The Consulting Report is pleased to announce The Top 25 Transportation Consultants and Leaders of 2025. Across public and private sectors, these individuals are shaping how core transportation systems function, from the digital platforms that guide infrastructure planning to the operational strategies behind some of the largest fleets in the country. Their work reflects a growing need for technical fluency in areas like risk, data architecture, and regulatory design, as well as an ability to translate that expertise into decisions that affect supply chains, public agencies, and millions of travelers.

Rather than focusing narrowly on one part of the system, this year’s leaders bring an integrated view of transportation as something both physical and digital, commercial and civic. Whether advising on cross-border logistics, modeling the equity impacts of transit policy, or managing global consulting portfolios, they are defining how the field responds to immediate pressures while laying groundwork for longer-term resilience.

Among this year’s awardees, Rick Jordon, Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, brings over 25 years of experience in transportation and logistics, advising clients on global supply chain strategy, operational improvement, and restructuring. He has held interim executive roles across the sector and offers a unique perspective shaped by both shipper and logistics provider viewpoints. Gee Lefevre, Senior Managing Director at Teneo, leads transportation consulting across aviation, rail, and bus, advising CEOs and public agencies on demand forecasting, recapitalization strategy, and government engagement. His global aviation forecast is a key resource for investment and policy decisions. At Artefact, Oussama Ahmad is Managing Partner and Global Lead of Travel, Tourism & Transportation, overseeing large-scale data and AI transformations that support commercial strategy, customer analytics, and operating model redesign for clients across the mobility sector.

Selected for their impact on how transportation systems are designed, managed, and modernized, this year’s honorees demonstrate exceptional expertise and leadership across the field. Please join us in celebrating the Top 25 Transportation Consultants and Leaders of 2025.

1. Rick Jordon
Firm: FTI Consulting
Title: Senior Managing Director

Rick Jordon is a Senior Managing Director in the Business Transformation practice at FTI Consulting, focusing on performance improvement. FTI Consulting is a leading global expert firm for organizations facing crisis and transformation, with more than 8,100 employees located in 33 countries and territories. Jordon specializes in operations and revenue growth within transportation and logistics. He has more than 25 years of global supply chain and logistics experience, providing clients with a worldwide viewpoint and insights to drive continuous improvement and operational value enhancement. His expertise spans numerous industries, including telecommunications, consumer goods, grocery and retail, industrial, and oil and gas.

Jordon brings a unique perspective that combines a full understanding of shippers’ operations and requirements, blended with logistics providers’ viewpoints to offer clients powerful insights into business improvements and value. His expertise also includes leading strategic sourcing and procurement initiatives, selecting and implementing new technology, leading major capital expenditure projects and post-merger integrations, as well as assisting clients to create strategic supply chain plans to ensure cost alignment with growth forecasts.

Over his esteemed career, Jordon has held multiple interim management roles, such as interim chief commercial officer for a U.S.-based expedited and transporting provider, chief restructuring officer for a midsized refrigerated trucking company, and interim global head of logistics and supply chain for a large international bakery. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Jordon was the chief operations officer of Americas Logistics for Panalpina. Before that, he held leadership roles at AlixPartners, ICG Commerce/Accenture, Manugistics, BDP International, and FedEx.

Jordon holds a bachelor’s degree in supply chain management from Syracuse University and a master's degree in international logistics from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a member of the Association for Supply Chain Management, the American Trucking Association, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, the International Air Transport Association, and the International Warehouse Logistics Association.

2. Gee Lefevre
Firm: Teneo
Title: Senior Managing Director

Gee Lefevre is a Senior Managing Director in Teneo’s Management Consulting division, where he leads Teneo’s work in travel, leisure, and hospitality, as well as providing broader advisory on economics, demand, and consumer behavior to a wide range of industries and public bodies. He is an expert on how macroeconomic, geopolitical, and cultural factors influence consumers’ behavior, movement, and demand for products and services. Teneo is a global CEO advisory firm that helps leading companies solve complex business challenges through services spanning strategy, communications, risk, financial, and talent advisory.

Lefevre's work in the travel sector includes extensive experience in aviation, heavy rail, bus, and broader mobility. He specializes in travel demand analysis to inform revenue recovery and growth strategy, and investment decisions. Lefevre has advised some of the world’s largest airline CEOs, as part of high-profile engagements focused on recapitalization and central government support for the aviation sector. He publishes a bi-annual global aviation forecast, which is among the most detailed and robust available in the market. Outside of aviation, Lefevre has supported multi-billion-dollar international rail franchise bids and has led engagements involving the future of transportation, bus operations, and the impact of industrial action and disruption on rail and bus demand.

In the hospitality and leisure spaces, Lefevre supports major global chains and franchises in understanding the relationship between consumer attitudes and overall demand and revenue growth. A vast majority of this work has focused on how major events such as the COVID-19 pandemic, rapid economic flux, and structural demographic change have impacted consumers’ movement and demand for these products. Lefevre is an expert in the innovative use of cell tower data to map consumer movement patterns, complex economic forecasting, and scenario modelling.

Lefevre’s expertise has been used to support a range of broader Teneo engagements, including due diligence, asset disposal, refinancing, and government intervention. He holds a master's degree in philosophy, psychology, and physiology from the University of Oxford.

3. Dominik Baumeister
Firm: PwC
Title: Partner, Global Head Transport & Logistics

Dominik is a Partner at PwC based in Dubai and leads PwC’s Global and Middle East Transport & Logistics Practices across all of PwC’s Lines of Service. He is also PwC’s Client Lead Partner for the Ministry of Transport & Logistics Services in Saudi Arabia. 

In these roles, he advises his Global and Middle Eastern clients in Sectorial, Corporate, and Growth Strategy, M&A, as well as Strategy Implementation, Operating Model design and Restructuring. 

Prior to his current roles, Dominik founded Strategy&’s¹⁾ Transport & Logistics Practice in Australia, co-lead Booz & Co’s Industrials Practice in Australia and South-East Asia, founded a boutique Private Equity and M&A Advisory firm, and worked for Kearney across Asia Pacific. He also spent some time working for Deutsche Post DHL in Europe. 

Across the Transport & Logistics industry, he has supported his clients in Passenger and Freight in Aviation, Maritime, Rail and Road, as well as Post, Parcel, e-Commerce, Contract Logistics and Freight Forwarding. He works with industry leaders, startups, and Private Equity as well as Ministries and Sovereign Wealth funds. 

His 25 years of strategy and management consulting experience in both the public and private transport & logistics sectors are complemented by his participation in over 30 Mergers & Acquisitions. 

Dominik holds a Master of Business Administration and Engineering (Wirtschaftsingenieur) from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, with majors in Innovation Management, and a Bachelor of Business Administration and Engineering (Vordiplom) from the Technical University of Cottbus, Germany, with majors in Operations Management. He also holds a Diploma of Chinese Business from the Ocean University of Qingdao, China, and completed his master’s degree in Japan, where he supported a Joint Venture between General Motors and Toyota with a focus on fuel cell innovation. 

His project highlights include the European Strategy for a top 3 global road freight player, the Africa & Middle East Strategy for a top 3 global air freight and express courier player, the global M&A strategy for a Japanese Postal operator, the restructuring of the largest Australian Railway operator, the establishment of the Logistics Deputyship for a Middle Eastern Transport Ministry, the pan-Asian operating model of an iconic Australian 3PL, the transformation of the largest Middle Eastern postal operator, or the M&A strategy to establish the leading national logistics champion for a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund. 

4. Sidney Edmonds
Firm: Accenture
Title: Managing Director

Sidney Edmonds is a Managing Director at Accenture and leads the firm’s North American Transit and Tolling Mobility practice. Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments, and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth, and enhance citizen services.

5. Jillian Tellez Holub
Firm: McKinsey & Company
Title: Partner

Jillian Tellez Holub is a Partner at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm that advises leading businesses, governments, and institutions across sectors. The firm brings deep industry expertise and a broad international reach to help solve complex, high-impact challenges.

6. Andrea Alori
Firm: Bain & Company
Title: Partner

Andrea Alori is a Partner at Bain & Company. Alori is a member of Bain's Aviation and Transportation practices, with almost 15 years of experience in management consulting. Throughout his career at Bain, Alori has gained deep expertise in the travel and leisure sector, working for cruise lines, airlines, airports, tour operators, travel infrastructure management operators, as well as other companies active in the broader transportation and tourism ecosystem.

7. Ed Thomas
Firm: KPMG UK
Title: Partner

Ed Thomas is a Partner in the Infrastructure Advisory group at KPMG UK, where he serves as the UK Head of Transport and leads the firm’s Transport Infrastructure team. KPMG is a leading provider of audit, tax, and advisory services in the UK, employing 14,000 people across 22 offices.

8. Sharon Lindstrom
Firm: Protiviti
Title: Managing Director

Sharon Lindstrom is a Managing Director at Protiviti, where she leads the firm’s global Manufacturing and Distribution Industry team. Protiviti is a global consulting firm that provides clients with advisory and managed solutions in finance, technology, operations, data, digital, legal, HR, risk, and internal audit through a network of over 90 offices in more than 25 countries.

9. Thomas Takkin
Firm: Grant Thornton
Title: Partner

Thomas Takkin is a Partner and Head of Technology Consulting Services at Grant Thornton. Grant Thornton is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, a global audit, tax, and advisory network with over 73,000 professionals across 146 countries.

10. Oussama Ahmad
Firm: Artefact
Title: Managing Partner Data & AI, Global Lead of Travel, Tourism & Transportation

Oussama Ahmad is a Managing Partner at Artefact; a global firm focused on developing data and AI solutions for businesses and accelerating their adoption to drive business results. He leads the Travel, Tourism, and Transportation practice globally helping industry leaders harness the power of data and AI to transform their operations, customer experience, and accelerate business growth. Oussama has been part of Artefact's leadership in the MENA region, contributing to the fast business growth and regional expansion in key markets such as Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.

Oussama has led data and AI transformations for major organizations, such as Riyadh Air, Saudi Tourism Authority, Ministry of Tourism, Airports Holding Company (MATARAT), Saudia Cargo, Saudi Electricity Company, Saudi Telecom Company (STC), and Wasl Properties in the UAE. These programs involved formulating data and AI strategies, setting up digital factories, building big data platforms, implementing analytics & AI solutions and driving change management and adoption of these solutions.

Oussama has represented Artefact on global stages — keynoting on topics like AI for Customer Experience, Data for Emerging Tourism Destinations, and Agentic AI Orchestration — as well as hosting landmark events such as “AI for Travel & Tourism” at the Global AI Summit (GAIN 2024) in collaboration with the Saudi Tourism Authority and the Ministry of Tourism.

Prior to Artefact, Oussama’s journey spanned Booz & Company, Strategy& (PwC), and Oliver Wyman. He holds an MBA from INSEAD (recipient of the Henry Ford Award) and a Master’s in ICT from the American University of Beirut.

11. Claire Fox
Firm: PwC UK
Title: Partner

Claire Fox is a Partner at PwC UK and serves as the firm’s Transport and Logistics Lead. PwC is a global network of firms in 149 countries with more than 370,000 professionals delivering assurance, advisory, and tax services to build trust in society and solve important problems.

12. Kent Edgerton
Firm: Alvarez & Marsal
Title: Managing Director

Kent Edgerton is a Managing Director with the Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Services Operations Group in Nashville. Alvarez & Marsal is a global professional services firm that helps organizations solve complex challenges, maximize value, and drive transformation across all stages of growth.

13. Ryan Gilmour
Firm: Slalom
Title: Managing Director

Ryan Gilmour is the Managing Director for Travel, Transportation, Hospitality, and Retail in the TOLA region at Slalom. Slalom is a global business and technology consulting firm with 53 offices across 12 countries, partnering with clients to improve operations, enhance customer experiences, and deliver sustainable growth through data, technology, and agile strategy.

14. Laetitia Plisson-Saudrais
Firm: Oliver Wyman
Title: Partner

Laetitia Plisson-Saudrais is a Partner at Oliver Wyman in Paris and a leader in the firm’s Mobility Practice. Oliver Wyman, part of Marsh McLennan, is a global management consulting firm that helps clients optimize operations, accelerate performance, and navigate industry transformation through deep sector expertise.

15. Jim Miller
Firm: Arthur D. Little
Title: Partner

Jim Miller is a Partner at Arthur D. Little and leads the firm’s Travel & Transportation practice in the United States. Arthur D. Little is a global management consultancy that helps organizations accelerate performance and drive innovation by linking people, technology, and strategy.

16. Kevin Custis
Firm: EY
Title: Global Client Service Partner - Serving EY's Most Strategic Clients 

Kevin Custis is the Global Transportation Industry Leader at EY. EY is a global professional services firm helping organizations navigate complex challenges and create long-term value through assurance, consulting, strategy, and technology-enabled transformation.

17. Monique Giese
Firm: KPMG
Title: Partner Global Lead Shipping

Monique Giese is a Partner and Global Head of Shipping at KPMG in Germany. KPMG is a global network of independent firms providing audit, tax, and advisory services to help organizations navigate complex challenges and drive value.

18. Deviprasad Rambhatla
Firm: Wipro
Title: Senior Vice President

Deviprasad Rambhatla is the Senior Vice President and Sector Head for Retail, Services, Distribution, and Transportation at Wipro Limited. Wipro is a global technology services and consulting company that helps clients address complex digital transformation challenges through capabilities in AI, engineering, operations, and design, with over 230,000 employees across 65 countries.

19. Sowmya Mullur Rajagopalan
Firm: Tata Consultancy Services
Title: VP and Head of Travel, Transportation and Hospitality, Americas

Sowmya Mullur Rajagopalan is Vice President and Head of the Travel, Transportation, and Hospitality Business Unit for the Americas at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). TCS is a global IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization that partners with many of the world’s largest companies to drive scalable, innovation-led transformation across technology cycles and industries.

20. Eric Nelson
Firm: Marsh
Title: Vice President

Eric Nelson is Vice President of the Fleet Specialty Practice at Marsh. Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan, is the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor, serving clients in 130 countries through its global network of risk, strategy, and people businesses.

21. Sophie Vallot
Firm: Capgemini
Title: Vice President Rail Industry, Capgemini Engineering

Sophie Vallot is Vice President and Head of the Rail Industry at Capgemini Engineering. A global leader in engineering and R&D services, Capgemini Engineering supports clients across more than 30 countries by combining deep industry expertise with cutting-edge digital and software technologies to accelerate the shift toward Intelligent Industry.

22. Mike Wagner
Firm: GDIT
Title: Vice President of Biometrics, Borders, & Transportation Security

Mike Wagner is Vice President of Biometrics, Borders, and Transportation Security at General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT). GDIT is a global technology and professional services company delivering mission-critical solutions to U.S. government agencies across defense, intelligence, and homeland security.

23. Frank Ridder
Firm: Gartner
Title: Practice Vice President, Artificial Intelligence

Frank Ridder is a Practice Vice President at Gartner, where he leads the Advanced Manufacturing & Transportation practice within Gartner Industries. Gartner is a global research and advisory firm that provides objective insights and tools to help executives make smarter decisions on mission-critical priorities.

24. Gustavo Carrillo
Firm: Softtek
Title: Vice President

Gustavo Carrillo is a Vice President at Softtek, where he leads the firm’s Transportation and Logistics business. Softtek is a global software engineering and IT services company known for pioneering the nearshore delivery model and supporting digital transformation efforts for clients in over 20 countries.

25. Anant Dinamani
Firm: Deloitte
Title: Principal

Anant Dinamani is a Principal at Deloitte, where he leads the firm’s Mobility Strategy, AI, and Analytics practice. Deloitte is a global professional services organization helping public and private sector clients address their most complex challenges through integrated advisory and technology solutions.