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Q5
The leading global management consultancy specialising in organisational health and performance.
About Q5
Q5 is a global, award-winning management consultancy focused on building healthy, high-performing organisations. Working across sectors and geographies, we support organisations to become more successful by identifying and unlocking strategic value, designing future-fit operating models, and shaping and delivering complex transformation. We help leaders translate strategy into performance — combining organisational design, organisational development, and transformation expertise to build high-performing teams, strengthen culture, and improve how organisations actually work. Powered by global best practice, data and analytics, Q5 equips leaders with real-time insights and AI-enabled tools to make better decisions, steer transformation, and deliver sustainable results. We partner with over 150 clients each year, across all sectors and regions, helping them improve organisational performance, increase efficiency, and create organisations that are resilient, adaptable, and built for the future. Founded in 2009, Q5 now operates globally with offices in New York, London, Leeds, Sydney, Melbourne, Houston and the Middle East. Q5 has been recognised for nine consecutive years (as of 2026) as one of the UK’s Leading Management Consulting Firms by the Financial Times, based on client and peer recommendations. We are also proud recipients of a King’s Award for International Trade, recognising our international growth and impact. Alongside this, Q5 has consistently achieved excellent Great Place to Work ratings across our UK, US and Australian offices. But, in the spirit of one of our core values — “We Never Settle” — we continue to challenge ourselves and our clients to go further, delivering lasting improvements in organisational health and performance.
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Presence & Recognition
Q5 has been featured in Forbes' World's Best Management Consulting Firms list for five years.
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Research & Knowledge
Q5 published a report analyzing millions of data points across over 160 retail and consumer organisations to understand how structures, roles, skills, and AI are shifting and what those changes mean for leaders.
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People
Q5 welcomed Elliott Stott-Briggs as Associate Partner leading the Leadership & Team Performance capability.
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Presence & Recognition
Q5 hosted a Q5 Future World Tour event in Sydney featuring guest speakers David Whiteing, Alexandra Coates, Clare Pickens, and Josie Fakira.
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Presence & Recognition
Q5 Future World Tour expanded its presence to Riyadh, with Houston and New York following.
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Research & Knowledge
Q5 launched its latest Q5 Media report, Disrupting the newsroom: How news creators are redefining media.
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Presence & Recognition
Q5's Jen Gramolt and Richard Ullenius, VP Global Banking & Financial Services – CSG, discuss why experienced partners, deep specialism and genuine accountability matter now more than ever.
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People
Q5 welcomed Elliott Stott-Briggs to lead the firm's Leadership & Team Performance capability.
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Research & Knowledge
Q5 published a research report based on insights from 75 organisations across multiple industries revealing a consistent execution gap in AI ambition and scaling.
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Presence & Recognition
Q5's Co-Founder and Managing Partner Olly Purnell spoke to City AM about the changing consulting landscape, specialist firms having growing opportunities, and the hunger and purpose to build a different consultancy.
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