West Monroe Partners Named One of Consulting Magazine’s “Best Firms to Work For”

Chicago, IL – October 2, 2007 – West Monroe Partners, a full-service business and technology consultancy, today announced that it has been named one of Consulting Magazine’s 10 “Best Firms to Work For” in 2007. The magazine’s Best Firms initiative is a comprehensive, independent source of opinion about the quality of life within the consulting profession’s top firms. West Monroe Partners did not submit an application for this year’s award; the company was nominated by its people.

Founded in Chicago in 2002, West Monroe Partners has developed a full-service business and technology consulting organization on a foundation of people-focused core values. The company has rigorously maintained this focus as it has grown to seven offices across North America and a team of more than 200 consultants—in part by remaining 100-percent employee owned. Its innovative human resources practices include a highly collaborative and participatory environment in which people at all levels contribute to the company’s direction and share in its results.

“For a consulting organization whose sole product is our people, we have gone to great lengths to build and maintain a strong, people-first culture from the ground up,” said Dean Fischer, president of West Monroe Partners. “This is the ultimate recognition for our efforts.  And, what is especially gratifying is that it reflects the true sentiments of our people, not those expressed in a written application.”

This is West Monroe Partners’ second major human resources award in 2007. In August, the National Association of Business Resources named the company one of Chicago’s “101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” for the second year in a row.

Consulting Magazine’s Best Firms survey is open to all consulting firms that currently employ 200 billable consultants. Now in its seventh year, the survey evaluates survey data from at least 35 (and for larger firms, 100) employees on six, equally-weighted categories: Career Development, Compensation & Benefits, Culture, Leadership, On the Job and Work/Life. It is open to all firms with 200 or more billable consultants.