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L.E.K. Consulting
See the world while helping to shape it
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Overview

L.E.K. Consulting is a global strategy consulting firm. We help clients achieve high impact results with our deep industry expertise and rigorous analysis

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Number of Employees

1,001-5,000

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Services Provided

Consulting

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Regions

Asia, Europe, Latam, Middle East, North America, Oceania,

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Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States Of America,

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Year of foundation

1983

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Partnership

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Professional Services

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About Us

Clarity at crucial moments

We're an independent global strategy consultancy working with business leaders to seize competitive advantage and amplify growth. Whether it's a biopharma company evaluating a late-stage asset, an industrial or technology leader reconfiguring its footprint after disruption, or a private equity firm pressure-testing an investment thesis, we help leaders move quickly from complexity to clear choices. Our insights are catalysts that reshape the trajectory of our clients' businesses, uncovering opportunities and empowering them to master their moments of truth. We provide game-changing strategic advisory at crucial inflection points, helping executives to make critical decisions with clarity, conviction, and confidence in the path forward. Founded in 1983, our worldwide practice — spanning the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe — has guided leaders across all industries, from global corporations to emerging entrepreneurial businesses and private equity investors.

Who we are

Unleashing momentum through insight

Every leader runs into moments of truth, when they need clarity to act decisively to gain advantage and seize value. But blind spots and organizational inertia can threaten their ability to maximize potential and amplify growth. We're committed to unleashing momentum by illuminating the pattern in the noise, challenging what's possible and inspiring the confidence that drives conviction. That's why we provide strategy consulting as a targeted intervention to mobilize across opportunities, alter trajectories and capture upsides at critical inflection points. With our finger on the pulse of our clients' industries, we have the context to spot emergent patterns. By uncovering hidden sources of value, we design new ways to win, helping clients shape the future of the market. By rallying leaders around actionable opportunities and clear tradeoffs, we deliver solutions that are truly client-owned. Our consultants bring a diversity of experience to help you challenge what's possible. Their areas of expertise include data and analytics, digital, marketing and sales, M&A, private equity, capital projects and performance improvement across the industry spectrum.

What we do

From complexity to clear choices

At some point, virtually every organization will face a situation where they have no clear solutions to their challenging strategic problems. We've spent decades helping clients look at these challenges in new ways. In our relentless search for truth, we draw on our core competencies of research, benchmarking, modeling, analysis and strategy development. Then, through targeted interventions, we uncover hidden value and competitive opportunities that can catapult your business forward. The most important principles are around the nature of problem solving. You will very rarely hear anyone here say, 'The L.E.K. view of this is X.' You will very often hear people say, 'We will have to work out from first principles what the answer is for you in your current circumstance.' We think each individual problem is unique in itself, and it needs to be worked on. Whether it be a long-range corporate plan, a product launch strategy, a performance improvement initiative or a transaction due diligence, our work is designed to deliver measurable outcomes in terms of growth, efficiency, and sustainable value creation.

Diversity and Inclusion

Diverse perspectives, stronger outcomes

We seek to attract, retain and promote individuals who reflect the global marketplace and communities in which we work. When you join L.E.K., you'll enjoy all the benefits of a large, multinational organization along with the advantages of being part of a close team working in an approachable, collaborative and supportive environment. We provide world-class career progression opportunities with increasing levels of challenge, responsibility and exposure. From new joiners to seasoned partners, we share a common value of developing others as we develop ourselves, leading to deeper relationships and a sense of belonging.

Sustainability

Carbon neutral leadership

In 2008, L.E.K. became the first global major management consulting firm to hold carbon neutral status. As part of our global effort to reduce carbon emissions, our offices have established various green initiatives. We continue to lead on environmental responsibility across our global operations.

Our People

A culture of inclusion and belonging

Diversity of thought, experience and background is central to our approach at L.E.K. Our vision for L.E.K. is a workplace environment where all staff feel safe to be their authentic selves. We’ve established our Belonging@LEK campaign to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging. At L.E.K., we’re committed to equal gender representation. We’ve taken significant steps to ensure gender parity across all our processes.

Our Purpose

Helping clients master their moments of truth

We help clients solve their most critical strategic challenges to deliver sustained growth and value creation. By combining highly engaged partners, deep industry expertise and evidence-based insights, we enable business leaders to consistently make better decisions, deliver improved business performance and create greater shareholder returns. We are uncompromising in our approach to helping clients achieve practical results with real impact.

Our Values

How we work

We are uniquely able to rapidly bring sector expertise and game-changing analytical insights to a client situation, helping them to quickly make critical business decisions that lead to real impact. Our work is built for speed and rigor. We combine deep sector expertise with game-changing analytical insight to help clients make critical decisions with confidence — then translate those decisions into action. Industry sector expertise from senior experts who are truly engaged in solving your challenge. Analytical rigor grounded in evidence, not opinion. Agility and focus targeted interventions at critical junctures.

Why working with us

The L.E.K. difference

We are an independent global strategy consultancy with world-class capabilities in Performance Improvement, Value Activation, and Mergers & Acquisitions, able to ensure our clients develop and deliver actionable strategies that create measurable long-term value. We provide insights that help our clients make integrated strategic choices, achieving exceptional results. Our understanding of market trends and drivers, along with deep industry expertise and analytical firepower, enables us to provide the evidence-based analysis executives need to make informed decisions. We combine highly engaged partners with rigorous analysis and speed to market, working collaboratively with clients to design solutions that fit their needs and fulfill their strategic ambitions.

Community & Impact

Pro bono impact through Inspire

As members of Inspire, L.E.K. chapters worldwide volunteer pro bono consulting advice to local non-profit organizations. Our offices participate in charitable initiatives such as the Cycle for Survival bicycling event to raise money for the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and other community-focused fundraising activities. We are active in various city initiatives to support local economies and social impact projects.

Awards & Accreditations

Recognition and excellence

In 2007, L.E.K. was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise for international trade and export. In 2022, the firm was ranked 9th by Firsthand in the Vault Consulting 50. Our experts are quoted — and, sometimes, published — in the world's most respected business journals including the Financial Time... See more

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