Built on Conviction, Measured by Impact

We are a team of senior consultants who believe the best advisory work happens when experienced practitioners are directly and personally engaged.

15+
Years of Excellence
200+
Clients Served
97%
Client Retention
12
European Markets
IQL Consultancy founding team

From Three Desks to 200+ Clients

IQL Consultancy was founded in 2011 by three former Big Four consultants who shared a frustration: too many advisory firms staffed senior partners at the pitch, then handed execution to junior teams.

We built IQL on the opposite premise. Every engagement is led and delivered by experienced practitioners — people who have sat in the client's chair, made difficult decisions under pressure, and know the difference between a clever recommendation and one that actually works.

Fifteen years on, that founding conviction remains our north star. We have grown carefully and deliberately, investing in depth over breadth, relationships over transactions, and impact over activity.

"We don't scale by adding headcount. We scale by deepening the trust and expertise we bring to each engagement."

James Whitfield, Managing Partner

Our Values in Practice

These are not slogans on a wall. They are the decision criteria we apply every day.

Radical Transparency

We share what we know, including the uncomfortable truths. Clients deserve candour, not comfort. Our job is to illuminate, not to validate.

Senior-Led, Always

The people in the pitch are the people on the project. No bait-and-switch, no delegation to associates. Experience at the coalface, every single day.

Implementation Obsessed

A strategy deck gathering dust is a failure. We stay embedded until the value is delivered, the capability is built, and the change has taken root.

The Senior Team

Four experienced practitioners with complementary expertise and a shared commitment to client impact.

James Whitfield

Managing Partner

Former PwC Strategy Director. 20 years in strategic advisory. Leads financial services and M&A engagements.

Dr. Sarah Chen

Partner, Digital

Former McKinsey Digital associate partner. PhD in Data Science from Imperial. Leads digital transformation and AI strategy.

Marcus Okonkwo

Partner, Operations

Former Bain & Company manager. 18 years in operational excellence and supply chain transformation across industrials and healthcare.

Eleanor Pryce

Partner, Change

Former Deloitte Human Capital director. CIPD Fellow. 16 years in organisational change, culture, and leadership development.

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