Alex Liu

Alex Liu is chairman emeritus and partner at Kearney, the global management consultancy. He served as its global managing partner and chairman from 2018-2024. 

Alex is a Global Diversity List Top 10 CEO winner and also named a global Top 25 consultant by Consulting magazine. He was selected for 2023 as the #1 consulting firm CEO by Consulting Report. He previously served on the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum for six years and is often featured in Harvard Business Review, CNBC, Bloomberg, Financial Times. He speaks regularly on the importance of leadership, culture and purpose, hosting a popular podcast, Joy@Work and authoring Joy Works: Empowering Teams in the New Era of Work. 

An expert in the technology and communications sector and a graduate of Yale and Harvard Business School, he has previously been CEO of a technology start-up and board member of various public and private entities. He began his career in brand management at a subsidiary of Procter and Gamble in the 1980s and as a partner of Boston Consulting Group in the 1990s where he helped launch their consulting operations in Asia outside of Japan. 

A father of three adult children and grandfather of two, Alex is based in the west coast of United States and travels extensively for both work and rugby.