Vault Consulting 25 EMEAWhich are the best consulting firms to work for in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa?

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McKinsey & Company Europe

Founded in 1926, the consulting monolith that is McKinsey didn’t take long to expand into Europe, experiencing rapid growth in the region as early as the 50’s. McKinsey has since become a dominant player in virtually every major market throughout Europe and the Middle East. Wherever you seek an “in” at the most prominent consultancy, you’ll find the world suddenly becomes a more connected and accessible place than you could’ve imagined.

Bain & Company Europe

Bain & Company may operate presence in dozens of countries—with more than 20 offices in Europe, the Middle East & Africa—but that doesn’t keep the “heart” of the Big Three from functioning as one firm. Whichever path you pursue (and there are many), you’re sure to receive the same quintessential Bain experience that Bainies around the world say make this one of the most rewarding and enriching firms to join.

Roland Berger Europe

Headquartered in Munich, Germany, Roland Berger is the first natively European consulting firm to expand internationally. While global in scale and scope, the firm maintains a distinctly European culture that makes it a fascinating and enriching place to make your professional “home.” For those looking for an international experience unlike any other, where better to start than the original European firm to go global?

Oliver Wyman Europe

Oliver Wyman’s European presence spans almost two dozen countries in Europe and the Middle East. Overall, firm’s international offices account for more than half of its global footprint. A talent-focused firm that prides itself on connectedness and collaborative culture, Oliver Wyman strives to staff consultants on the projects that best suit their talents regardless of their home office. This makes international travel and opportunity the norm—not the exception.

OC&C Strategy Consultants Europe

OC&C Strategy Consultants is an international consulting firm that advises management of major multinational corporations and leading national companies, as well as governmental and other public institutions. OC&C also supports world-renown private equity firms in areas including potential investment scoping, vendor and buyer due diligence, and post-acquisition strategy. The firm brings a deep knowledge of sectors and the churn of demand to their work with clients.

Arthur D. Little EMEA

While the consulting industry as we know it today began in Boston more than a century ago with Arthur D. Little, more than 50% of the firm’s employees now work across its numerous European offices. This, combined with several Middle Eastern offices serving the entire region, make Arthur D. Little a truly global experience for any jobseeker looking to see the world while they’re changing it.

Simon-Kucher & Partners Europe

Pricing, sales & marketing experts Simon-Kucher & Partners maintain offices in roughly two dozen cities in Europe, the Middle East & Africa. It’s no wonder the firm crossed the 100-million-euro mark in the region more than a decade ago. A midsize yet truly international consultancy, the firm is recognized as a global pricing leader, and offers myriad opportunities for travel, growth and development, and client exposure for jobseekers looking to break into consulting.

Alvarez & Marsal Europe

Kearney EMEA

Kearney is a global management consulting firm that has long specialized in sourcing, procurement, and operations. The firm works with more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500, as well as governmental and nonprofit organizations. Their services include analytics, digital transformation and innovation, new market growth, procurement, IT, and sustainability.

L.E.K. Consulting Europe

L.E.K. Consulting is a global managing consultancy with clients ranging from small startups to major private equity firms. Although the firm’s roots are firmly planted in British soil (it began with the establishment of its London office in 1983), L.E.K. Consulting’s reach spans almost every major market around the globe. That—coupled with deep industry expertise across a breadth of clients and capabilities—creates a wealth of “big firm” opportunities at a relatively midsize firm.

Strategy&, Part of the PwC Network, Europe

Strategy& is the consulting business of professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, aka PwC, one of largest professional services networks in the world and one of the Big Four accounting firms. Combining strategy consulting expertise with the capabilities of the PwC network, Strategy& helps clients solve issues—from devising a corporate strategy to building capabilities by transforming functions and business units—from strategy through execution.

Implement Consulting Group

Implement Consulting Group is a management consulting firm. A self-billed "bunch of nerds" bringing change to change, the company has a people-centric focus. Though headquartered in Copenhagen with offices in Aarhus, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo, Oslo, Zurich and Munich, the firm serves clients worldwide.

NERA Economic Consulting Europe

NERA Economic Consulting understands what many people can’t: economics. The firm provides economic advice, analysis, expert testimony, and regulatory insight for global clients throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. NERA specializes in bringing academic analysis and rigor, objectivity, and real-world industry experience to bear on issues arising from competition, regulation, public policy, strategy, finance, and litigation.

Teneo Consulting

Teneo is the global communications and advisory firm known for working exclusively with the CEOs and senior executives of the world’s leading companies. The firm provides strategic counsel across their full range of key objectives and issues, and their clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations. Both Declan Kelly and Doug Band, co-founders of Teneo, resigned under dark clouds in 2021; Ursula Burns and Paul Keary were named Chairwoman and CEO respectively shortly thereafter. Also in 2021, private-equity investor CVC Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in Teneo.

Archery Strategy Consulting

Archery Strategy Consulting offers expert advice to executives in areas including growth strategy, M&A, organizational and process improvement, market differentiation, and more. Headquartered in Paris, the firm serves clients in three main sectors: Aerospace, Defense & Security; Energy; and Transportation & Logistics.

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Emerton Europe

Emerton is a global midsize consulting firm with functional expertise in strategy, M&A support, regulation economics, marketing and sales, digital, innovation, data analytics, business transformation. The firm works with large corporations, family businesses, and technology entrepreneurs, bringing a combination of deep sector expertise to agile and pragmatic approaches. Sectors they focus on include energy, industry, technology, and healthcare.

Blue Matter Consulting - Europe

Blue Matter is a firm that’s not afraid to tell it like it is. Built into its purpose statement is a staunch aversion to the “rigid processes,” “bloated deliverables,” and “mediocre answers” that stymy original thinking. Established by seasoned consultants, Blue Matter fosters innovation and creativity to bring meaningful impact to the life sciences industry. Those values seem to pay off in spades, considering this nimble boutique has expanded rapidly since it was founded in 2012—with European offices in London, Zurich, and Berlin.

Mansfield Advisors LLP

Mansfield Advisors is a leading strategy consulting firm specializing in healthcare, life sciences, and veterinary. The firm works with public and private corporate clients and private equity firms with the aim of adding value by advising them on growth, market entry, go to market, commercial due diligence, and digital transformation strategies.

Forrester Europe

Candesic

Candesic is a business management consulting firm based in London. While their main vertical is healthcare, Candesic operates in most areas of technology across many sectors, including aerospace, defence and security, technology and telecoms and private equity. Their healthcare practice is a leading provider of commercial due diligence for private equity transactions.

Marakon Europe

Marakon Associates is a small firm that makes a big impact. This firm offers its consultants more exposure to clients and the ability to take on additional challenges through stretch assignments. This firm is an excellent place to begin one’s consulting career or work up to partner. For those with strong analytical and interpersonal skills, Marakon Associates might be the perfect place.

The Brattle Group Europe

As an economic and litigation consulting specialist, The Brattle Group answers complex regulatory and financial questions for corporations, law firms, and governments around the world. Brattle serves numerous focus areas and industries, including energy, financial institutions, IT, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, sports, telecom, and media. In addition, the firm offers expert testimony and is known for the credibility of its experts, which include leading international academics and industry specialists.

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