The Consulting Report is pleased to announce The Top 25 Strategy Consultants and Leaders of 2025. Strategy consulting now sits at the center of how major organizations make consequential decisions, respond to disruption, and position themselves for the years ahead. The professionals recognized in this year’s list work at the point where corporate direction, technology, capital, and operations converge, shaping how companies grow, restructure, or rethink their business models amid shifting markets.

Their work spans some of the most intricate environments in the private and public sectors. They have guided multibillion-dollar transformations, advised on M&A and portfolio shifts, redesigned operating models, and helped organizations integrate AI, data, and digital capabilities into core decision-making. Their experience spans healthcare, education, industrials, energy, consumer markets, technology, and public institutions—sectors where strategic choices carry far-reaching operational and financial consequences. Collectively, they support leadership teams in making well-founded decisions that carry through in practice.

Among this year’s awardees, Jagan Ramachandran, Senior Partner at Cognizant Consulting, stands out for leading strategy across the healthcare payer segment, advising national and regional plans on digital strategy, customer experience, and the application of AI to reshape member engagement and operating models. 

David Vidal, Senior Partner at Simon-Kucher and a member of the firm’s global Executive Committee, is recognized for directing commercial strategy and pricing programs across Europe and the U.S., guiding companies and private equity investors through the strategic decisions that drive profitable growth. Francisco Salazar, Global Strategy and Business Design Leader at Monitor Deloitte, is noted for overseeing one of the firm’s core global strategy disciplines and advising major organizations on competitive strategy, large-scale transformation, and organizational restructuring across multiple industries.

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 2025.

1. Muqsit Ashraf
Firm: Accenture
Title: Group Chief Executive, Strategy

Muqsit Ashraf is the Group Chief Executive, Strategy at Accenture, a global professional services company that provides strategy, consulting, digital, technology, and operations services to organizations worldwide. Accenture helps clients enhance performance and create value by leveraging technology, data, and AI to drive transformation and innovation. The firm operates in more than 120 countries, serving clients across industries including energy, financial services, healthcare, and government.

2. Jagan Ramachandran
Firm: Cognizant Technology Solutions
Title: Senior Partner

Jagan Ramachandran is a Senior Partner at Cognizant Consulting, leading the healthcare payer segment and driving strategic transformation across some of the most complex and influential organizations in the industry. In his prior role, Jagan served as Managing Partner in Gartner's Healthcare Consulting practice. 

Over the years, Jagan has led numerous high-impact consulting engagements for National Plans, Blues, and Regional Plans—each contributing to the evolution of payer strategy and the broader consulting discipline. His core competencies include developing healthcare digital strategies, transforming customer experiences, M&A, and IT strategy development. Further, Jagan has helped diversify into new business lines and optimize sales strategies to drive top-line growth. 

Jagan is widely recognized for his thought leadership in the industry. He has authored several white papers and is a frequent speaker at healthcare forums. Some of his key publications have advanced both consulting methodologies and payer strategies. His work on business-led digital transformation has helped clients successfully deliver digital transformation programs. He leads Cognizant's key research on the Voice of the Member, which helps payers rethink their member engagement strategies. In 2025, the survey encompassed seven key satisfaction indicators spanning the entire member lifecycle. 

Most recently, Jagan has been exploring the transformative potential of AI in healthcare. His latest publication, "How AI will revamp the healthcare customer journey," is available on Cognizant’s website.

3. Andy West
Firm: McKinsey & Company
Title: Senior Partner

Andy West is a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm that advises private, public, and social sector institutions on achieving lasting performance improvements. Andy co-leads McKinsey’s Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice globally, working with leaders and organizations to accelerate sustainable and inclusive growth.

4. Paul Brown
Firm: FTI Consulting
Title: Senior Managing Director

Paul Brown is a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, a global business advisory firm. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., FTI Consulting operates in 32 countries with more than 7,900 employees, providing services in corporate finance, restructuring, strategic communications, and business transformation to support clients in protecting and enhancing enterprise value.

5. Sohin Chinoy
Firm: Alvarez & Marsal
Title: Managing Director

Sohin Chinoy is a Managing Director in the Dallas office of Alvarez and Marsal. He focuses on applying strategy, product development, and analytics to cultivate growth, improve operational performance, and integrate M&A. He has worked across multiple industries as an advisor and operator, including industrials, logistics, technology, aerospace, and real estate.

Prior to joining A&M, Sohin was CEO at an autonomous robotics company, overseeing the development of the first modern, fully automated, AGV-based robotic parking garage. Before that, he served as senior vice president of strategy and transformation at CBRE, where he led critical efforts across the company’s corporate strategy, digital transformation, and data science functions.

Sohin holds an MBA and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan. He began his career in the semiconductors industry.

6. David Vidal
Firm: Simon-Kucher
Title: Senior Partner

David Vidal is a Senior Partner at Simon-Kucher, the world’s leading commercial growth and pricing specialist. With over 2,000 experts in more than 30 countries, Simon-Kucher has been helping companies achieve sustainable, profitable growth for more than four decades.

Based in Paris, David leads Simon-Kucher’s Southern Europe and France operations. David has spent the last 21 years helping clients activate profitable growth through commercial transformations and monetization strategies. He has supported clients across a variety of sectors, primarily in the Retail and Tech sectors, and advises private equity investors throughout the deal cycle.

Since joining Simon-Kucher in 2004, David has played a pivotal role in the firm’s international expansion. He started in Paris and was then part of the founding team of the New York office, before returning to Europe. He has held a number of corporate leadership functions, including a three-year mandate on the Board before joining the firm’s global Executive Committee in 2022.

David studied Business Administration at ESCP-EAP in Paris and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with a focus on strategic marketing. A frequent speaker at industry conferences, he regularly authors articles and studies.

Since 2020, as Managing Director of Simon-Kucher’s Paris office, David has fostered a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and excellence. Under his leadership, the office has reached a 50/50 gender balance within its Partner team. This milestone reflects his commitment to building diverse, high-performing teams and to shaping an environment where talent can thrive equally.

7. Florent Nanse
Firm: Arthur D. Little
Title: Partner, Automotive & Manufacturing, Head of Global ESG Committee

Florent Nanse is a Partner based in Boston and a member of the Global Automotive & Manufacturing practice at Arthur D. Little, 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, Florent 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.

Florent is also a committed leader, combining client responsibilities with leading ADL’s Global ESG initiatives. He holds an engineering degree from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers and a master’s degree in strategic management from HEC Paris.

8. Edward Landry
Firm: PwC
Title: Partner

Edward Landry is a Partner at PwC, a leading professional services firm. PwC provides audit and assurance, tax, and consulting services to help clients solve complex business challenges and build public trust. Operating in more than 150 countries, the firm combines deep industry expertise with advanced technology to deliver tailored solutions for global corporations and private enterprises.

9. Hannah Twist
Firm: KPMG
Title: Partner

Hannah Twist is Partner and Head of Strategy at KPMG UK, and also leads the KPMG Strategy practice across EMA. With over 20 years of experience in transactions and transformation, she is known for delivering strategic clarity and measurable value across mergers, acquisitions, divestments, and enterprise-wide change programs. She has led complex, multi-disciplinary engagements with global organizations, including corporate, private equity, and professional services businesses.

Known for her collaborative style and strategic clarity, Hannah is deeply committed to developing talent and fostering innovation. She is a trusted advisor to boards and executive teams focusing on maximising value and accelerating results from strategy to execution. She holds an MBA and a bachelor’s degree in business studies and French from Sheffield University in England.

10. Sophie Horrocks
Firm: Bain & Company
Title: Partner

Sophie Horrocks is a Partner at Bain & Company, a leading global management consulting firm that advises organizations on strategy, operations, technology, and digital transformation. Sophie is the Global Leader of Bain’s Business Strategy solution and a senior leader in the firm’s Global Retail Practice.

11. Arjan van Moorsel
Firm: Argon&Co
Title: Partner 

Arjan Van Moorsel is a Partner at Argon & Co, a global management consultancy specializing in operations strategy and transformation with over 900 consultants worldwide. He co-leads the Dutch Strategy & Transformation practice and specializes in mobility and hospitality, energy and utilities, and industrial production.

Arjan brings 15 years of consulting experience at the boardroom and VP level. His work includes commercial due diligence, post merger integration, carve out, growth, profit restore, restructuring, operating model and process redesign, operational performance, and cost and working capital reduction.

Before joining Argon & Co, Arjan served 10 years in commercial, operational and financial roles at Canon Printing and at Tata Steel. He holds a finance and economics degree from Maastricht University in the Netherlands.

12. Carl Evander
Firm: OC&C Strategy Consultant
Title: Partner

Carl Evander is a Partner at OC&C Strategy Consultants and Global Head of the firm’s Private Equity Practice. He also co-leads the B2B Practice in the U.S. and serves as an elected member of OC&C’s Global Board. OC&C advises senior executives at major corporations and private equity firms on corporate strategy, M&A, and performance improvement across sectors including consumer goods, retail, media, and technology.
Based in New York, Carl focuses on advising private equity clients and portfolio companies across a range of B2B industries, including infrastructure, construction, industrial services, business services, food manufacturing, and waste and facilities management. He also leads OC&C’s pro bono efforts in North America and serves on the board of EL Education, a national education nonprofit.
Earlier in his career, Carl was a vice president at Renovo Capital and a principal at Bain & Company, working in London, Johannesburg, Singapore, and New York. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Cambridge.

13. Will Barden
Firm: Grant Thornton | Stax
Title: Partner

Will Barden is a Partner at Grant Thornton Stax in the firm’s Boston office. He brings nearly 20 years of experience advising private equity and corporate clients on commercial due diligence, growth strategies, and exit planning. His career spans strategy consulting, private equity advisory, and investment banking.

As co-leader of Grant Thornton Stax’s exit planning and sell-side practice, Will oversees the firm’s investment banking relationships, actively managing and fostering senior-level connections with investment banks worldwide. In addition to cultivating partnerships with investment bankers, private equity sponsors, and management teams, Will leads a diverse range of client engagements, including commercial due diligence, sell-side projects, and strategy development. His expertise spans commercial engagements within software, education, business services, and industrial services, enabling him to deliver impactful insights across diverse industries.

14. Michael Müller
Firm: CYLAD
Title: Partner

Michael is Partner at CYLAD, an independent consulting boutique focused on technology intense industries. He leads the Machinery, Software & Services (MSS) practice, specializing in industrial companies—especially those in machinery and electronics—that combine high-tech machinery, proprietary software, and customer services into one integrated solution and business model.

Michael enables industrial companies to transform their operating model through the integration of software and services. He brings deep expertise in navigating the complex interplay between hardware manufacturing, software development, and services delivery, and also supports pure players in these segments. His services cover the whole spectrum of business transformation, from strategy to growth to operational performance improvement and cost reduction. His clients range from major international enterprises to mid-cap companies.

He holds a master's degree in engineering from the Technical University of Applied Sciences of Cologne, an master’s degree in engineering from the Bergische University of Wuppertal, and a PhD in corporate finance from the Technical University of Darmstadt. He is also the author of several publications in prestigious journals.

15. Samir Datt
Firm: Protiviti
Title: Managing Director

Samir Datt is a Managing Director at Protiviti, a global consulting firm that provides expertise and insights to help business leaders address complex challenges across technology, business processes, analytics, risk, compliance, transactions, and internal audit. A wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half, Protiviti serves clients through more than 90 offices in over 25 countries, including over 80 percent of both Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies.

16. Chip McLean
Firm: Crowe
Title: Managing Director

Chip McLean is a Managing Director and Leader of Strategy Activation at Crowe, a global professional services firm providing audit, tax, advisory, and consulting services. Crowe serves clients internationally through its membership in a large global network and offers specialized services in areas such as corporate tax, transfer pricing, global mobility, and international tax planning.

17. Juliana Bruton-Dubois
Firm: Teneo
Title: Managing Director

Juliana Bruton-Dubois is Managing Director at Teneo, a global CEO advisory firm that provides integrated counsel on strategy, communications, finance, and risk management. Teneo helps organizations navigate complex business situations such as mergers, restructurings, and litigation by aligning corporate strategy with stakeholder engagement, combining expertise across multiple domains to address both immediate challenges and long-term priorities.

18. Joseph Lee
Firm: Virtusa
Title: Global Head of Strategic Advisory and Business Analysis Group

Joseph Lee is the Global Head of Strategic Advisory and Business Analysis Group at Virtusa, where he leads global consulting teams in translating enterprise ambition into market-shifting results. He excels at bypassing incremental fixes to solve core business problems, maximizing client outcomes by fusing people, processes, and technology into a single, cohesive engine. His expertise encompasses cutting through complexity to deliver strategic advantage, with deep expertise in AI reimagination, product management advisory, and architecting resilient operations through process optimization and organizational change.

With over two decades of experience, Joseph is a seasoned consulting leader and problem solver, recognized for his ability to drive strategic transformation across financial services and technology. He helps clients by decoupling operational drag, strengthening regulatory posture, and accelerating digital transformation through data-driven strategy, process excellence, and relentless agile execution.

An alumnus of NYU Stern, his career includes high-stakes leadership roles at WestLB and Hewlett-Packard prior to his 14-year tenure at Virtusa, where he honed a proven track record of delivering complex, cross-border technology and finance initiatives for top-tier financial institutions. He is committed to ensuring Virtusa's counsel remains ahead of the innovation curve, continually future-proofing both his clients and his teams.

19. Chris Librizzi
Firm: EY-Parthenon
Title: Americas Strategy Leader

Chris Librizzi is the Americas Strategy Leader at EY-Parthenon, a global strategy consulting firm that combines strategic advisory with transactions, corporate finance, and tax services. EY-Parthenon helps clients address challenges including energy transition, business scaling, and restructuring, leveraging EY’s broader capabilities across assurance, consulting, and tax to deliver integrated solutions.

20. Kristen Monroe
Firm: Slalom
Title: Senior Principal

Kristen Monroe is a Senior Principal at Slalom, a global business and technology consulting firm specializing in strategy, technology, and business transformation. Slalom helps organizations with cloud architecture, data analytics, AI, and customer experience design, leveraging partnerships with major technology providers such as AWS, Microsoft, and Salesforce.

21. Arun Hoskere
Firm: Infosys
Title: Executive Vice President

Arun Hoskere is an Executive Vice President at Infosys, a leader in digital services and consulting that helps clients in over 50 countries navigate digital transformation. Infosys provides services across application development, cloud, AI and data analytics, and cybersecurity, enabling businesses to modernize operations, leverage emerging technologies, and create value across industries including financial services, manufacturing, and retail.

22. Greg Schoeny
Firm: World Wide Technology
Title: Senior Vice President

Greg Schoeny is Senior Vice President at World Wide Technology (WWT), a global technology solutions provider offering consulting, digital strategy, and supply chain services. WWT helps organizations implement and manage complex IT solutions across areas including cloud computing, cybersecurity, data analytics, and AI, leveraging its Advanced Technology Center to test and develop new technologies at scale.

23. Geoff Lewis
Firm: CGI
Title: Vice President

Geoff Lewis is Vice President at CGI, a global information technology and business consulting services firm. CGI provides IT and business consulting, systems integration, application services, and IT outsourcing to clients across 21 industry sectors, including government, healthcare, and finance, helping organizations drive digital transformation and improve return on investment.

24. Francisco Salazar
Firm: Monitor Deloitte
Title: Global Leader

Francisco Salazar is a Principal at Monitor Deloitte based in the firm’s Miami office. He presently serves as Global Monitor Deloitte’s Strategy and Business Design Leader.

25. Jessica Wadd
Firm: BDO USA
Title: Principal

Jessica Wadd is a Principal at BDO USA, the U.S. member firm of BDO International, a global network of public accounting, tax, and advisory firms. BDO provides assurance, tax, and business advisory services to clients across diverse industries, helping organizations manage risk, achieve business objectives, and navigate complex regulatory environments.