CV Example
Consultant
CV example for management consultants and strategy advisers. Includes MBB-style format, case-impact bullets and sector references.
Edward Ashworth
Executive Summary
Senior consultant with 6 years of experience at McKinsey & Company London, specialising in financial services and post-merger integration. Lead on 3 PMI engagements (total deal value £3.6bn). Stanford MBA. Visiting lecturer for the MBA course "Value Creation in M&A" at London Business School.
Experience
Engagement Manager
Lead consultant on high-stakes engagements in the Banking & Insurance practice. Managing 3-5 associates per case.
- Led PMI for the merger between two UK banks (£2.1bn deal): delivered 6 months earlier than target.
- Cost-transformation programme at a European insurer: £105M annual run-rate savings identified, £78M implemented.
- Coached 4 associates towards Engagement Manager promotion; 3 succeeded at first attempt.
Associate
Engagements primarily in Public Sector and Financial Services.
- Quantitative modelling for board presentations; author of 3 client-facing Excel models.
- Initiator of internal research on "post-COVID retail banking" — published by the UK Banking Practice.
Education
MBA
BSc Economics (First-class honours)
Core Competencies
M&A / PMI · Financial modelling · Stakeholder management · Workshop facilitation · Excel/PowerPoint · English / French / German
Template: executive · Colour: slate
How to write a strong CV as a consultant
Concrete, no clichés — what works with recruiters.
MBB CV: the "Little Black Dress" format
At MBB (McKinsey, BCG, Bain) and tier-1 strategy firms the format is stricter than elsewhere: one page, black-and-white, conservative typography, no colour, no photo. The Zakelijk or Executive template in ResuBox aligns with this. Numbers and names wherever possible — McKinsey reads a case bullet without a number as unproven.
Cases with deal value, scope and impact
Describe cases along three dimensions: scope (deal value, FTE impact, geographic coverage), your role (analyst / associate / EM), and concrete impact ("£78M implemented"). NDA issues: sector and deal size are usually permissible without a client name — if in doubt, anonymise ("European insurer") and stay concrete with numbers.
MBA, GMAT, languages — yes or no
For strategy consulting, education carries weight. Top MBA programmes (Stanford, INSEAD, LBS, IESE, Harvard) always mention — strong filter. GMAT score only if above 720. First-class honours / honours tracks always state. Languages at C-level or native (EN/FR/DE/ES) are often a real plus for international engagements — list them.