The globally active L.E.K. Consulting has appointed a new Partner and Managing Director for its Swiss headquarters. Marc D. Grüter has been managing the business in Switzerland and Liechtenstein from Zurich since the end of 2024 and is also available as a contact person for clients from Germany and Austria, according to a press release issued on Thursday.

L.E.K previously had no presence in Switzerland.

Grüter also manages projects at L.E.K. in the areas of digital transformation and risk management for the financial services sector. In his new position, he will focus on innovative business and digitalisation strategies, transformations, restructurings, mergers and acquisitions as well as risk management, regulation and compliance.

Clients include institutions from the private and corporate client business and asset management sectors, as well as insurance companies, central banks, supervisory authorities and fintechs.

Academic background

Grüter most recently worked at UBS and leading strategy consulting and Big 4 companies in Switzerland, Europe, USA/Canada and the Middle East and can look back on 20 years of experience in the industry. Before becoming a consultant, he was a university lecturer and doctoral candidate at the Chair of Bank Management at the Centre for Economics at the University of Basel.

«His in-depth expertise in strategy consulting expands our offering in the areas of digitalisation and risk management. In times of constant technological change and new risks, this is of crucial importance for our financial services clients - in Europe and beyond,» explains Ben Faircloth, Region Head Europe and Partner at L.E.K. Consulting.

L.E.K. Consulting describes itself as a global strategy consulting firm for all industries, «working with executives to realise competitive advantage and drive growth».