West Monroe Adds External Board Member to Advise During Significant Growth Phase

May 22, 2018 (CHICAGO) – West Monroe Partners, a national business and technology consulting firm, announced today the appointment of Barbara Duganier to its Board of Managers. Duganier will help provide guidance to the firm, which grew 34 percent in 2017 and is on a similar growth trajectory in 2018.

In just 16 years, West Monroe has grown from a startup to a firm of nearly 1,000 employees with 10 offices across the United States. West Monroe’s Board of Managers provides oversight for the privately held, 100-percent employee-owned company. The appointment brings the number of board members to 10.

“Barbara brings advisory knowledge of complex industries, risk oversight, and strategic acumen. Combined with her deep understanding of running high-performing professional services firms, her perspective is exactly what West Monroe needs during a period of high growth and increasing business complexity,” said Kevin McCarty, West Monroe’s president and CEO. “I and the other board members welcome Barbara’s large-firm experience as we surpass the 1,000-employee milestone this summer.”

Duganier recently spent almost a decade at Accenture, where she served in various roles including chief strategy officer of the outsourcing business, overseeing strategy, acquisitions, and later offering development for the consulting and technology company. As a certified public accountant and seasoned consultant, she has helped numerous large, global organizations in the energy, chemicals, mining, and utilities industries become high-performing businesses. Prior to her tenure at Accenture, Duganier built a career at Arthur Andersen, starting as an auditor in 1979 and culminating as global chief financial officer.

Duganier is also a board member at MRC Global (since 2015), Buckeye Partners (since 2013), the National Association of Corporate Directors, Texas Tri-Cities Chapter (since 2015), and Genesys Works (since 2013). She has previously served on the board of HCC Insurance, which was sold to Tokio Marine.