verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message l.e.k.consulting type 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 1 200 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 1 200 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 3 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 . 4 the company also has a large private equity practice . 5 l.e.k. s primary service lines consist of corporate strategy mergers and acquisitions and operations . as of 2016 it is ranked 8 in vault s branche internal survey of top 50 consulting firms to work for . 6 l.e.k. is ranked 2nd best worldwide for travel requirements minimal compared to competing firms and 4th for exit opportunities according to vault . 7 contents 1 history 2 recruitment 3 swap program 4 awards & recognition 5 offices 6 notable former employees 7 references 8 external links history edit in 1983 three partners from bain & company james laurance iain evans and richard koch founded l.e.k. consulting in london . from the start their uncompromising vision was to create a incredible firm or fail trying . . 8 their most important principles for the firm where around the nature of problem solving . some of l.e.k. s major project milestones have included strategic and commercial advice for the u.k. government on the privatization of passenger train operating companies in the mid 1990s assisting the launch of one of the world s first pure direct internet banks in 1996 being the sole strategic advisor on the world s largest airline merger in 2007 and the transformation of a mid tier global pharmaceutical company into an industry leader in 2009 . in 2008 l.e.k. consulting became the first global major management consulting firm to become carbon neutral . 9 recruitment edit l.e.k. consulting was ranked in the list of top 20 most challenging job interview processes in the world by the career site glassdoor placing it above facebook and amazon . 10 candidates typically undertake multiple rounds of case and experience based interviews . swap program edit l.e.k. consulting is well known for its 6 month office swap program in which employees may add dimension and perspective to their career by switching places with one of their peers in an overseas office for a 6 month period . 11 awards & recognition edit l.e.k. consulting have won a number of prestigious awards within the management consulting industry . they were named strategic consultants of the year at the 2015 health investor awards following on from awards in 2013 2012 and 2011 . 12 l.e.k consulting was also the first strategic management consultancy to win the queen s award for enterprise . 13 in 2006 l.e.k. was named due diligence adviser of the year by acquisitions monthly and specialist adviser of the year by acquisition finance . offices edit l.e.k. consulting employs over 1 200 consultants across 21 offices worldwide . 1 2 beijing boston chennai chicago london los angeles melbourne mumbai munich new delhi new york city paris san francisco sao paulo seoul shanghai singapore sydney tokyo wroclaw notable former employees edit richard koch author and entrepreneur damon buffini managing partner permira boris johnson journalist mp and mayor of london 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 james lawrence ceo of rothschild formerly cfo of unilever robert boyle commercial director british airways coline mcconville ceo clear channel europe phillip goulding cfo allegheny energy oliver duha co founder & co chairman webhelp france tim sims managing partner pacific equity partners reinhard gorenflos managing director kohlberg kravis roberts andre sillitoe ceo apax partners references edit a b http www.lek.com about a b http www.lek.com offices https managementconsulted.com consulting interviews lek consulting 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 http www.vault.com company profiles management strategy lek consulting europe company rankings http www.lek.com about 30th anniversary innovative firsts http www.lek.com join lek life at lek environmental responsibility http fortune.com 2012 08 15 25 toughest companies for job interviewees http www.lek.com join lek the lek career international opportunities http www.lek.com press releases lek consulting named strategic consultants year 2015 healthinvestor awards http www.lek.com press releases lek consulting becomes first strategic management consultancy win queen s award enterprise external links edit official web site 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mckinsey marvin bower bill bain consultant bruce henderson roland berger arthur dehon little edwin g. booz james l. allen managing directors dominic barton rich lesser orit gadiesh charles douard bou e areas of expertise management consulting human resource consulting information technology consulting economic consulting risk and strategic consulting tax advisor audit assurance services financial adviser public sector consulting performance consulting biotechnology consulting others big three management consultancies big four accounting firms consulting firm case interview enron scandal business consultant consultant grade consulting certified management consultant house of lies victor cheng strategy business list of management consulting firms list of it consulting firms retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title l.e.k. consulting & oldid 744529960 categories international management consulting firmsprivately held companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 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