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10 consulting executives
These ten consulting executives have held CEO, president or senior vice president titles at the consulting firms and consulting units listed below. Readers can learn how consulting leaders set firm strategy, grow practices and client relationships and run delivery across regions.
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01—10Gil Mermelstein
LinkedInExperience: Chief Executive Officer · West Monroe
Chief Executive Officer of West Monroe since 2025; the profile describes West Monroe as a business consulting company. Former West Monroe roles include President (2024–2025), Chief Operating Officer (2023–2024) and Senior Managing Director (2010–2021), and the profile also lists Managing Partner at West Monroe Partners (2021–2024).
Jason Salzetti
LinkedInExperience: Chair and CEO, Deloitte Consulting LLP · Deloitte
Chair and CEO, Deloitte Consulting LLP at Deloitte since 2025, and listed as a Principal at Deloitte since 1995. The profile says he leads a team of professionals dedicated to solving complex client challenges and delivering lasting value to the organizations they serve; it also lists Board Chair at Children Now since 2013.
John Granger
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, IBM Consulting · IBM
Former Senior Vice President, IBM Consulting at IBM (2022–2024), and Chairman, IBM Consulting since 2024; the profile describes IBM Consulting as IBM's global professional consulting services unit with 160,000 consultants. Other former IBM roles include Senior Vice President Hybrid Cloud Services and Chief Operating Officer, IBM Consulting (2021) and Chief Operating Officer, IBM Global Business Services (2018–2021).
Kevin Erickson
LinkedInExperience: North America CEO · Credera
North America CEO of Credera since 2025; the profile describes Credera as a global consulting firm combining business transformation capabilities with technology expertise. Former Credera roles include North America Chief Operating Officer (2023–2024), Partner, Denver Market Lead, and Delivery Operations (2018–2023) and Principal and Management Consulting Practice Lead (2014–2018).
Kevin Lavin
LinkedInExperience: Chief Executive Officer · Ankura
Chief Executive Officer at Ankura since 2020, and former Co President at Ankura (2016–2019); the profile headline names the firm Ankura Consulting Group. Former roles include Emergency Manager for Atlantic City, New Jersey (2015–2016) and Global Co-Leader of Corporate Finance Restructuring Practice at FTI Consulting (2002–2014).
Kevin S. Parikh
LinkedInExperience: Chairman & CEO · Avasant
Chairman & CEO of Avasant since 2006; the profile describes Avasant as a management consulting firm that helps clients navigate the lifecycle of IT and business process challenges. Former roles include VP & Global Sourcing Leader at Gartner (2000–2006) and Senior Manager at KPMG US (1998–2000).
Mauro Macchi
LinkedInExperience: CEO - Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) · Accenture
CEO - Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Accenture since 2024, and President & CEO Accenture Italy - Market Unit Lead Italy, Central Europe, Greece since 2023. The profile says these regions accounted for $22.82 billion of Accenture's revenues in fiscal year 2024; former roles include Senior Managing Director - Accenture Strategy & Consulting Lead for Europe (2020–2021).
René Linsner
LinkedInExperience: President and CEO · Horváth USA
President and CEO of Horváth USA since 2022, and a Partner at Horváth since 2002. The profile says he leads the firm's U.S. growth strategy and partners with executive teams to turn complex transformation goals into measurable, lasting results, drawing on international consulting experience at Horváth.
Scott Rottmann
LinkedInExperience: President - Global Consulting Services · RGP
President - Global Consulting Services at RGP since December 2025, and former President - CFO Advisory at RGP (2025). Former roles include Principal Partner at EY-Parthenon (2019–2025) and Senior Vice President and Global Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Leader at Genpact (2018–2019); the profile describes him as a consulting leader and CXO advisor focused on business transformation.
Tim Nixon
LinkedInExperience: CEO - Management Consulting · Teneo
CEO - Management Consulting at Teneo since 2023; the profile says he is responsible for Teneo's UK & US management consulting division, heads the Technology Strategy & Transformation practice and sits on the Teneo Global Executive Committee. Former Teneo roles include Head of Consulting - US & UK (2022–2023) and Head of UK Consulting (2020–2022).
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