Wellbeing: A Roadmap for Companies and Investors Springer, 2017^
- L.E.K. Consulting Company Profile Top Consultant, retrieved 24 July 2020^
- L.E.K. Consulting to achieve carbon neutral status from 1st January 2008 Top Consultant, 2007-12-05, retrieved 24 July 2020^
- Vault Consulting Rankings Firsthand, retrieved 2022-03-25^
- Seb Murray. Inside View: L.E.K. Consulting Business Because, 2017-01-03^