Leadership

Paul Laudicina
Managing Officer and Chairman of the Board

Paul was elected managing officer of A.T. Kearney and took office in September 2006; he was re-elected to a second term in 2009. Paul is the seventh person to lead the firm in its 80-year history.

He joined the firm in 1991 and was the founder and Managing Director of A.T. Kearney’s Global Business Policy Council, which is among the consulting industry’s longest-standing strategic services for CEOs. He has more than 25 years of global consulting and management experience in industry, government and research institutions. During  Paul’s consulting career he has provided leadership in the areas of global business strategy, risk management and foreign direct investment.

Paul is the author of numerous articles and books, including World Out of Balance (McGraw-Hill, 2005), and was named one of the “Top 25 Most Influential Consultants” by Consulting Magazine in 2005 and 2007.

John Yoshimura
Chief Operating Officer and North America Unit Leader

John Yoshimura is Global Chief Operating Officer, Unit Leader for North America and a member of Board of Directors.

In addition to his current role, John has served as the Managing Director of Asia Pacific, Unit Leader for the Midwest Group in North America, Unit Leader Southeast Asia/India/China and Operations Practice Leader Asia.

John joined A.T. Kearney in 1987 and has more than 20 years of industry and consulting experience in operations, strategy, cost reduction and growth.

In particular, John is focused on large-scale change, as well as major transformation programs, corporate strategy, restructuring, and post-merger integration.

Johan Aurik
Head of European Region

Johan was named head of A.T. Kearney’s operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa in January 2009.

Previously, Johan served as Unit leader for the Benelux region and was a member of A.T. Kearney’s Board of Directors. He also led the Consumer Goods and Retail Practice in Europe.

Johan joined the firm in 1989 and has worked in both North America and Europe. His area of expertise spans a wide variety of strategic issues for leading consumer goods and retail clients.

Johan is the author of numerous articles and is co-author of Rebuilding the Corporate Genome (John Wiley & Sons, 2002).