Growth through strong 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. 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 chairman 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.

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.

Mike Tower
Managing Director, North America

Mike Tower was appointed leader of A.T. Kearney's North American region in September 2005. He serves as a member of A.T. Kearney's executive team.

Mike joined A.T. Kearney in 1987 and became an officer of the firm in 1994. He led the Midwest group from 1995 to 1996. In 1997, he joined Sears, Roebuck & Co as president of the home improvement services division and later became VP of strategy for Sears. In 2003, Mike returned to A.T. Kearney. The firm's officer group elected Mike as a member of the Officer Leadership Council in 2005.

Mike is an expert in corporate and business unit strategy, especially for A.T. Kearney's retail and consumer products industry group.

John Yoshimura
Chief Operating Officer

John Yoshimura is Global Chief Operating Officer 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.