The Consulting Report is pleased to announce The Top 25 Strategy Consultants and Leaders of 2024. Strategy consulting is often regarded as one of the most critical services in the professional services field, focusing on the growth and optimization of an organization’s operational and business strategies. This year’s awardees are honing strategy across a diverse array of industries, including healthcare, automotive, financial services, and technology.

With diverse responsibilities spanning go-to-market strategies, M&A, operational diligence, and digital innovation, these professionals partner with clients to craft and implement strategies that are tailored to each organization’s unique challenges and opportunities. Their work creates long-term value, driving transformative results that extend far beyond the business itself—shaping industries, improving productivity, and contributing to economic growth on a global scale.

Among this year’s awardees, Abram Sirignano, Senior Partner at Prophet, is recognized for his expertise in product and experience innovation, leading clients through successful digital and design transformations. Ozgur Adigozel, Managing Director and Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group, stands out for his work in healthcare transformation, where he partners with organizations to redefine growth strategies and improve operational efficiency. Rahul Krishnarao, Partner at Tata Consultancy Services, is noted for his extensive experience in both public and private sectors, where he has guided major corporate transformations including optimizing operations for financial services and retail giants.

This year’s awardees were selected through a methodical nomination process and careful consideration of each candidate’s career track record and industry contributions. Please join us in celebrating The Top 25 Strategy Consultants and Leaders of 2024.

1. Ozgur Adigozel
Firm: Boston Consulting Group
Title: Managing Director and Senior Partner

Ozgur Adigozel is a Managing Director and Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group, based in the Chicago office. As a core member of the Healthcare and Strategy practices, Ozgur has demonstrated deep expertise by leading the Payer practice for North America, working across a broad spectrum of healthcare clients. His primary focus spans payers, providers, and healthcare services companies.

With a career dedicated to transforming the healthcare landscape, Ozgur partners with CEOs, senior executives, and boards to help drive innovation and redefine institutional growth strategies. He works closely with management teams to navigate the complexities of the healthcare industry, enabling them to build effective strategies. 

Before joining BCG, Ozgur held a senior leadership role at Elevance, where he led marketing and product development for consumer businesses. Prior to that, he was a consultant at McKinsey and Company, advising healthcare payers, providers, and financial institutions. His career began at Procter and Gamble, where he held various management positions, honing his skills in business operations and leadership.

Ozgur holds an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Istanbul Technical University.

2. Michael Birshan
Firm: McKinsey and Company
Title: Senior Partner

Michael Birshan is a Senior Partner in McKinsey’s Strategy and Corporate Finance practice. He also serves on the McKinsey Global Institute council, which advises on MGI’s research on global economic, business, and technology trends. McKinsey and Company is a global management consulting firm that works with leading organizations across the private, public and social sectors.

3. Raghu Polisetty
Firm: Accenture
Title: Senior Managing Director

Raghu Polisetty is a Senior Managing Director within Accenture Strategy and Consulting, where he leads the Accenture Global Capability Network with nodes in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. His organization focuses on providing specialized management consulting and strategy capabilities at scale to support diverse management consulting projects across the world.

4. Mauricio Garza
Firm: Deloitte
Title: Managing Director

Mauricio Garza is a Managing Director in Deloitte’s Strategy and Analytics practice focused on the Transportation and Hospitality sector. Garza collaborates with clients to transform and improve their operations through innovative approaches, including AI and data strategies. He has researched and co-authored multiple articles related to profitable transformation.

5. Marc Hoogenberg
Firm: PwC
Title: Partner

Marc Hoogenberg is a Partner at PwC Strategy& based in Amsterdam. Marc is the Retail and Consumer Industry strategy leader for the Netherlands, and the Consumer Markets Industry Consulting Leader for PwC in EMEA. Operating as a subsidiary of PwC, Strategy& specializes in providing strategic consulting services across various industries.

With more than 20 years of experience, Marc consults leaders of global and local consumer goods companies, distributors and retailer organizations on large-scale business model and operating model transformations. He specializes in go-to-market strategies, marketing transformation, sales effectiveness, and revenue management.

Before joining Strategy&, Hoogenberg was a Principal at Booz and Company. Prior to that, Marc worked at McKinsey and Company and Accenture, where he focused on marketing strategies and analytics. He holds an MBA and master’s degree in econometrics.

6. Ira Gaberman
Firm: Kearney
Title: Senior Partner & Head of Europe, Strategy, Growth & Organization Transformation Practice

Ira Gaberman is a Senior Partner in Kearney’s London office. He is a member of the global leadership team of Kearney’s Strategy, Growth and Organization Transformation Practice, and is the Head of the SG&OT Practice in Europe. Ira is also a member of Kearney’s overall Europe Leadership Team.

A former M&A lawyer, Ira spent over 25 years consulting with Kearney, where he has built a long track record of helping companies future-proof their business, translating strategic opportunities into organizational readiness, and unlocking value potential. He is an expert in strategy translation, organization re-design and optimization, leadership team development, and large-scale enterprise transformation.

Ira works closely with leading companies in many sectors including financial services, consumer goods, telecommunications, and health, and operates extensively across Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. He also helps oversee Kearney’s Chief Strategy Officer, Chief People Officer, and Chief Transformation Officer Roundtables, and has authored or co-authored many of Kearney’s methodologies and frameworks.

7. Lucy Delaney
Firm: FTI Consulting
Title: Managing Director

Lucy Delaney is the Managing Director of FTI Consulting, a global business advisory firm that helps organizations manage change, mitigate risk, and resolve disputes. With over 8,300 employees in 34 countries, FTI Consulting works closely with clients to navigate complex challenges and seize opportunities.

8. Rahul Krishnarao
Firm: Tata Consultancy Services
Title: Partner

Rahul Krishnarao is a Partner in the Global Consulting practice and leads the Global Value Advisory offering at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). This practice works exclusively with C-suite executives and Boards of Directors at Fortune 500 and privately owned companies to unlock business value from large and complex transformations. Rahul serves as a trusted advisor, helping executives navigate the challenges of growth and transformation.

With over 25 years of experience, Rahul has held leadership roles in both public and privately-owned businesses. His team of value consultants and finance professionals have advised some of the largest financial services, energy, and retail companies, consistently delivering on value creation through revenue growth, cost take-out, and working capital reduction through transformation programs. 

Rahul has extensive experience in corporate transformation and performance improvement, with a focus on strategy, operating model design, customer experience, digital transformation, and data and analytics. He has deep expertise in leading large-scale transformation programs enabled by technology across business operations, supply chain, and back-office functions. He advances his clients’ growth and transformation agenda by placing value at the center and emphasizing people and data as strategic assets. 

Outside of TCS, he has served as a board member for the South East Asia Leadership Academy (SEALA) and is a member of the Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF). He holds an MBA in strategy from Alliance Manchester Business School and a bachelor of commerce from Christ University. 

9. Sharon Stufflebeme
Firm: Protiviti
Title: Managing Director

Sharon Stufflebeme is a Managing Director with Protiviti and leads the firm’s Technology Strategy and Advisory practice in Dallas. Stufflebeme has more than 25 years of experience in providing transformational services to a wide range of industries. Her specialty is assisting companies with technology-enabled business strategies with a focus on developing improved processes and leveraging technology to achieve business goals.

10. Sohin Chinoy
Firm: Alvarez and Marsal
Title: Managing Director

Sohin Chinoy is a Managing Director in the Dallas office of Alvarez and Marsal. With over 20 years of experience, his work has focused on creating enterprise value through products and data, cultivating new markets, improving operational design and execution, and M&A. He has worked across multiple industries, both as an advisor and an operator.

Prior to joining A&M, Sohin was CEO at an autonomous robotics company, overseeing the development of the first modern, fully automated, AGV-based parking garage. Before that, he served as SVP of Strategy and Transformation at a leading global commercial real estate services firm, overseeing a wide range of matters in corporate strategy, including the company’s flagship digital strategy and transformation effort. 

Sohin holds an MBA and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan.

11. Makoto Inoue
Firm: Kearney
Title: Partner

Makoto Inoue is a Partner and the APAC Leader for SG&OT at Kearney, with 19 years of experience as a management consultant. He has led a variety of cross-border assignments and recently focused on shareholder value creation, including top-line growth, performance improvement, and organizational design. His areas of expertise include corporate M&A, portfolio optimization, sales/commercial excellence, capital excellence, and digital transformation.

Throughout his career, Makoto has driven impactful change across several industries, including consumer, service, and healthcare. Notably, his work in consumer industries includes designing a new holding company and executing a large-scale consolidation of four companies. He has also led retail tech and digital solution development and pioneered new business development strategies based on consumer insights. In the service and healthcare sectors, Makoto has managed long-term portfolio optimization, group management plans, and strategies for digital health growth and functional supplements.

Makoto holds a degree from the University of Tokyo and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. His professional background includes working in the Specialty Chemical B.U. of Mitsui & Co., as well as Novus International. He is well-regarded for his deep understanding of market dynamics and his ability to guide clients through complex business transformations.

12. Florent Nanse
Firm: Arthur D. Little
Title: Partner

Florent Nanse is a Partner at Arthur D. Little, based in Boston, and a member of the Global Automotive and Manufacturing practice where he focuses on topics involving result-driven growth strategy, go-to-market strategies, business building, technology and innovation, and sustainability. 

Recognized for his entrepreneurial, adaptable approach and strong communication skills, Nanse has been key to growing the practice within the U.S. and instrumental to ADL’s successful growth and re-emergence as a leading management consulting firm in the U.S. Nanse is also a committed leader, combining client responsibilities with leading ADL’s Global ESG initiatives.

Nanse holds a degree in engineering from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers and a master’s degree in strategic management from HEC Paris.

13. Mark Terpstra
Firm: Crowe
Title: Managing Director of Strategy

Mark Terpstra is the Managing Director of Strategy of Crowe, a public accounting and consulting firm providing audit, tax, and consulting services to public and private entities. Terpstra leads a team of strategists, business designers, and innovators who help the firm's business units and industry verticals achieve profitable growth with differentiated offerings.

14. Gary Raichart
Firm: Kroll
Title: Managing Director

Gary Raichart is a Managing Director in Kroll’s Strategic Value Advisory practice, based in San Diego and affiliated with the Silicon Valley office. Kroll is a global provider of risk and financial advisory solutions. With a team of over 6,500 professionals worldwide, Kroll helps clients navigate complex challenges in risk, governance, transactions, and valuation. Raichart has over 15 years of consulting experience focusing on the strategic analysis of value, risk, and uncertainty.

15. Victoria Boxall
Firm: Teneo
Title: Managing Director

Victoria Boxall is a Managing Director within Teneo’s Strategy and Communications business, based in London. Teneo offers advisory services including strategic communications, investor relations, and financial transactions.

16. Piyush Mundhra
Firm: MathCo
Title: Chief Customer Officer

Piyush Mundhra is the Chief Customer Officer of MathCo, where he heads the firm’s Consulting Services business. In this role, he focuses on expanding service offerings and ensuring MathCo remains a trusted partner in addressing complex business challenges across industries and functions. 

With over 20 years of experience in customer-facing roles within consulting, spanning industries such as retail, CPG, healthcare, and technology, Piyush has successfully cultivated large-scale program relationships and driven significant business impact through data and AI.

Piyush is committed to championing customer experience at every touchpoint, enhancing the customer journey and strengthening the company’s key relationships. He focuses on building a customer-centric team and culture that consistently delivers innovative, high-impact solutions.

17. Abram Sirignano
Firm: Prophet
Title: Senior Partner and Global Lead, Experience and Innovation Practice

Abram Sirignano is the Global Lead for Prophet’s Product and Experience Innovation practice and a Senior Partner in the New York office. He works with client teams to develop and implement innovative product and service strategies, partnering closely to bring these solutions to market. His work has included advising companies such as Bose, AIG, and Marriott on business impact and operational change.

With 25 years of experience in digital and design-led transformation, he has worked across enterprise environments and with multiple agencies and consultancies. Prior to Prophet, he ran the NYC outpost of Fjord, a design consultancy and part of Accenture Song. 

18. Cat Brownlie
Firm: Argon and Co
Title: Partner

Cat Brownlie is a Partner at Argon and Co, a global management consultancy specializing in operations strategy and transformation with over 600 consultants worldwide. She leads the UK Strategy practice, driving the firm’s growth in holistic operational strategy while continuing to expand its core functional delivery. 

Brownlie is known for translating corporate strategies into actionable, results-oriented initiatives. She also launched Connect, Argon and Co’s Strategy and Transformation community, which has attracted over 250 senior business leaders since its launch in 2022 and has since expanded globally.

Before joining Argon and Co, Brownlie was Chief Program Officer at bp pulse and has held strategic roles at Babylon Health and McKinsey and Company. She holds a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sheffield.

19. Simon Zhang
Firm: Ries Consulting
Title: Global CEO

Simon Zhang is the CEO of Ries Consulting and a global expert in strategic positioning. Working alongside Al Ries for many years, Simon has further refined and advanced positioning theory to meet the needs of today’s digital-driven economy.

Simon pioneered the concept and methodology of "category creation"—an approach to business innovation that moves beyond traditional strategies to develop practical models that help companies find business success primarily through careful brand positioning. This has helped multiple companies reach multi-billion dollar valuations.

Simon has been the Chairman of Ries China for nearly two decades and has served as the company’s global CEO since 2020. He has also co-authored several books on positioning.

20. Scott Rankin
Firm: KPMG
Title: Principal, Global Head of Strategy

Scott Rankin is a Principal at KPMG and serves as Strategy leader for the firm’s Deal Advisory and Strategy practice. Based in Boston, Rankin has spent significant time as a strategy and M&A consultant, as well as in senior executive roles at a Fortune 150 retailer and a mobile commerce start-up.

Rankin has deep expertise in defining and implementing inorganic and organic strategic initiatives across numerous industries and sectors, and as a strategy and M&A consultant, works directly with C-suite executives and private equity leaders to develop M&A strategies, strategic growth plans and operational transformations. 

Rankin brings extensive industry experience and uses advanced analytics to identify markets, categories, and channels for growth and areas for profit improvement. His areas of expertise include growth strategy, commercial diligence, operational diligence, operating model transformation, cost optimization and profit improvement.

Rankin holds an MBA in business and strategy from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a BBA in finance from the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Isenberg School of Management.

21. Somen Dawn
Firm: EY-Parthenon
Title: Senior Director

Somen Dawn is Senior Director at EY-Parthenon, where he advises C-suite executives of Fortune 500 companies, particularly in the telecom, cable, and industrial sectors. With over 15 years of experience in strategy, mergers, and acquisitions, Somen specializes in developing customer-centric growth strategies, driving transformations, and optimizing deal value. His expertise includes go-to-market strategies, operating model redesign, and commercial excellence.

As an experienced leader, Dawn collaborates with senior executives to drive transactions and transformations that maximize shareholder returns. He is adept at developing high-performing cross-functional teams and guiding them to implement strategies in fast-paced environments. Dawn holds an MBA in strategy from the Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a bachelor of engineering degree in computer science from the Manipal Institute of Technology, India.

22. Sriram Hariharan
Firm: HCLTech
Title: EVP, Strategy, Corporate Development and Business Enablement

Sriram Hariharan is the EVP of Strategy, Corporate Development, and Business Enablement at HCLTech, a global technology company. Hariharan is responsible for developing business strategy alongside the management team and ensuring the organization executes its strategic vision. As Head of Corporate Development, he also leads the company’s engagement with the global investment ecosystem to identify inorganic opportunities, including acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic investments.

23. Brett Luhring
Firm: Booz Allen Hamilton
Title: Principal, Director, Enterprise Digital Strategy and Transformation

Brett Luhring is a Principal and Director of Enterprise Digital Strategy and Transformation at Booz Allen Hamilton, a global management and technology consulting firm advancing the nation’s most critical civil, defense, and national security priorities. Luhring is an experienced senior leader with 20 years of strategy, operations, and consulting experience leading large-scale technology and business transformations, increasing overall operation efficiency, and streamlining organization efforts.

24. Jessica Wadd
Firm: BDO USA
Title: Principal

Jessica Wadd is a Principal at BDO USA. With 15 years of experience in strategy development, organizational effectiveness, and market research, Wadd helps clients grow and improve their operations. She has worked with a diverse range of clients in financial services, software, professional services, and life sciences.

25. Matt Lloyd
Firm: PA Consulting
Title: Principal

Matt Lloyd is a Principal Strategy Consultant at PA Consulting, where he focuses on solving complex problems within the public sector. PA Consulting is a global consultancy providing management consulting, IT consulting, and technology and innovation services. Lloyd brings five years of experience to his current role.