About the Author
Alex Liu is managing partner and chairman at Kearney, a leading global consulting partnership.
A trusted advisor to CEOs and boards for over 30 years, Alex is the firm's ninth managing partner in its nearly 100‐year history, first elected in 2018. An immigrant from Taiwan who was raised in the South, he also serves as the firm's chief diversity officer. His long career in tech and telecoms has allowed him to work in over 70 countries, including service on public and private boards.
Recognized by Consulting magazine as a global Top 25 Consultant and by the Global Diversity List as one of the top 10 senior executives, he is also a top‐ranked consulting CEO. A regular contributor to the World Economic Forum, he has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Financial Times, the Economist, CNBC, and Bloomberg. He regularly consults with business and public sector leaders on matters of leadership, culture, justice, and joy, and hosts an award‐winning podcast, Joy@Work.
Hailing from generations of educators and coaches, he boasts three adult children in San Diego who carry on that same family legacy in different ways. Alex earned a BA in economics from Yale and an MBA from Harvard, after graduating from Episcopal High School in Virginia. He remains an avid rugby player and Tar Heels basketball fan.
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