| | L.E.K. Consulting has
become the first
strategic management
consultancy to win the
prestigious Queen's
Award for Enterprise in
the category of
International Trade. It
has been honoured with
the award for increasing
export revenues by 50%
to £56m over a
three-year period and,
in particular, for its
success in penetrating
the US market.
Formed in London in
1983, L.E.K Consulting
has grown to over 700
staff across 17 offices
in Europe, North America
and Asia-Pacific. The
firm specialises in
strategy development,
transaction support and
performance improvement
consulting. It has built
a strong reputation for
its rigorous data-driven
approach, delivering
advice based on rational
deduction and in-depth | |
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| | analysis. L.E.K.
Consulting's client list
includes major private
and public sector
organisations, including
more than 25% of the
FTSE 100 over the past
three years.
The consultancy
advises a diverse range
of industries, from
financial services and
healthcare to transport,
media and retail, among
others. Since its
inception, the firm has
paid particular
attention to
structurally emerging
markets, using its
individual style of
strategy consulting to
help unlock the
commercial solutions
that enable a market's
development.
This focus has
enabled the firm to
become the global market
leader in strategic
advice to the biotech
industry, build a | |
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| | worldwide reputation as
an expert in privatised
surface transport and
become a major adviser
to the private equity
sector; last year alone,
the firm advised on over
300 separate private
equity deals globally
and was named Due
Diligence Adviser of the
Year by Acquisitions
Monthly and Specialist
Adviser of the Year by
Acquisition Finance.
L.E.K. Consulting also
has a growing practice
advising organisations
on the strategic and
economic implications of
climate change,
including carbon
footprinting and
renewable energy
sources.
From its base in
London, the firm has
built a thriving
business in the US,
mainland Europe,
Australasia, China and
the Far East, with | |
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| | offices established in
cities including London,
Boston, Los Angeles,
Paris, Munich, Shanghai,
Sydney and Tokyo. L.E.K.
Consulting has built its
international success by
developing a structure
that fosters a high
level of global
consistency and
collaboration. The
firm's partners in each
of the offices around
the world share industry
expertise, corporate
relationships and
individual contacts, and
frequently travel with
staff from one region or
office to another in
order to secure and
execute project work.
"Strategic management
consulting is an
industry that has long
been dominated by US
firms," said Iain Evans,
chairman of L.E.K.
Consulting. "From the
outset, we aimed to
create a competitive | |
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| | global strategy
consulting firm from a
London base. We believe
that L.E.K. Consulting
is a rare example of a
UK-originated
professional services
firm that has penetrated
the US market and
achieved success through
organic growth, against
a strong set of global
competitors for whom the
US is a domestic
market."
The Queen's Awards
for Enterprise are the
UK's most prestigious
awards for business
performance, recognising
and rewarding
outstanding achievement
by UK companies. The
International Trade
category recognises
companies that have been
able to demonstrate
substantial growth in
overseas earnings and
commercial success.
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