Carol Wingard is a Managing Director and Partner in L.E.K. Consulting’s Boston office. She is Chairperson of the L.E.K. Partner Development Committee. Carol was previously Head of the firm’s Industrials sector in the Americas and Co-Head of the firm’s global Industrials sector.

Carol has more than 25 years of strategy consulting and business development experience working with clients to develop and implement growth strategies, and she brings a wealth of international experience through positions in the U.S., China, Southeast Asia and Japan. She has deep expertise in the chemicals and industrial equipment sectors in particular and was a founding partner of L.E.K. Consulting’s China practice, having led that practice for many years, based in Shanghai.

Carol was recognized for her excellence in leadership and applying new thinking to client needs by Consulting magazine’s Women’s Leaders in Consulting Awards. Prior to joining L.E.K. in 1998, she served as director of Asia for a U.S. manufacturer where she directed the development of their sales and marketing and direct investment initiatives. Carol received a BA, magna cum laude, from Princeton University.

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Undergraduate: Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University

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