Rob Wilson
Highlights
Rob Wilson is a Managing Director in L.E.K. Consulting’s Chicago office. Rob is a senior member of L.E.K.’s Consumer & Retail sector and heads the Food & Beverage practice in North America. He advises clients on a range of critical strategic business issues, including growth strategy, buy-side commercial due diligence, sell-side market studies, post-merger integration, price pack architecture strategy, trade spend optimization, profitability enhancement and organizational transformation.
Rob is a white-paper author and a regular speaker at industry conferences. He was recognized for Excellence in Strategy Consulting by Consulting magazine, and he is regularly quoted by leading media publications. His expert commentary has appeared in Business Insider, Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and on CNBC.
Rob holds a B.S. degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He has years of instructional experience with Merger Week at the Kellogg Graduate School's executive education center, the premier executive program focused on acquisition best practices.
Education
Undergraduate: Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Operations Engineering (cum laude), University of Michigan
Graduate: Master of Business Administration (with Honors), University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Expertise
Industries
- Consumer Products
- Food & Beverage
- Food Ingredients
- Household Products
- Pet
- Foodservice
- Grocery
- Private Equity
- Commercial Due Diligence
- Portfolio Company Value Enhancement
- Vendor Due Diligence
- Business Services
- Industrial and Professional Services
- Outsourcing & Support Services
- Logistics
- Technology
- Enterprise Software
- Consumer
- PPA
Capabilities
- Data & Analytics
- Advanced Analytics Strategy
- Digital
- Edge Strategy®
- Marketing & Sales
- Brand Strategy
- Loyalty & Customer Experience
- Channel Strategy
- Marketing Strategy
- Go-to-Market and Commercial Organization
- Sales Force Effectiveness
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Acquisition Screening
- Target Identification
- Joint Ventures and Alliances
- Due Diligence
- Post-Merger Integration
- Exit Support
- Organization Design and Effectiveness
- Organizational Design
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Performance Improvement
- Dynamic Performance Management
- Cost Optimization
- Post-Merger Integration
- Pricing & Revenue Optimization
- Consumer Pricing
- Private Equity
- Strategy
- Business Unit Strategy
- Corporate Strategy
- Growth Strategy
- New Product
- Shareholder Value Management
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