Stuart E. Jackson

Stuart Jackson is a devoted husband, proud father of three children, a successful businessman, an accomplished author and an enthusiast for all kinds of activities and adventures. In his professional career, Stuart Jackson was Chairman and Global Managing Partner for the years 2012-2021, overseeing a major restructuring of the firm and a tripling of revenues under his leadership. He is a past recipient of Consulting Magazine’s Top 25 Consultants award and now serves as Vice Chairman of L.E.K. Stuart Jackson’s publications include the highly acclaimed book Where Value Hides: A New Way to Uncover Profitable Growth for Your Business (Wiley, 2006), Best Job in the World (L.E.K. Consulting, 2023), Chasing Joy (BookBaby, 2024) and Predictable Winners: A Handbook for Developing, Forecasting and Lunching New Products and Services (with Ilya Trakhtenberg, Stanford University Press, 2025). He has contributed to The Wall Street Journal, The Journal of Business Strategy and Harvard Business Review. Stuart Jackson graduated from Cambridge University and joined the London office of L.E.K. Consulting forty years ago. Stuart's wife, Marisa, describes him as being on his "fourth mid-life crisis", having taken up guitar-playing, track-racing, flying various aircraft (including a Spitfire and his own jet), and ocean sailing. His favorite quote on life comes from the poet Seamus Heaney: "Walk on air against your better judgement".