Sarah Elk

Sarah is a partner in Bain & Company’s Chicago office. With nearly 20 years of consulting experience, she is an active leader in Bain’s Results Acceleration and Retail practices.

Sarah is passionate about transforming large companies, especially those experiencing technology or business model disruption. She has deep transformation experience at the intersection of organization, agile, performance improvement and change management.

Over the course of her career, Sarah has advised business leaders in wide range of industries including retail, technology, healthcare and consumer products, automotive, aerospace defense, and others. She’s worked with multiple Fortune 50 companies.

Sarah serves as the Global Solution Leader for Operating Model, Bain’s leading organizational transformation offering. She is a member of Bain's global governance committee for compensation and promotion.

Sarah began her career at Merck & Co., Inc. after earning her BS in environmental engineering from Northwestern University. She also holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.