The Top 25 Consultants of 2008: An Overview

Once again, it's time for Consulting magazine's annual celebration of the year's Top 25 Consultants. With more nominations representing more firms than ever before, this year's list truly represents the best the profession has to offer. The 23 firms on this year's list are the most ever, and like the industry itself, there's no easy way to define the Top 25. They come from the biggest and the smallest firms, and represent a multitude of backgrounds, disciplines, practice areas and specialties. They are CEOs, COOs, principals, partners and, in a sure sign of the times, our first ever global coordinator for sustainability. The list also includes the recently named CEO of a brand new consulting firm with revenue topping $1 billion.2008′s Top 25 Consultants are:

 
• Shumeet Banerji of Booz & Company

 

• Stephen Brant of Hitachi Consulting

 

• Cari Bunch of Kurt Salmon Associates

 

• Peter Cheese of Accenture

 

• Jocelyn Cunningham of Deloitte Consulting

 

• Michael Dunn of Prophet

 

• Miles Everson of PricewaterhouseCoopers

 

• Charles Farkas of Bain & Company

 

• Michael Fucci of Deloitte Consulting

 

• Mark Goodburn of KPMG

 

• Kathryn Hayley of Aon Consulting

 

• Raj Joshi of Infosys Consulting

 

• Peter Korsten of IBM

 

• Raju Lal of Ernst & Young

 

• Daniel Mahler of A.T. Kearney

 

• Antonella Mei-Pochtler of The Boston Consulting Group

 

• John Merkovsky of Marsh Risk Consulting

 

• John Sarnese of CSC

 

• Richard Schroth of Executive Insights

 

• David Shade of Huron Consulting Group

 

• Adrian Slywotzky of Oliver Wyman

 

• Hugo Van Nispen of KEMA

 

• Karen Vander Linde of PricewaterhouseCoopers

 

• Jackie Walker of Buck Consultants

 

• Alan Wexler of Sapient