Its clients read like a Who's Who of corporate Australia. For more than 20 years, companies seeking help and advice have called on McKinsey & Company. CSR, BHP, North BH, and ANZ have all used the world's best-known group of company doctors.
Since McKinsey broke the ice in the early 1960s, management consultants have sprung up around the country. Some are divisions of the Big Eight accounting firms, others are formed by retired chief executives out to make extra pocket money. All are competing for a slice of the estimated $3-billion market. But few contenders have emerged to challenge McKinsey.
